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Online Anxiety Counselling · Hastings
Online Anxiety Counselling in Hastings
Online anxiety counselling for Hastings, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Hastings, from the Old Town and the Stade to the streets around the fishing beach, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
In and around Hastings
Anxiety Counselling for Hastings, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Hastings: from the Old Town and the Stade to St Leonards, Ore and Silverhill
- Known for
- The Old Town, the fishing beach and the cliffs
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Hastings
What is going on for people in Hastings?
Hastings is not a comfortable town and it does not pretend to be. The fishing fleet on the Stade still works, the creative and arts community keeps the place interesting, and alongside both sits some of the sharpest hardship on this coast. Insecure work does something particular to anxiety: it makes the worry accurate. When hours are unreliable and the rent is not, a mind running the figures at three in the morning is not malfunctioning, it is simply never allowed to stop. In this part of East Sussex 24.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, over the England average of 23.8%. Around Ore and Hollington that will surprise nobody.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Hastings
Old TownSt LeonardsOreSilverhillHollingtonBohemiaWest HillClive ValeCentral St Leonards
Wherever you are in Hastings, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Hastings
Official figures for Hastings, for context rather than as a description of you.
24.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
Reviewed June 2026.
What does anxiety counselling involve?
Anxiety counselling here is practical and solution-focused: we work on the worry, panic, social anxiety and over-thinking that are actually affecting your day, and on simple ways to settle a nervous system stuck on high alert.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on everything on anxiety counselling, with how I work for the practical questions and my credentials and registration for registration and ethics.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link, held to the same BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call, you join from any private space on a phone, tablet or laptop.
Sessions with people in Hastings are held online, by secure video, from Hove. At this end of the coast that removes a genuine barrier, because specialist help usually means the train and most of an afternoon. Here it means a set time and a screen. For anxiety it also removes the build-up beforehand, which for many people is worse than the appointment itself. Having no car changes nothing about your access.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can anxiety counselling in Hastings help with?
Social anxiety
Help with confidence, self-consciousness and fear of judgement.
Chronic worry
Support for overthinking, catastrophising and decision paralysis.
People-pleasing
Working with the need for control and approval.
Sleep and tension
Calming a nervous system stuck on high alert.
Responding differently
Tools for when anxiety starts to take hold.
Anxiety Counselling in Hastings
Why people in Hastings come for anxiety counselling
Anxiety is not one single thing. For some people it is panic, arriving without warning and persuading the body that something is badly wrong. For others it is a constant undertow of dread, or social anxiety that has slowly reduced what they are willing to do. This work is solution-focused and pragmatic. We start from what is actually happening rather than from why, because knowing the origin rarely stops the surge, and we look closely at whatever you do to make it pass, since those responses are usually what keeps it alive. Then we change them one at a time and check the results in your real week. Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service, takes self-referrals for anxiety, which means that route can be started yourself without a GP appointment.
A free, unhurried first step
Not sure if it is right for you? A free fifteen-minute call is a no-obligation way to talk it through.
Book a free 15-minute callFinding support in Hastings
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Hastings, you can refer yourself directly to Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed.
Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout; I am glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
Other local and national support verified for this area includes:
If you need urgent help now
This is not a crisis service. If anyone is in immediate danger call 999. For urgent mental health support, call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option. The Samaritans are free, day or night, on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258.
Hastings questions
Online Anxiety Counselling in Hastings: common questions
My hours change every week and I cannot promise a regular time. Is that a problem?
It is not. Appointments get arranged as your hours become known, and there is no requirement to hold the same slot every week. An online session is much simpler to move than a room booking, and a rearranged appointment is a great deal better than a cancelled one.
What are the fees, and is there a cheaper option?
The fees are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, and they do not vary. What can vary is how often you come, and fortnightly or occasional appointments are entirely legitimate. The free 15-minute call is also the place to ask about the NHS route.
How do I get to Health in Mind from Hastings?
You refer yourself, with no GP appointment needed first. It is the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service and it covers anxiety, although waits depend on demand. Joining that route while starting privately is perfectly reasonable, and neither one affects the other.
My worry is about money and work. Can counselling actually do anything about that?
It cannot pay a bill, and there is no point pretending otherwise. What it can do is separate the part that is a problem to be solved from the part that is worry running in circles, taking your sleep and changing nothing. Those two need very different handling.
Panic attacks started on the bus and now I avoid it. Where does that go?
That is a very typical sequence, and the avoidance is what makes it stick. We would work on what your body does during an attack, then rebuild the journey in stages you have agreed to, rather than expecting you to simply get back on and cope.
My anxiety is mostly about money and unstable work here. Is that something counselling covers?
Yes. Financial and work worries are a very real source of anxiety in Hastings, and counselling can help you think more clearly and steadily through them. Sessions are online with no travel costs, so support does not add to the strain on tight finances.
How soon can I start anxiety counselling online in Hastings?
Usually within a week. Bradley works online with Hastings people, from the Old Town and St Leonards to Ore, so there is no journey to make for support. A free fifteen-minute consultation comes first, then a first anxiety session within a few days.
What are the fees, and can I get anxiety help on the NHS in Hastings?
Sessions are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, following a free fifteen-minute consultation. You can self-refer free to Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service, though waits vary, so some in Hastings start privately sooner.
Is online anxiety counselling better than travelling in Hastings, and are evenings offered?
For those on irregular or freelance hours in the creative community, online fits far better than a clinic trip. Bradley offers some evening slots, and the Hove practice room is reachable along the coast by train if you would rather meet in person.
Online Anxiety Counselling in Hastings, whenever you are ready
A free fifteen-minute call is the simplest place to start, no obligation, just a chance to see if we are the right fit.
Also available online across London & South East: Eastbourne. See all of London & South East.
If anxiety counselling is not quite what you are looking for, depression counselling, trauma counselling and counselling and therapy may fit better in Hastings.
There is more on this in my writing: the miracle question and settling a spike of urgency.
For anyone near the coast, the same anxiety counselling runs in person in Brighton. Every area covered is listed separately.