Communication and conflict
Breaking the cycle of the same argument.
Relationship Counselling · Burgess Hill
Relationship Counselling in Burgess Hill
Relationship Counselling for Burgess Hill and the surrounding area, in person or online. Burgess Hill is a busy Mid Sussex town with good rail links and the green spaces of its Green Circle walk. From my room in nearby Hove I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
In and around Burgess Hill
Relationship Counselling for Burgess Hill, at a glance
- Known for
- St John's Park, the Green Circle and Bedelands Nature Reserve
- Area
- Lewes & Mid Sussex, East/West Sussex
- Getting to the Hove room
- From Burgess Hill a direct train reaches Hove and Brighton in around twenty minutes, or it is a half-hour drive south.
- 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 Burgess Hill
What is going on for people in Burgess Hill?
A partnership can run for years on handovers. One of you is on the early train and back after the children have gone up; the other holds the house together and passes on the day in fifteen minutes at the kitchen table. It works, in the sense that everything gets done. Around Folders Lane and Janes Lane there are households doing exactly this, capable and well organised and slowly running out of anything to say that is not admin. Burgess Hill rewards that kind of efficiency, and the cost of it is easy to miss. Neither of you has done anything wrong. You have both simply been busy for a long time, and the space where you used to talk has quietly filled up.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Burgess Hill
St John's ParkWorld's EndWivelsfieldLeylands RoadFolders LaneThe MartletsJanes LaneFairfield
Wherever you are in Burgess Hill, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Burgess Hill
Official figures for Burgess Hill, 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 does relationship counselling involve?
Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on everything on relationship counselling, with how I work, sessions and fees for the practical questions and qualifications, registration and ethics for registration and ethics.
What happens in a session?
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 direct train reaches Hove in around twenty minutes, which makes an evening appointment realistic even after a full day at work, and driving south takes roughly half an hour. Couples often travel separately and meet at the room in Hove rather than sitting in the same car beforehand. When neither of you can face another journey that week, the identical session runs online by secure video, from one screen together or two screens apart.
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 Burgess Hill
Why people in Burgess Hill come for relationship counselling
What brings couples in from a town like this is rarely a single betrayal. It is distance. You have become good colleagues and you are less certain you are anything else. Sometimes it is sharper: an affair named but never understood, or drinking that begins on the way home and has become the argument you have instead of a conversation. Sometimes one person is low and the whole household has rearranged itself around that without anyone saying so. We slow the exchanges down until each of you can hear the request buried inside the complaint, and trust is rebuilt at the pace of whoever has to do the rebuilding. Coming alone is welcome and often effective, because changing your own half of a pattern changes the pattern. In West Sussex, 14.5% of patients aged 18 and over were recorded as depressed on GP registers in 2024/25, slightly above the England average of 14.3%. NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies accepts self-referrals, and DAWN covers drug and alcohol support locally.
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 Burgess Hill
My counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Burgess Hill, 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.
Burgess Hill questions
Relationship Counselling in Burgess Hill: common questions
Where do Burgess Hill sessions take place, and can I meet online instead?
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Burgess Hill a direct train reaches Hove and Brighton in around twenty minutes, or it is a half-hour drive south. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Burgess Hill or blend the two.
We both commute. Are there appointments late enough to be any use?
Later slots exist and they go quickly, so it is worth asking on the free 15-minute call. A twenty-minute train down means an early evening hour is usually manageable. Most couples are seen within a fortnight of that first conversation, and no referral from anyone is needed.
What does a session cost when two of us come?
An hour is £80. Ninety minutes costs £100 and two hours £120, and many couples choose the longer option so that neither person feels rushed. The price is per appointment, not per person, and the opening 15-minute consultation is free whichever length you go on to book.
What is the NHS option here if we cannot afford to pay?
NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is the local service and you can refer yourself without seeing a GP first. It is aimed at individuals struggling with anxiety or low mood rather than couples, and waits vary. The Sussex Mental Healthline is there around the clock if things feel urgent.
Could we do this online rather than travelling down to Hove?
Yes, and plenty of couples do. Video works well for relationship sessions because you can join from different places on a week when one of you is late back. Some alternate: in person when the diary allows, online when it does not. The work itself does not change.
His drinking has become our only argument. Is that relationship counselling or something else?
It can be both, and it helps to be clear which you are asking for. Here we look at what the drinking is doing to the two of you: the watching, the promises, the resentment that never clears. For the drinking itself, DAWN is the West Sussex drug and alcohol service.
Is there a direct train for relationship counselling from Burgess Hill?
Yes. Trains on the main line run direct from Burgess Hill to Hove and Brighton in around twenty minutes, then a short walk to Western Road, with Wivelsfield Station close by too. By car the A23 takes about half an hour. Online sessions are there when the commute feels like too much.
How do I book relationship counselling and travel to Hove from Burgess Hill?
Start with a free fifteen-minute call, then come over for your session. From Burgess Hill a direct train on the main line reaches Hove and Brighton in around twenty minutes, a short walk to Western Road, or it is about half an hour south by car down the A23.
What do couples pay, and is relationship counselling on the NHS in Burgess Hill?
Sessions are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, after a free fifteen-minute consultation. The NHS rarely funds couples work, so most Burgess Hill clients choose private sessions, valuing a direct train and fitting the room around a commuting week.
Can we attend together or meet online, and do you offer evenings for Burgess Hill?
Yes. Couples can come to the Hove room or share a secure video call from home, which fits neatly around Burgess Hill's commuting life. Individuals are welcome alone. Evening slots help when work fills the day, and you can mix the direct train in with online sessions.
Relationship Counselling in Burgess Hill, 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: Haywards Heath, Hassocks, Ditchling. See all areas I cover.
Related work in Burgess Hill: counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: the Imago dialogue for couples.
Prefer to meet remotely? The same relationship counselling is available online by secure video across the UK, or see online counselling by region.