Online Relationship Counselling · Horsham

Online Relationship Counselling in Horsham

Online relationship counselling for Horsham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Horsham, from the Carfax and the old centre out to the streets around the Causeway, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

Online across the UKSecure videoFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, BACP-registered counsellor offering online relationship counselling for Horsham, introducing his approach
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Horsham

Relationship Counselling for Horsham, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Horsham: from the Carfax and the old centre out to Roffey, Broadbridge Heath and Southwater
Known for
The Carfax, the Causeway and the surrounding Weald
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 Horsham

What is going on for people in Horsham?

Commuting is not neutral for a marriage. The early train out of Littlehaven and the late one home leave a household in which one person does the mornings and the evenings while the other pays for them, and after enough years that arrangement stops being a decision and becomes an identity. Horsham is a comfortable town, and comfort has its own etiquette: people here tend to know one another, and there is a quiet obligation to look as though everything is in order. In Roffey, Southwater and Broadbridge Heath there are couples entirely functional at the school gate and barely speaking at home. Nothing has gone wrong in a way you could point at, which is precisely what makes it hard to raise.

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Areas covered

Neighbourhoods in and around Horsham

RoffeyBroadbridge HeathSouthwaterLittlehavenWarnhamDenneTrafalgarHorsham Park

Wherever you are in Horsham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.

The local picture

The local picture in Horsham

Official figures for Horsham, for context rather than as a description of you.

Reviewed June 2026.

What is relationship counselling, in practice?

Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.

What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the relationship counselling page for the methods, how sessions run and what they cost for fees and session lengths, and how to check my registration if you want to check who you would be working with.

How do online sessions actually work?

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 no room in Horsham. Bradley works from Hove and sessions are held by secure video, which in a town where people recognise each other matters more than it might elsewhere. Nobody sees you arrive anywhere. You can meet from the same sofa once the house is quiet, or from two connections when one of you is still in London. An evening slot costs neither of you a day's leave, and you may come by yourself.

Book a free 15-minute call

What I help with

What does relationship counselling help with?

Communication and conflict

Breaking the cycle of the same argument.

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 Horsham

Why people in Horsham come for relationship counselling

Couples who get in touch here are rarely in open conflict. The complaint is flatness: a partnership that works administratively and has stopped being interesting to either person in it. Sometimes the cause is unglamorous and straightforward, like a decade of commuting. Sometimes it is a loss that was absorbed rather than grieved, or a betrayal forgiven on paper and not in fact. Recorded depression on GP registers reached 14.5% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, just above the England average of 14.3%, and low mood in one partner reorganises a household long before anybody names it. The work makes the unsaid sayable at a pace that does not tip into a row, and looks at what each of you gave up without ever having agreed to. NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is free and takes self-referrals; 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 call

Finding support in Horsham

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Horsham, 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.

Horsham questions

Online Relationship Counselling in Horsham: common questions

I get home after eight most nights. Is there any point trying couples work?

There is, and evening appointments are built for it. A slot at half past eight or nine is workable, and some couples prefer a weekend morning instead. What matters is picking an hour you can both hold most weeks rather than the one that looks best in theory.

Do we pay two fees for a joint session?

No. One session, one fee: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min, whoever is in the room. Ninety minutes is what most couples settle on, because an hour often ends just as the harder subject is arriving. You will not be charged for the introductory 15-minute call.

What free help is there locally for a relationship in trouble?

NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies costs nothing and you can refer yourself without a GP appointment, though it is oriented towards anxiety and low mood rather than couples work. West Sussex Wellbeing, the county council's health and wellbeing service, is the other place worth looking at.

Everyone we know seems perfectly settled. How do we admit this is happening?

You do not have to admit it to anyone but each other, and then to me. In a town where people know one another and things look orderly, that pressure to appear fine is often part of what kept the problem going. The hour is somewhere the performance can be dropped.

My wife will not come and does not know I am asking. Can I still start?

You can. Nothing here requires her consent, her attendance or her knowledge. Working on your own half of the pattern still alters what she is responding to, and it gives you somewhere to think clearly about what you want, which is worth having whichever way things go.

We would rather people locally did not know we are seeking help. Is that possible?

Yes. Online sessions are joined privately from your own home, with no local waiting room where you might be recognised. In a town like Horsham where people often know one another, many couples find that discretion is exactly what allows them to reach out in the first place.

How soon can we begin relationship counselling online in Horsham?

Usually within a week. There is no waiting list, so after a free 15-minute consultation we book a first session around the commute. It is held securely online, joined from home in Roffey, Broadbridge Heath or Southwater, so the early train and late return need not swallow the evening entirely.

What are the fees, and how do they compare with the NHS locally?

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.

In a small town, discretion matters. Can we join separately in the evening?

Yes. In a settled place where faces are familiar, many couples value that online sessions are joined privately from home, or from two locations if one of you is still in London. Early-evening slots are available, and everything discussed stays entirely confidential.

Online Relationship Counselling in Horsham, 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: Crawley, Chichester. See all of London & South East.

Related work in Horsham: counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.

There is more on this in my writing: 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.