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Online Relationship Counselling · Chichester
Online Relationship Counselling in Chichester
Online relationship 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
Relationship 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
Why people in Chichester get in touch
Retirement can be the hardest thing a marriage ever does. Two people who managed perfectly well on four hours a day in one another's company are suddenly on twenty-four, in a house near Summersdale or Parklands that has become very quiet. This city holds a lot of couples in that position, and a lot of self-employed households whose income arrives in bursts around the season at Chichester Harbour and on the Goodwood estate. It is also a place where appearances are kept up. You go to the Chichester Festival Theatre, you see the same faces at the same events, and you say things are fine because fine is what gets said. Underneath, one of you has stopped speaking and the other has stopped asking.
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.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 127.2 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
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).
24.5% 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 actually happens in relationship counselling?
Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.
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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.
There is nowhere to meet in Chichester; Bradley works from a single room in Hove and sessions are held by secure video. In a city this conscious of itself, not being watched walking through a door matters more than people care to admit. You can sit together with one laptop, or join separately if one of you is out on a job or away for the day. Nothing has to be entered in anybody else's diary, and you are welcome to begin on your own.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does relationship counselling help with?
Trust and repair
Rebuilding safety after betrayal or addiction.
Distance
Finding your way back to closeness.
Long-distance couples
Sessions you can join from different places.
Anxiety and reassurance
Working with people-pleasing and the need for control.
Individual work
You do not need to come as a couple to change the dynamic.
Relationship Counselling in Chichester
Why people in Chichester come for relationship counselling
The couples who come here are rarely at the shouting stage. More often they are courteous strangers who have run the same household for thirty years. Retirement, illness, a business that stopped being enjoyable, an adult child who moved a long way off: any of these can pull the floor out from under a partnership that routine had been holding together. Recorded depression on GP registers reached 14.5% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, a shade above the England average of 14.3%, and a partner who has gone flat changes the weather in a house long before anyone calls it depression. We work on how you speak to each other when it counts, on trust that took a knock and never got mended properly, and on the things that were filed away instead of said. NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies takes self-referrals, and West Sussex Wellbeing is the county council's health and wellbeing service.
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 Relationship Counselling in Chichester: common questions
My wife thinks counselling is for other people. Can I come without her?
You can, and a good many people here start that way. One partner changing how they respond alters the pattern between two people, because a pattern needs both of them to keep running. It also gives you somewhere to think clearly about what you want, which is worth having in its own right.
How are the fees worked out when two of us attend?
They are not worked out per head. A session costs £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min whether one or two of you is there. Ninety minutes is the usual choice for couples, since an hour can disappear before the second person has properly started. The initial call is free.
Is there a free option in Chichester for relationship difficulties?
NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is free and you can refer yourself without going through your GP, although its focus is anxiety and low mood rather than couples work. West Sussex Wellbeing, the county council's health and wellbeing service, is the other place to look for local support that costs nothing.
We are both retired and at home all day. Where would we take a session?
Wherever the two of you can sit together without a doorbell or a phone interrupting. A dining table works better than a sofa, because you can both see the screen properly. If one of you would rather be in a separate room for some sessions, that is easily arranged and sometimes useful.
How soon could we have a first appointment?
Usually within a week or two of the free 15-minute call, which most people have within a few days of getting in touch. No referral is needed and there is no queue. Where seasonal work makes some months busier than others, we would look for a slot that survives your quieter and busier stretches alike.
We are retired and together most of the time. Can counselling help at this stage?
Yes. Spending far more time together, in retirement or self-employment, brings its own strains, and it is never too late to work on them. Online sessions give you both a calm, private hour to talk honestly, joined from home, without anyone in Chichester needing to know.
How soon can we start relationship counselling online in Chichester?
Usually within a week. There is no waiting list, so after a free 15-minute consultation we book a first session at a convenient time. It is held securely online, joined from home in the cathedral quarter, Summersdale or Whyke, with nothing to arrange beyond the hour itself.
What are your fees, and how do they compare with the NHS in Chichester?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Talking Therapies in Sussex is free but can involve a waiting list, whereas private work with Bradley lets the two of you choose when to begin.
Where appearances carry weight, discretion counts. Can we join separately and in the evening?
Yes. In a calm, comfortable city where independence is prized, many couples value that online sessions are joined privately from home, or from two places if needed. Early-evening slots are available, and everything discussed stays entirely confidential.
Online Relationship 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.
If relationship counselling is not quite what you are looking for, counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling may fit better in Chichester.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: the Imago dialogue for couples.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same relationship counselling is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.