Havant · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Psychotherapy for Havant
If the same difficulty keeps returning, in the partners you pick, how you clash with people at work or a low opinion of yourself, longer-term psychotherapy gives it time. From Havant we would usually meet weekly by secure video, with my room in Hove an hour's drive or a direct train away for sessions in person. I'm BACP registered and a UKCP student member.
The practical facts for Havant
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Havant by car
- About 60 minutes with clear roads (41.5 miles); longer at busy times.
- By train
- Direct trains from Havant to Hove.
- Free NHS talking therapy
- NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire, 023 8038 3920
- Fees
- £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90, £120 for 120. The first 15-minute call is free.
- Registration
- BACP registered member, no. 109340 (check the register); UKCP student member in advanced psychotherapy training.
Old patterns in a town that knows you
If you grew up around Havant, the past may never be far away.
You might drive past your old school, shop in the Meridian alongside people who knew your parents, or live a few streets from where an important relationship ended. That closeness can be a comfort. It can also keep old roles in place, so that you still feel like the child who kept the peace, or the one who was always in trouble, long after it stopped being true. Patterns like that show up in the partners you choose, how you react to a manager, or the way you cope with everyone except the people closest to you. If you moved here for the commute, the pattern may have travelled with you instead. Psychotherapy gives time to trace where a pattern like that began, and to work on it at a pace you can sustain.
What longer work from Havant involves
Psychotherapy with me doesn't have a fixed end. We usually meet weekly at the same time, and every so often we review together whether it's still helping and what has shifted. Early sessions are about getting to know your history and the ways you've learned to protect yourself. Later, we can turn towards the feelings those protections were built to hold back, at a pace that keeps you steady between sessions. An hour's drive each way, or the train along the coast, is a lot to repeat every week for months, so most of the work is likely to happen on video, with a visit to Hove now and then if being in the same room is important to you. If you've already had some help from NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire, the service once called italk, you may arrive knowing what worked and what didn't, and that is a useful place to begin. Longer work can also follow counselling elsewhere, such as the Instil Hope Counselling Service from Havant and East Hants Mind.
When longer work might fit a Havant life
The role you grew up in
If you're still the one who keeps the peace in a Havant family you've lived near all your life, psychotherapy can look at where that role began and what it costs you.
After a crisis has passed
If you've needed the Adults' Safe Haven in Leigh Park on a bad night, longer work can look at what builds up to those evenings, once the immediate crisis is behind you.
Settled on paper, restless inside
A steady job, a home in Bedhampton or Langstone, and still a sense that something is missing, or that you're living a life someone else chose.
Weekly online, sometimes in Hove
Video keeps the weekly rhythm going from Havant, and a session in the Hove room every so often, by direct train, can mark a point where the work changes.
Public health figures for the area
These are local authority figures from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. "Similar to England" means the difference is not statistically significant. The figures describe a whole population over a period, not any one person.
Free and low-cost support for Havant
Longer work can sit beside free support in Havant. Havant and East Hants Mind runs a Mental Health Hub on the first floor of the Meridian Shopping Centre, and that is somewhere to turn on a hard week between sessions. If the work brings back a loss to suicide, Cruse Bereavement Support runs a Support After Suicide Service covering Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- Free NHS talking therapyNHS Talking Therapies Hampshire023 8038 3920Free NHS talking therapy for anxiety, low mood and related difficulties. You can refer yourself, with no GP referral needed.
- If drinking or drug use is part of itInclusion Recovery Hampshire0300 124 0103Free and confidential.
For gambling, the National Gambling Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 8020 133 (NHS gambling support).
If someone at home is hurting, threatening or controlling you, the National Domestic Abuse Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 2000 247.
If you need urgent help now
If you need help right now, please don't wait for a session.
In this area you can also text HANTS to 85258. Local drop-in crisis support: Havant Adults' Safe Haven (Havant & East Hants Mind) (check opening times before you go).
What people in Havant ask before starting
How do I start psychotherapy from Havant, and how long would I wait?
Start with a free 15-minute call. We talk about what you're hoping for and whether longer, open-ended work is the right fit. If it is, we look for a weekly time, usually by video from Havant. How soon we can begin depends on which slots are free at the time, and I'll tell you honestly on the call rather than leave you guessing.
Can I get psychotherapy on the NHS around Havant?
For anxiety and low mood, NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire is the NHS route you can refer yourself to, on 023 8038 3920. Havant and East Hants Mind launched its Instil Hope Counselling Service in September 2026, so it's worth asking them about waits and cost. For longer or more complex needs, talk to your GP about what the NHS can offer locally.
Do I have to come to Hove every week from Havant?
No. With an hour's drive each way, weekly visits are a big commitment, and in longer work steady attendance matters more than where it happens. Most weeks can be on secure video, somewhere in your home where nobody will overhear you. Meeting in person is still possible, because the direct train from Havant makes an occasional session in Hove realistic.
Does your UKCP membership mean you're a registered psychotherapist?
No. I'm a UKCP student member in advanced psychotherapy training, and a registered member of BACP. I've worked as a counsellor and psychotherapist for more than 25 years, and I'll always be clear about what my registration covers. If UKCP registration specifically matters to you, it's fine to look for someone who holds it.
How much do sessions cost, and is the first call free?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, the same in person in Hove or by video. The first 15-minute call is free, with no obligation to book. There is no NHS referral needed to see me privately.
Talk through longer work on a free call
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.