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Relationship Counselling · Peacehaven
Relationship Counselling in Peacehaven
Relationship Counselling for Peacehaven and the surrounding area, in person or online. Peacehaven sits on the clifftops where the Greenwich Meridian meets the sea, between Brighton and Newhaven. 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 Peacehaven
Relationship Counselling for Peacehaven, at a glance
- Known for
- The Meridian Monument, the clifftop walk and Centenary Park
- Area
- Coast: Brighton to Newhaven, East/West Sussex
- Getting to the Hove room
- From Peacehaven the coast road runs west through Saltdean and Brighton to the Hove office in around twenty to twenty-five minutes.
- Local NHS / support route
- Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service
- Format
- In person at my private Hove room, or by secure video UK-wide.
Life in Peacehaven
Why people in Peacehaven get in touch
The town was laid out as a grid of long avenues on the clifftop, and something about that plan still shapes how life is lived here. Houses face the sea; neighbours are close but not on top of each other. Many households run on two different timetables, one person driving off along South Coast Road before it is light and the other holding the house together until they get back. Distance creeps into a couple that way, quietly, without a row to point at. By the time anyone says the word lonely, both of you have been managing separately for years. Walking out along the clifftop walk together in silence is not the same as talking.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Peacehaven
Telscombe CliffsSouth Coast RoadRoderick AvenueDorothy AvenueSutton AvenueSteyning AvenueCentenary Park area
Wherever you are in Peacehaven, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Peacehaven
Official figures for Peacehaven, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 192.7 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 17.4% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
24.1% 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 would we do together 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: relationship counselling in detail sets out the methods, the practical side covers the practicalities, and professional standards and 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.
The coast road runs west through the cliff villages and Brighton to the Hove room, twenty to twenty-five minutes on a clear morning and longer in summer traffic. Couples are seen there together, and individuals on their own. Weekend and early evening slots suit shift patterns better than a midday appointment. Should the drive prove too much for one of you, or you would rather not be seen leaving together, secure video does the same job from home.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can relationship counselling in Peacehaven 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 Peacehaven
Why people in Peacehaven come for relationship counselling
Being a little way out along the coast can make a relationship feel like the only company you have, which is a heavy load for one marriage to bear. People from Peacehaven come with distance rather than drama: no affair, no shouting, just two people who have stopped reaching for each other and cannot say when that started. Some come as a pair. Just as many come alone, because a partner is not willing yet or because they want to work out what they want before they raise it. Both are legitimate, and the work is real either way. Where drink has become the way one of you unwinds after a long drive home, or where low mood has flattened everything including affection, that gets looked at as part of the relationship rather than as somebody's separate failing. Depression on local GP registers ran at 17.4% of adults in 2024/25, above the England average. Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service, takes self-referrals and can run alongside.
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 Peacehaven
My counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Peacehaven, you can refer yourself directly to Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies 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.
Peacehaven questions
Relationship Counselling in Peacehaven: common questions
Where do Peacehaven sessions take place, and can I meet online instead?
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Peacehaven the coast road runs west through Saltdean and Brighton to the Hove office in around twenty to twenty-five minutes. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Peacehaven or blend the two.
My husband will not talk about any of this. Is it worth me coming alone?
It is. One person changing how they respond changes the pattern, even without the other in the room. You would look at what you keep doing that is not working, what you actually want, and how to say it. Partners sometimes join once they see it is not a trial.
Is twenty-five minutes each way realistic on a weekday evening?
Usually, yes, along the coast road through the cliff villages and Brighton. Summer afternoons and roadworks add to it. Booking a later slot avoids the worst of it, and if you are running behind the session can start online instead of being missed.
What would a ninety-minute couples session cost?
£100 / 90 min. An hour is £80 / 60 min and two hours is £120 / 120 min. Couples often prefer the ninety, because both of you need time to speak and to be heard properly. Before booking anything there is a free 15-minute consultation.
Does Health in Mind cover relationship problems?
It is an NHS Talking Therapies service, so its focus is anxiety and depression rather than couples work as such, but it is free, takes self-referrals and is well worth contacting. Plenty of people use it for their own mood while doing the relationship work privately.
We know a lot of people around Centenary Park. Would anyone know we were having counselling?
No. Sessions are in Hove, twenty-odd minutes down the coast, and nothing is passed to your GP or anyone else without your say-so. There is no waiting area full of familiar faces. Online sessions from your own front room remove even the journey.
Is it easy to get to relationship counselling from Peacehaven?
It is around twenty to twenty-five minutes by car along the coast road through Saltdean and Brighton, with the 12 and 14 buses running the same way and a change for Hove. Given the distance, many Peacehaven couples choose online video sessions, which are just as effective.
How do I book relationship counselling and travel to Hove from Peacehaven?
Start with a free fifteen-minute call, then come over for your session. From Peacehaven the coast road runs west through Saltdean and Brighton to Hove, around twenty to twenty-five minutes by car, with the 12 and 14 buses along the South Coast Road and a change for Hove.
What do couples pay, and is relationship counselling on the NHS in Peacehaven?
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 Peacehaven clients choose private sessions, and given the distance out on the clifftops many find online just as private.
Can we attend together or meet online, and do you offer evenings for Peacehaven?
Yes. Couples can come to the Hove room or share a secure video call from home, which many Peacehaven clients prefer given the clifftop distance. Individuals are welcome alone. Evening slots are available, and you can mix the coast-road trip in with online sessions to suit your week.
Relationship Counselling in Peacehaven, 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: Saltdean, Newhaven, Rottingdean. See all areas I cover.
Related work in Peacehaven: 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.