Panic attacks
Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.
Online Anxiety Counselling · Hastings
Online anxiety counselling for Hastings, by secure video, wherever you are. Reaching out can feel like a leap, so online anxiety counselling keeps it gentle: a free first call, then sessions from your own space in Hastings, with no waiting room and nobody to see you arrive.
Known for the Old Town, the fishing beach and the cliffs, Hastings is a place of real character, with clients coming to me from from the Old Town and the Stade to St Leonards, Ore and Silverhill. Wherever you are across it, online counselling means experienced support without the travel, fitted around work, family and everything else.
I'm based in Hove on the Sussex coast and work with clients right across the UK by secure video. For Hastings, that means a BACP-registered counsellor specialising in addiction, anxiety, depression, relationships and trauma, available from the privacy of your own space.
I also work online with people elsewhere in London & South East, including Eastbourne, London, Reading.
If you would still prefer to meet in person and can travel to the Sussex coast, you are welcome to, but for most clients in Hastings online anxiety counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Hastings
Hastings is a town of real character and real contrasts, a creative, independent place that also carries some of the sharpest deprivation on the south coast. Seasonal and insecure work, the distance from larger centres, and the long winters once the visitors have gone can all weigh on people, and good local support is not always easy to find.
Life by the sea has a slower, gentler rhythm, but it can also leave you feeling a long way from things, including good specialist support. A secure video link closes that distance completely.
What I help with
Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.
Help with confidence, self-consciousness and fear of judgement.
Support for overthinking, catastrophising and decision paralysis.
Working with the need for control and approval.
Calming a nervous system stuck on high alert.
Tools for when anxiety starts to take hold.
Why online works in Hastings
Online support doesn't ebb with the season; it's there through the quiet winter months as much as the busy summer ones.
From Hastings, there's no journey across town and no waiting room. You join from wherever feels safe, and the rest of your day simply carries on around the session.
Working online means people in Hastings aren't limited to whoever practises locally. You can choose the counsellor who genuinely fits the issue you're facing, not just the nearest one.
A weekly session you can take from home is far simpler to protect than one that needs travel. That consistency is exactly where lasting change comes from.
Here's what actually happens once we begin. I take a solution-focused, practical approach that works on the problems actually affecting your day-to-day life. We cover simple, deliberate exercises that help calm your nervous system and respond differently when anxiety shows up.
Sessions run over a secure video link. All you need is a private space where you won't be interrupted, a laptop, tablet or phone, and a reasonable connection. We begin with a free fifteen-minute call, then I send a simple link you click at the agreed time.
Read more about online counselling, about anxiety counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationMy online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. 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. You can also find your nearest service through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner, stay with the same counsellor throughout, and work at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I'm glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
This practice is not a crisis service. If you or someone else 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
Yes. I work with clients in Hastings and right across the UK by secure video. You don't need to live near Brighton or Hove; online anxiety counselling brings the same care to wherever you are.
We meet over a secure, private video link at a time that suits you. You'll need a quiet space, a device with a camera and a steady connection. We always begin with a free fifteen-minute call so you can ask questions and check the fit.
Online and in-person therapy are similarly effective for most people, and clients usually settle quickly once the screen fades into the background and the conversation takes over.
Yes, and many people do both. You can access support from Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service alongside our work; private counselling simply means you can usually start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout. I'm happy to work alongside any NHS support you're receiving.
Take the first step with a free fifteen-minute call. Whether you're in Hastings or further afield, it's a relaxed, no-pressure way to find out whether we click.
Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about anxiety counselling in depth.