Fulham · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Couples therapy and relationship counselling for Fulham
If you and your partner keep circling the same argument in your Fulham flat, or have stopped arguing and stopped really talking too, couples counselling gives each of you a fair hearing. My one room is in Hove, 84 minutes' drive from SW6, so from Fulham video is usually the practical choice: together on one screen or from two places, with a Hove session now and then.
The practical facts for Fulham
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Fulham by car
- About 84 minutes with clear roads (59.0 miles); longer at busy times.
- Free NHS talking therapy (for one of you)
- Hammersmith and Fulham Talking Therapies, 0300 123 1156
- 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.
Two careers, two diaries and a riverside postcode
South Fulham is young and largely of working age.
The council's 2025 profile of its GP network says the majority of residents are highly qualified and hold well-paid professional jobs, with professional and scientific work and finance and insurance the leading industries. For a couple, that can mean two full diaries and an evening that shrinks to a tired handover in the kitchen. The same profile notes a high turnover of people moving in and out, so a couple here may be quietly negotiating whether London is still the plan: a job offer elsewhere, a parent getting older, a friend group that has already scattered. Money pulls in its own directions, because the council calls the area polarised, with deprivation a street or two from real wealth, and comparison is hard to escape. A home game at Craven Cottage or Stamford Bridge can swallow a whole Saturday for one of you. None of this means a relationship is failing. It means the conversations that matter keep being put off.
How couples sessions work when you live in SW6
We sort out the practical shape first, because an hour you both keep is worth more than a perfect plan you keep cancelling. Video lets you sit together at one screen in your SW6 flat, or join from two places when a late shift or a week away keeps one of you out of Fulham. I listen to each of you with the same care, and I leave the question of who is right to one side. Together we trace the loop you both get pulled into: a remark about who forgot what becomes a row about feeling unseen, and by the end neither of you remembers how it started. Slowing that loop down lets each of you see your own part in it without carrying all the blame. The questions can be large or small, from whether to have children or leave London to how to rebuild trust after an affair. If your partner is not ready, you can begin alone and look at how you show up in the relationship, and they are welcome to join later. Where drink runs through the arguments, we name it plainly, and the worried partner can find support of their own.
Pressures a relationship can meet in SW6
Two demanding professional careers
The council notes that most south Fulham residents hold well-paid professional jobs. Two demanding careers can leave a couple with very little unhurried time together.
Staying in London or moving on
In a part of London with a high turnover of residents, the question of putting down roots or leaving can pull partners in different directions.
Caring for a relative together
When a parent or relative needs looking after, the borough's Carers Network hub backs the one doing the caring, and in our sessions you can both look at what that load takes from the relationship.
When cancer enters the relationship
Maggie's West London at Charing Cross Hospital welcomes people with cancer and their partners to drop in, and couples sessions with me can run alongside that support.
If you are afraid of your partner
Couples counselling is not safe or suitable where one partner is afraid of the other. You can book the free call on your own. What you tell me on your own is not passed to your partner without your agreement, except where someone's safety is at serious risk; I explain those limits on the free call. In your message, tell me the safest way and time to contact you. Video sessions from a shared home are not private if you could be overheard or your devices are checked. If you are in immediate danger, call 999.
If there is violence, threats or controlling behaviour, the National Domestic Abuse Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 2000 247. The Men's Advice Line is on 0808 801 0327. If you are worried about your own behaviour towards a partner, the Respect Phoneline is on 0808 802 4040 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm).
Free and low-cost support for Fulham
Our couples work can run next to the free help Hammersmith and Fulham provides. Hammersmith and Fulham Talking Therapies takes self-referrals on 0300 123 1156 when one of you is weighed down by anxiety or low mood. Help Counselling offers sliding-scale fees in rooms near Putney Bridge, Carers Network backs up partners who are caring, and the Al-Anon Fulham SW6 Monday group welcomes anyone troubled by a partner's drinking.
- Free NHS talking therapy (for one of you)Hammersmith and Fulham Talking Therapies0300 123 1156Free 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 itTurning Point Hammersmith & Fulham020 8740 6815Free and confidential.
- Local organisationWest London MindMental health charity.
- Local organisationPembridge Hospice bereavement counselling service
- Local organisationCruse Bereavement Support, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham branchBereavement support.
Private counselling with me can run alongside any of these; you do not have to choose one or the other.
If you need urgent help now
If you need help right now, please don't wait for a session.
Locally, the West London NHS Trust 24-hour mental health crisis line is on 0800 328 4444.
If you, or someone you live with, drink heavily every day, or take drugs such as benzodiazepines or GHB daily, do not stop suddenly without medical advice. Withdrawal can cause seizures and can be dangerous. Your GP or the local drug and alcohol service can arrange medically assisted withdrawal. Call 999 or go to A&E if someone in withdrawal is shaking visibly, unusually restless or agitated, confused, seeing or hearing things that are not there, or has a fit. For milder symptoms, such as a slight tremor or sweating, contact your GP or NHS 111 the same day (NHS guidance). Counselling works alongside medical support, not instead of it.
What people in Fulham ask before starting
Can my partner and I have couples counselling on video from Fulham?
Yes. You can share a sofa and a single screen at home in SW6, or each join from a separate place if work keeps you apart that evening. The Hove room is about 84 minutes' drive away, so video carries the weekly sessions, and an occasional longer meeting in Hove can be arranged when you both want to be in the room with me.
How quickly can we start couples counselling in Fulham?
One of you books the free consultation, and we talk briefly about what is happening and what you each hope for. If you both want to go ahead, I offer the times that are genuinely open in my diary, with no waiting list. Early mornings or evenings are worth asking about when two Fulham working weeks have to line up.
Is there free support in Hammersmith and Fulham if one of us is struggling?
Hammersmith and Fulham Talking Therapies is the borough's free NHS route when anxiety or low mood weighs heavily, run by West London NHS Trust, and either of you can self-refer on 0300 123 1156 without seeing a GP. For individual counselling on a sliding scale, Help Counselling has rooms near Putney Bridge. Couples sessions with me can continue alongside either.
My partner's drinking on match days in Fulham keeps causing rows. Is that something couples counselling can work on?
It can give you both a calmer place to talk about it, provided you each feel safe. We look at what the drinking does in the relationship and how each of you responds, without casting either of you as the villain. For support of your own, the Al-Anon Fulham SW6 Monday group is open to relatives and friends affected by someone else's drinking.
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.
Begin together, from Parsons Green to Sands End
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.