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Relationship Counselling · Kemp Town
Relationship Counselling in Kemp Town
Relationship Counselling for Kemp Town and the surrounding area, in person or online. Kemp Town, on Brighton's eastern side, runs from St James's Street down to the Marina, with its Regency crescents and village atmosphere. 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 Kemp Town
Relationship Counselling for Kemp Town, at a glance
- Known for
- St James's Street, Brighton Marina and the Kemp Town Enclosures
- Area
- Brighton & Hove, East/West Sussex
- Getting to the Hove room
- From Kemp Town the room is about fifteen to twenty minutes away, heading west along the seafront through Brighton into Hove by bus, taxi or car.
- Local NHS / support route
- the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service
- Format
- In person at my private Hove room, or by secure video UK-wide.
Life in Kemp Town
Why people in Kemp Town get in touch
A lot of Kemp Town runs on shifts. The Royal Sussex County Hospital is a few minutes up the road, and when one of you is on nights and the other is not, a relationship can turn into a series of handovers in a dark hallway. Add the cost of a flat off St George's Road and the arithmetic gets tighter still. This is also a proudly mixed and open part of the city, which means the couples here take many shapes, and none of them are exempt from drifting apart. Whether you have been together thirty years or three, the same thing happens: the practical takes over and the personal waits, and then keeps waiting.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Kemp Town
St James's StreetSussex SquareLewes CrescentQueen's ParkSt George's RoadMarine ParadeUpper Rock GardensBristol Estate
Wherever you are in Kemp Town, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Kemp Town
Official figures for Kemp Town, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 161.8 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 14.1% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
26.7% 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 actually happens in relationship counselling?
Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: everything on relationship counselling sets out the methods, how sessions run and what they cost covers the practicalities, and how to check my registration covers accountability.
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.
From Kemp Town the room is fifteen to twenty minutes west, along the seafront through the middle of Brighton and into Hove, by bus, taxi or car. Couples on opposite shift patterns often find that one of them can get there and the other cannot, which is worth saying rather than cancelling. Individual sessions still count as relationship work. Where neither of you can travel that week, secure video lets you join from home, from a break room or from two separate places.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does relationship counselling address?
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 Kemp Town
Why people in Kemp Town come for relationship counselling
Relationship counselling here is asked for by couples of every kind, and the difficulties are remarkably consistent. Time apart that has hardened into distance. One person carrying the emotional running of the household while the other assumes it is fine. An old betrayal that got past without ever being understood. Drinking that has moved from unwinding after a shift into the reason every evening ends the same way. Or depression in one of you, which quietly recruits the other into managing it. The sessions take a familiar failed conversation and slow it down until the request inside the complaint becomes audible to both. Where trust has been broken, rebuilding is something constructed over time rather than settled in one evening. Coming alone is entirely normal here, particularly when shifts make joint attendance impossible. Depression recorded on local GP registers covered 14.1% of adults aged 18 and over in 2024/25, close to the England average of 14.3%. The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service also takes self-referrals.
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 Kemp Town
My counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Kemp Town, you can refer yourself directly to the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service 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.
Kemp Town questions
Relationship Counselling in Kemp Town: common questions
Where do Kemp Town sessions take place, and can I meet online instead?
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Kemp Town the room is about fifteen to twenty minutes away, heading west along the seafront through Brighton into Hove by bus, taxi or car. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Kemp Town or blend the two.
Our shifts never line up. Can we still do couples work?
Yes. Some couples attend together when the rota allows and one of them comes alone in between. Others do the whole thing individually, one at a time, which is less usual but perfectly workable. Tell me the rota pattern during the free 15-minute call and we will build round it.
What is the cost, and is it more for two people?
No, the fee is for the appointment: £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes, £120 for two hours. Longer sessions are popular with couples because there is more room for both voices. The first 15-minute consultation costs nothing and there is no obligation afterwards.
Is there an NHS service for this in Brighton and Hove?
The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is the NHS Talking Therapies team here and you can self-refer without your GP. It is aimed at individuals with anxiety or low mood rather than at couples. Mind in Brighton and Hove keeps details of other local support that may fit better.
We are a same-sex couple. Will that be understood without us having to explain it?
Yes. The work is about what happens between two people, and the pattern of distance, resentment or broken trust does not vary by who you are. Anything specific about your situation you want brought in is welcome, and nothing about it will be treated as the problem.
Kemp Town is a village and everybody talks. How confidential is this?
The room is in Hove, on the other side of the city, which is deliberate. Sessions are confidential and I would not confirm to anybody that you attend, other than in the rare circumstances involving serious risk to life, which are explained before we start.
Kemp Town is close-knit, will relationship counselling stay private?
That is exactly why many couples value a room set apart from the neighbourhood. Central Hove is fifteen to twenty minutes west, well away from St James's Street, and you arrive straight to your appointment. If you would rather not travel, online sessions keep things entirely private.
How do I book couples counselling and get to Hove from Kemp Town?
Start with a free fifteen-minute call, then travel west for your session. The 7 bus along St James's Street heads towards Brighton centre, where you continue by bus or taxi to Western Road, around fifteen to twenty minutes in all. Couples and individuals are both welcome.
What do sessions cost, and is relationship counselling available on the NHS near Kemp Town?
Relationship sessions are £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, after a free fifteen-minute consultation. The NHS rarely funds couples work, so many Kemp Town clients choose private sessions, valuing a discreet room away from a close, familiar community.
Can we come together, or meet online, and do you offer evenings for Kemp Town?
Yes. You can attend as a couple in the Hove room or share one secure video call from home, which suits Kemp Town's village closeness when privacy matters. Individuals are welcome alone. Evening slots are available, and you can mix crossing town with online sessions as needed.
Relationship Counselling in Kemp Town, 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: Brighton, Woodingdean, Rottingdean. See all areas I cover.
If relationship counselling is not quite what you are looking for, counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling may fit better in Kemp Town.
There is more on this in my writing: 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.