Horsham · in person in Hove or online
Psychotherapy for Horsham
If you live in Horsham and keep ending up in the same place with people, going quiet when you're hurt or freezing whenever a voice is raised, psychotherapy is longer, open-ended work on where that pattern comes from. We meet weekly in my room in Hove or by secure video.
The practical facts for Horsham
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Horsham by car
- About 36 minutes with clear roads (23.4 miles); longer at busy times.
- By train
- From Horsham, change at Three Bridges for trains towards Brighton and Hove.
- Free NHS talking therapy
- NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies – North Team, 01403 620434
- 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.
A settled life that keeps circling back
Horsham can look like the picture of a life that has come together: a house on a quiet road in Oakhill or New Town, a job reached by train up the line or out at the airport, and a Sunday walk in St Leonard's Forest.
Psychotherapy is often for the part of that life nobody else sees. You may notice the same thing happening every few years. A friendship cools the moment you need something from it, or a promotion arrives and you start waiting to be found out. You might be patient with everyone at work and short with the people you love most. Perhaps you've had some counselling already, and it helped for a while before the old shape returned. That says nothing bad about you. Patterns that formed early, often in a family doing its best, tend to hold on because they once kept you safe, and longer work gives them time to loosen.
Months rather than weeks: the shape of the work
This is open-ended work. We keep one fixed hour a week with no set number of sessions, follow what surfaces, and stop now and then to ask together whether it's still earning its place. In the early months that usually means catching the pattern while it's happening, in your week and sometimes between the two of us, which is one reason the relationship itself matters so much. Later the work reaches further back, to what the pattern was once protecting. I'm a qualified counsellor and a UKCP student member, still completing my psychotherapy training, and I'd rather you knew that from the start. From Horsham, the practical question is rhythm. Work that may run for many months has to survive a change of job, a new commute, school holidays and dark winter evenings. You might settle on video at home and keep the room in Hove for the occasional session. Or you might find the drive down useful in its own right, a stretch of road between your working week and the hour itself. A longer 90-minute session can also suit work that needs room to open up.
Where longer work can begin for Horsham people
Shorter help eased it, then it returned
A course with NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies took the edge off, yet the old feelings keep returning, and you'd like to know what keeps bringing them back.
A career that feels borrowed
Steady work in insurance or financial services, the kind Horsham is known for, alongside a private sense that you're performing the role and will one day be found out.
Two ways to keep coming
A 36-minute drive to the room each week, or a session from home in Horsham on video. Long work can use both, and the balance can shift as it goes on.
Long-term work on a tighter budget
If open-ended private sessions would stretch you, Horsham and Crawley Counselling Group CIC offers counselling on a sliding fee scale, and it's worth asking them too.
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 Horsham
Psychotherapy can sit beside other support in West Sussex. Mind in Brighton and Hove runs West Sussex services, and Horsham District Wellbeing, from the county and district councils, offers free wellbeing support. If worry or low mood is the main trouble, NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies accepts self-referrals from Horsham through its North Team, on 01403 620434.
- Free NHS talking therapyNHS West Sussex Talking Therapies – North Team01403 620434Free 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 itWest Sussex Drug & Alcohol Wellbeing Network (DAWN)0330 128 1113Run by Change Grow Live. Free 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 SUSSEX to 85258.
What people in Horsham ask before starting
How long does psychotherapy take, and how do I start from Horsham?
There's no fixed length. Some work lasts a few months and some runs much longer, and ending is always your decision. On the free 15-minute call, describe the thing that keeps repeating, as briefly as you like. Should we decide to begin, we look for a weekly hour that can survive your work and travel, in Hove or on screen, and I'll be clear about which slots are open.
Is there free psychotherapy for Horsham residents on the NHS?
The free NHS route from Horsham is NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies, for anxiety and low mood, and its North Team takes self-referrals on 01403 620434 without a GP letter. It's worth trying if those are your main difficulties. Private psychotherapy may suit you better if you want open-ended work or to choose your therapist. Nothing stops you using both at once.
Can long-term psychotherapy work over video from Horsham?
Yes. Over months, what matters most is a steady relationship and a time you can rely on, and both hold up on screen. The drive from Horsham is around 36 minutes, so you could come in person every week, now and then, or not at all. Starting in the room and moving to video later is fine, and so is the reverse.
What if psychotherapy stirs up more than I can manage between sessions in Horsham?
Deeper work can unsettle things before they ease, which is why we pace it and open each session by asking how the week went. If things become too much between sessions, you can text SUSSEX to 85258 for crisis support. If you're in danger, call 999, and the crisis section sitting just above these questions gives more numbers to try.
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.
Start with a conversation about the pattern
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.