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Online Depression Counselling · Chichester
Online Depression Counselling in Chichester
Online depression counselling for Chichester, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Chichester, from the cathedral quarter and the city centre to the streets around the Market Cross, 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 Chichester
Depression Counselling for Chichester, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Chichester: from the cathedral quarter and the city centre to Summersdale, Whyke and nearby Bognor
- Known for
- The cathedral, the Market Cross and the harbour
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Chichester
What is going on for people in Chichester?
Retirement, or work that has thinned out, can leave a week with no edges to it. Chichester attracts people at that stage of life, and a day with nothing fixed in it is one of the conditions low mood likes best. The city is handsome and quiet, the University of Chichester keeps a young population moving through, the harbour is minutes away, and none of it helps once you have stopped wanting to go anywhere. Recorded depression on GP registers stood at 14.5% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, slightly above the England average of 14.3%. In streets like Parklands or Donnington the outward version of a life can stay perfectly intact while the inside of it empties.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Chichester
SummersdaleWhykeFishbourneParklandsPortfieldGraylingwellDonningtonFishbourne Road
Wherever you are in Chichester, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Chichester
Official figures for Chichester, for context rather than as a description of you.
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 14.5% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
Reviewed June 2026.
What does depression counselling involve?
Depression counselling here is steady and structured: we focus on the low mood, lost motivation and disconnection affecting you now, and on rebuilding the energy, routine and self-worth that hold a day together.
The method travels; only the geography changes. the full depression counselling page explains it properly, how sessions run and what they cost answers the practical questions, and my credentials and registration shows how the practice is held to account.
What do I need for an online session?
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.
Work with people in Chichester is done online, over secure video, from Hove. Depression drains exactly the energy a journey demands, and the appointment you cancel is usually the one you most needed. A video call keeps the commitment small enough to honour on a poor week. It also suits anyone whose driving has fallen away, or who would rather not explain to the household where they are going every Tuesday.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
Lost motivation
Help with drive, focus and finishing tasks.
Isolation
Support for withdrawal and feeling numb.
Energy and routine
Rebuilding the rhythms that hold a day together.
Self-worth
Gently challenging a harsh inner voice.
Reconnection
Finding your way back to the parts of life that feel distant.
Depression Counselling in Chichester
Why people in Chichester come for depression counselling
Depression here often follows a change rather than a crisis: retirement, a bereavement, children who moved away, a business wound down. Days stop having shape, and then the shapelessness becomes the problem in its own right. It can also arrive with none of that attached and simply be present. The counselling is structured and unhurried. We start with sleep and with what the week actually contains, because a week with nothing in it will keep generating low mood however well you understand the causes. Then small, specific things go back in, in an order you can manage, and we examine the thinking that dismisses each one as pointless before you have tried it. NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies accepts self-referrals for low mood without a GP letter, your GP remains the right person for any medication conversation, and West Sussex Wellbeing covers the practical side.
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 Chichester
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Chichester, you can refer yourself directly to NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies 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.
Chichester questions
Online Depression Counselling in Chichester: common questions
I retired two years ago and have felt worse ever since. Would counselling help?
It often is. Retirement removes structure, purpose and routine contact all at once, and that combination produces low mood in people who were perfectly well beforehand. It is not ingratitude and it is not a character flaw. We begin with what your week now looks like.
What do sessions cost if I am on a fixed income?
The fees are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, paid one appointment at a time. There is no package to buy and no obligation to come every week, which is why some people work fortnightly. The first 15-minute call carries no fee.
What does NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies offer for depression?
Self-referral is open for low mood with no GP letter needed, and they provide structured courses as well as individual sessions. Waiting times vary. Speaking to your GP still makes sense if medication is on the table, and West Sussex Wellbeing can help with the practical side.
I am not at all confident with technology. Is video going to be a problem?
Rarely. It needs a phone, tablet or laptop and a link you tap at the agreed time, and part of the free consultation can go on making sure it all works. Nothing else has to be installed, and no other technical skill is required of you.
Nobody in my family knows how bad this has become. Do they have to be told?
No. What is said in these sessions stays confidential within the usual professional limits, and nothing reaches your family, your GP or anyone else unless you ask for it. Whether and when to tell people is itself worth working through rather than deciding under pressure.
I feel I have no reason to be depressed in a lovely place like Chichester. Is that valid?
Depression does not need an obvious reason, and a beautiful, comfortable setting does not make low mood any less real. Many here feel they should not struggle, which keeps it hidden. Counselling offers a private space to take it seriously, held online from home.
How quickly can I begin depression counselling online in Chichester?
Often within a few days of your free consultation. Seeing Bradley online means no journey to a clinic when energy is low, whether you are in Parklands, Fishbourne or near the university. With depression, that lower hurdle genuinely helps people start.
How much does depression counselling cost, and is there NHS help in Chichester?
Fees are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, after a free fifteen-minute consultation. NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is free to self-refer to, but demand is high, so private sessions let Chichester residents begin sooner.
Online or in person for depression in Chichester, and do you offer evenings?
When low mood makes leaving home hard, online sessions remove that step for Chichester clients. Bradley keeps some evening appointments, and the Hove room is a coastal train ride away if meeting face to face would suit you better.
Online Depression Counselling in Chichester, 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: Portsmouth, Crawley, Horsham. See all of London & South East.
Close to this in Chichester, there is anxiety counselling, counselling and therapy and psychotherapy.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about a solution-focused exercise and small repeated steps.
Within reach of Sussex? depression counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.