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Relationship Counselling · Southwick
Relationship Counselling in Southwick
Relationship Counselling for Southwick and the surrounding area, in person or online. Southwick, set around its green between Portslade and Shoreham, looks out over the harbour and canal. 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 Southwick
Relationship Counselling for Southwick, at a glance
- Known for
- Southwick Green, the canal and Southwick Hill
- Area
- Adur & Worthing, East/West Sussex
- Getting to the Hove room
- Southwick is around ten to fifteen minutes east of the office along the coast road, or two stops by 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 Southwick
Why people in Southwick get in touch
Southwick Green sits at the middle of the town like a village green that never left, with the streets running down towards the canal and the working end of the coast. It is an ordinary place in the best sense, full of households where both people work and money is watched carefully. When one partner's drinking starts to grow, it rarely announces itself. It is a few more cans after a late finish, then most evenings, then an argument every time it is mentioned and a silence every time it is not. The person who is not drinking ends up managing the mood of the house and calling it normal.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Southwick
Southwick GreenManor Hall RoadKingston LaneOld Barn WayThe GardensFishersgateSouthwick Hill
Wherever you are in Southwick, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Southwick
Official figures for Southwick, 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 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.
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 how to check my registration for registration and ethics.
What does a session actually involve?
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.
Hove is ten to fifteen minutes east along the coast road, or two stops by train, so an appointment fits into an evening without swallowing it. Couples are seen together in the room, and one partner alone just as readily. Coming by yourself is often how this begins. If being out of the house at the same time each week would raise questions you are not ready for, secure video is an alternative.
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 Southwick
Why people in Southwick come for relationship counselling
When drinking or low mood settles into a relationship, it stops being one person's private business and becomes the weather both of you live in. Relationship counselling looks at that honestly, without making one of you the patient and the other the manager. What has each of you stopped saying to keep the peace. What gets excused. What you are frightened would happen if you named it plainly. Where the drinking itself needs specialist attention, DAWN, the West Sussex drug and alcohol wellbeing network, is the local service and is free to contact. That is a different piece of work from this one, and the two can run in parallel. You do not need your partner's permission or presence to start here. Depression on GP registers locally stood at 14.5% of adults in 2024/25, slightly above the England average of 14.3%. NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is free on self-referral if your own mood needs its own attention.
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 Southwick
My counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Southwick, 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.
Southwick questions
Relationship Counselling in Southwick: common questions
Where do Southwick sessions take place, and can I meet online instead?
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. Southwick is around ten to fifteen minutes east of the office along the coast road, or two stops by train to Hove. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Southwick or blend the two.
My wife's drinking is the problem. Why would I be the one in counselling?
Because you are the one who has come, and because living alongside heavy drinking wears people down in ways that deserve attention in their own right. You are not being made responsible for her choices. You are getting support for the position you are actually in.
Where do I point my partner if she wants help with the drinking itself?
DAWN, the West Sussex drug and alcohol wellbeing network, is the local free service and she can approach it directly. That work sits alongside relationship sessions rather than replacing them. Nothing here requires her to be ready before you can start.
Is a session affordable if money is already tight?
The fees are fixed and clear: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min, £120 / 120 min, and you pay for each session as you attend rather than in advance. The free 15-minute consultation lets you weigh it up before spending anything at all.
Would NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies take this on?
It is free, takes self-referrals without a GP, and is a reasonable first call for your own anxiety or low mood. It does not do couples work as such, and drinking is handled by the drug and alcohol service rather than by talking therapies.
How quickly could we be seen, living this close to Hove?
Availability changes week to week, but the short journey means an appointment slot is easier to take up at short notice. Start with the free consultation to find out what is open. Waiting for a private session is usually a matter of days rather than months.
How close is relationship counselling to Southwick?
Very close. It is around ten to fifteen minutes east along the coast road by car or bus, and Southwick Station is a couple of stops from Hove on the main line, then a short walk to Western Road. If travelling in is inconvenient, online sessions are available.
How do I book relationship counselling and get to Hove from Southwick?
Start with a free fifteen-minute call, then come over for your session. Southwick is close: around ten to fifteen minutes east along the coast road by car or bus, or a couple of stops on the main line from Southwick Station, with a short walk on to Western Road.
What do couples pay, and is relationship counselling on the NHS in Southwick?
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 Southwick clients choose private sessions, valuing a confidential room a short hop east of the Green and no waiting list.
Can we attend together or meet online, and do you offer evenings for Southwick?
Yes. Couples can come to the Hove room, only ten to fifteen minutes east, or share a secure video call from home. Individuals are welcome alone. Evening slots are available around work and family, and you can mix the short trip in with online sessions as suits your week.
Relationship Counselling in Southwick, 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: Portslade, Shoreham-by-Sea, Hove. See all areas I cover.
Also available in Southwick: counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.
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.