Weybridge · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Depression counselling for Weybridge
Depression isn't always tearful. In Weybridge it might be the walk by the river you no longer take, the messages left unanswered, or a heaviness that arrived after a loss and never lifted. Depression counselling gives you a weekly hour, by secure video from home, where you don't have to pretend to be fine.
If you are thinking about ending your life, call 999 or the Samaritans free on 116 123, day or night. More urgent help is on this page.
The practical facts for Weybridge
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Weybridge by car
- About 70 minutes with clear roads (57.9 miles); longer at busy times.
- By train
- From Weybridge, change at Clapham Junction for trains towards Brighton and Hove.
- Free NHS talking therapy
- Mind Matters Surrey, 0300 330 5450
- Fees
- £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90, £120 for 120. The first 15-minute call is free.
- Registration
- BACP registered member, no. 109340 (check the register); UKCP student member in advanced psychotherapy training.
When the riverside stops lifting you
Weybridge sits near the meeting of the Wey and the Thames, and time outdoors can be part of how you keep yourself well, whether that's a stroll along Thames Street or an hour in Brooklands Community Park.
When depression settles in, those things often stop reaching you, and that loss of pleasure is one of its clearest signs. It can follow a death, redundancy from a Brooklands headquarters, children leaving home or the slow fading of a working life. It can also come with no reason you can find, which can make you feel you've no right to it. Someone living alone may go days without a real conversation, and a carer may have stopped noticing their own exhaustion. GP records for Surrey showed depression for 13.0% of registered adults in 2024/25, with an England figure of 14.3% for the same year. Those are cases written down by doctors, not a count of everyone struggling, and they describe nobody in particular.
What we do when everything feels like effort
Depression drains exactly the energy you would need to tackle it, so the early sessions ask little of you, and you can arrive with nothing prepared. We look at how your days really run: when you sleep and wake, which hours are hardest, what has fallen away, and what the critical voice in your head says about all of it. Then we look for what might be keeping the low mood in place. Usually it is more than one thing, such as grief that never had space, a role that ended, loneliness or years of looking after other people. Any changes stay small and are yours to pick, such as a short walk down to the river, a reply to one friend, or a meal eaten at the table. We notice what helps without turning it into homework you can fail. If thoughts of self-harm, or of wishing you weren't here, come up, tell me. I'll ask about them calmly and we'll think about your safety together, and the urgent help panel further down lists numbers you can ring day or night.
Low mood in Weybridge, and where it can come from
A loss that has gone quiet
Months after a death, tears can give way to numbness. Cruse has a national helpline and a Surrey North Area branch, and grief support there can sit beside our sessions.
Alone in a quiet house
Whole days without a proper conversation can deepen low mood. CHEER offers befriending and practical help for older people living in Elmbridge.
Carrying someone else for years
Caring for a partner or parent can empty you out slowly. Action for Carers Surrey exists for people in exactly that position, and in our sessions the hour is about you.
Raising it at Church Street
If low mood has lasted for weeks, the GP practices at the Health Centre on Church Street can talk through medication and check your physical health, and our sessions continue either way.
Free and low-cost support for Weybridge
Mind Matters Surrey gives free NHS help with low mood; self-referral is on 0300 330 5450. Catalyst Community Connections offers mental health and wellbeing support in Walton, Weybridge and Hersham. If things feel unsafe at any hour, the Surrey and Borders Partnership crisis helpline answers on 0800 915 4644. None of them rules out private sessions with me.
- Free NHS talking therapyMind Matters Surrey0300 330 5450Free NHS talking therapy for anxiety, low mood and related difficulties. You can refer yourself, with no GP referral needed.
- If drinking or drug use is part of iti-access0300 222 5932Free and confidential.
- Local organisationSearchLight Counselling and Therapy
- Local organisationAction for Carers Surrey
For gambling, the National Gambling Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 8020 133 (NHS gambling support).
Private counselling with me can run alongside any of these; you do not have to choose one or the other.
If someone at home is hurting, threatening or controlling you, the National Domestic Abuse Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 2000 247.
If you need urgent help now
If you need help right now, please don't wait for a session.
Locally, the Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS FT Mental Health Crisis Helpline is on 0800 915 4644.
What people in Weybridge ask before starting
Can I get free NHS help for depression in Weybridge without waiting for a GP appointment?
Yes. Mind Matters Surrey, part of NHS Talking Therapies, will hear from you directly about low mood on 0300 330 5450, with no GP visit needed, though you may wait to be seen. Medication questions are best taken to your GP surgery. Private sessions with me can start alongside either, or while you wait.
Nothing feels like anything any more. Should I look for depression counselling in Weybridge?
Yes. Depression often shows up as flatness, tiredness or lost interest more than tears. If things you once enjoyed now feel like a chore, that's worth bringing, whatever name you give it. Whether it amounts to depression is for a doctor to judge, so raise it with your GP if it has gone on for more than a few weeks. You don't need a label before starting counselling.
Is video from Weybridge good enough for depression counselling?
Yes, and from 70 minutes away it is also the realistic option. On a heavy day you can join without getting ready to go out or facing the drive, and the hour still counts if you say very little. If the screen ever feels too distant, tell me and we can think about an occasional longer session in Hove.
What should I do if I feel unsafe before counselling starts in Weybridge?
Please get help now instead of waiting for our first session. If you feel you could act on suicidal thoughts, ring 999 or go to the 24-hour A and E at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey. Surrey and Borders Partnership's 24/7 crisis helpline is on 0800 915 4644, Samaritans are on 116 123, and NHS 111 can advise too.
How much do sessions cost, and is the first call free?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, the same in person in Hove or by video. The first 15-minute call is free, with no obligation to book. There is no NHS referral needed to see me privately.
Reach out on a slightly lighter day
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.