Psychotherapy · Worthing

Psychotherapy in Worthing

Psychotherapy for Worthing and the surrounding area, in person or online. Worthing is a classic seaside town with its pier, Art Deco seafront and a growing creative scene. From my room in nearby Hove I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.

In person in HoveOnline tooFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, BACP-registered counsellor near Worthing at his Hove room, introducing his approach to psychotherapy
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Worthing

Psychotherapy for Worthing, at a glance

Known for
Worthing Pier, the Dome Cinema and Steyne Gardens
Area
Adur & Worthing, East/West Sussex
Getting to the Hove room
From Worthing the office is around twenty-five to thirty minutes east by car along the A259, or a direct train to Hove.
Local NHS / support route
NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies
Format
In person at my private Hove room, or by secure video UK-wide.

Life in Worthing

What is going on for people in Worthing?

Grief does not always announce itself as grief. It shows up years later as a flatness that will not lift, a reluctance to get close to anyone, or a low-level dread that arrives every autumn without explanation. People come for longer work from Tarring, Broadwater and Goring having lost somebody long ago and discovered that the loss is still organising their life. Emergency admissions for self-harm stood at 127.2 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117. Some things are carried quietly for decades. Psychotherapy is the work of setting them down properly rather than carrying them more efficiently.

Worthing Pierthe Dome CinemaSteyne GardensBeach House Park

Areas covered

Neighbourhoods in and around Worthing

Montague StreetSteyne GardensBroadwaterTarringGoring-by-SeaDurringtonEast WorthingWest Worthing

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

The local picture

The local picture in Worthing

These figures are local context from official sources, not a description of you, but they show the scale of what people in and around Worthing are living with, and why local support matters.

Local data last reviewed June 2026. Each figure shows the year and links to the official source it was read on.

What does psychotherapy involve?

Psychotherapy here goes a little deeper and usually a little longer than counselling, into the patterns, beliefs and early relationships that shape how you feel now, so change is understood at the root and holds.

The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on the main psychotherapy page, alongside how I work and my BACP registration.

Where do we meet, and what happens?

Sessions take place in a private, comfortable room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove, held to the strict BACP confidentiality you would expect. We begin with a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, and the same sessions are available by secure video if travelling is difficult or you would simply prefer it.

A weekly hour held over a long stretch is what makes this possible, so most people take a regular slot in the Hove room and keep it, travelling by direct train or driving the A259. Secure video covers the weeks when illness, a rota or the journey east would otherwise mean missing, because in work of this length continuity does more than any single session ever could.

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What I help with

What can psychotherapy in Worthing help with?

Recurring patterns

When the same difficulty keeps returning in different forms.

Attachment and relationships

How early bonds still shape the way you connect now.

Identity and self-worth

Working with a harsh inner voice and a shaky sense of self.

The past in the present

When something unresolved keeps replaying beneath the surface.

Beyond symptom relief

Understanding the root, not just quieting the symptom.

Lasting change

Insight that holds, so change does not slip back.

Psychotherapy in Worthing

Why people in Worthing come for psychotherapy

The deeper work goes back rather than around. Where shorter counselling helps you manage what is pressing, this follows the thread to early relationships, to losses that were never fully mourned, and to the beliefs about closeness and safety that formed out of them. Old grief tends to shape attachment: how easily you let people in, how quickly you expect them to go, what you do with the part of you that still wants comfort. That material surfaces slowly and cannot be hurried by good intentions. Expect a year or more, uneven progress, and sessions that end without a conclusion. People who come to it have usually had something briefer that helped for a while before the same weight returned. West Sussex Mind, which has its head office in the town, offers peer support alongside, and NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies provides free shorter courses.

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 Worthing

My counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Worthing, you can refer yourself directly to NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed.

Seeing me privately usually means you can start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout, working at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and 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.

Worthing questions

Psychotherapy in Worthing: common questions

Where do Worthing sessions take place, and can I meet online instead?

In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Worthing the office is around twenty-five to thirty minutes east by car along the A259, or a direct train to Hove. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Worthing or blend the two.

My mother died twenty years ago. Is it absurd to still be dealing with it?

It is not. Grief that was not fully felt at the time waits, often for decades, and frequently shows up as something that looks unrelated. Working with it late is common and can change a great deal about how the present feels.

How does this differ from the shorter counselling you offer?

Shorter counselling addresses what is troubling you now and usually finishes within months. This traces how you were shaped by early relationships and losses, works with attachment and identity, and runs open-ended over a year or more at a much slower pace.

What does a long course cost each week?

It stays at £80 / 60 min for the standard weekly hour, with £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min if a longer session helps. You pay per attendance rather than for a block, and the arrangement is reviewed openly as the work goes on.

Could I get this through NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies?

Realistically not. It provides free, shorter, structured courses of therapy for anxiety and depression on self-referral, and that suits a great many people very well. Extended exploratory work with grief, attachment and identity falls outside what that particular service is set up to deliver.

Is a thirty-minute journey sustainable for a year of weekly sessions?

For many people here it is, especially using the direct train, where the ride becomes useful thinking time in both directions. Where a week is impossible, the session moves online rather than being lost, so the year holds together as one continuous piece.

Can I keep up regular psychotherapy from Worthing?

Yes. A direct coastal train reaches Hove in around twenty minutes, so a weekly session is workable, and deeper work benefits from that steady rhythm. On weeks when the trip is inconvenient, online video sessions keep the work going, just as private and effective from home.

How do I start regular psychotherapy, and how do I get to Hove from Worthing?

We begin with a free fifteen-minute call to see if deeper, ongoing work suits you, then set a weekly time. From Worthing a direct main-line train reaches Hove in around twenty minutes, or the A259 takes twenty-five to thirty minutes by car, with parking near the room.

What does ongoing psychotherapy cost, and would the NHS fund it in Worthing?

Each session is £80 for sixty minutes, with £100 and £120 options for longer work, after a free consultation. The NHS rarely funds open-ended depth work, favouring short courses, so Worthing clients seeking sustained psychotherapy with a consistent therapist usually choose private sessions.

For weekly psychotherapy, can I mix in person and online from Worthing, and are evenings possible?

Yes. The direct train means many Worthing clients keep a fixed weekly slot in the Hove room, turning to secure video when the week is busy, without losing the thread. Evening appointments help protect that continuity around work and family commitments.

Psychotherapy in Worthing, 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 nearby: Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea. See all areas I cover.

If psychotherapy is not quite what you are looking for, counselling and therapy, depression counselling and trauma counselling may fit better in Worthing.

If you would like to read more first, I have written about dislocation and the modern world.

Prefer to meet remotely? The same psychotherapy is available online by secure video across the UK, or see online counselling by region.