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Online Anxiety Counselling · Dundee
Online Anxiety Counselling in Dundee
Online anxiety counselling for Dundee, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Dundee, from the waterfront and the centre to the streets around the V&A, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
In and around Dundee
Anxiety Counselling for Dundee, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Dundee: from the waterfront and the centre to Lochee, Broughty Ferry and the Hilltown
- Known for
- The V&A, the Tay and the design quarter
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Dundee
Why do people in Dundee reach out?
Dundee has spent twenty years reinventing itself, and the city that came out of it runs on short contracts and other people's deadlines. Design work, games work, research posts at the University of Dundee and Abertay University, hours in a bar to cover the gap. Anxiety thrives on that arithmetic, because you can never quite plan past the spring. Students arriving here get their own version, sharing a flat in the West End or Stobswell and discovering that the pressure is not only academic. Meanwhile the contrast is right in front of you: a polished waterfront on one side of the road, and streets in Hilltown or Lochee where the money never arrived. Comparison is fuel for worry, and it is unavoidable here.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Dundee
LocheeBroughty FerryHilltownStobswellWest EndMenzieshillMaryfieldDouglasFintry
Wherever you are in Dundee, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Dundee
Official figures for Dundee, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Dundee City, 27.8% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 24.1%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Dundee City, 5.3% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Scotland average of 6.1%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
Reviewed June 2026.
What actually happens in anxiety counselling?
Anxiety counselling here is practical and solution-focused: we work on the worry, panic, social anxiety and over-thinking that are actually affecting your day, and on simple ways to settle a nervous system stuck on high alert.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the full anxiety counselling page, with how I work, sessions and fees for the practical questions and professional standards and registration for registration and ethics.
What happens in an online session?
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link, held to the same BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call, you join from any private space on a phone, tablet or laptop.
Bradley works from Hove, so nothing in Dundee is in person; sessions run by secure video. If your week is stitched together from freelance hours and shifts, a slot you can hold at the same time each week without travel is far easier to protect. It also works in a shared flat. Headphones and a closed door are usually enough, and there is nowhere in the city you need to be seen walking into.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does anxiety counselling address?
Social anxiety
Help with confidence, self-consciousness and fear of judgement.
Chronic worry
Support for overthinking, catastrophising and decision paralysis.
People-pleasing
Working with the need for control and approval.
Sleep and tension
Calming a nervous system stuck on high alert.
Responding differently
Tools for when anxiety starts to take hold.
Anxiety Counselling in Dundee
Why people in Dundee come for anxiety counselling
Most people arrive describing symptoms rather than anxiety: a stomach that turns before emails are opened, a heart that races on the bus, an inability to stop planning for things that have not happened. The work is practical from the first session. We map what triggers the alarm and what your body does next, then build settling techniques that work in real places, not just in a quiet room. From there we take the avoidance apart piece by piece, whether it is a presentation, a phone call or the walk into town. Because alcohol is often used to take the edge off, it is worth knowing the local picture: National Records of Scotland recorded an age-standardised alcohol-specific death rate in Dundee City averaging 28.2 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, well above the Scotland average of 21.9. If you want NHS support, your GP can refer you to psychological therapies; NHS inform holds trusted self-help, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 Dundee
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Dundee, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout; 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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Dundee questions
Online Anxiety Counselling in Dundee: common questions
How soon can I get started in Dundee?
A free 15-minute consultation usually happens within a few days of you making contact. Weekly sessions generally start a week or two after that, if it feels like a fit. Nothing has to be arranged through a GP and there is no waiting list involved.
What do you charge?
Sixty minutes of anxiety work costs £80, ninety minutes £100, and two hours £120. The hour suits nearly everyone, so that is what most people book. The first consultation of 15 minutes is free and carries no obligation to continue afterwards.
How does the NHS handle anxiety referrals up here?
Your GP refers you into NHS psychological therapies; that is how it works in Scotland, rather than any self-referral scheme. Waiting times differ by area. NHS inform is a reliable source of self-help meanwhile, and Breathing Space takes calls free on 0800 83 85 87.
I am a student here. Can I do this alongside university support?
Yes, and a lot of people do. Your university has its own services, and this sits alongside them rather than replacing anything. Sessions are booked directly with me, so nothing appears on a university record and nobody there is told you are attending.
My panic hits on the bus and in crowded shops. Can that be changed?
Yes, and it is one of the more workable parts. We look at what your body has learned to read as danger, practise bringing it down deliberately, then rebuild those situations in stages. Nobody gets sent into a packed shop to tough it out.
I am a student in Dundee and constantly anxious, can you help alongside uni support?
Yes. Many students like keeping counselling separate from campus, and private video sessions make that easy from your flat or halls. We would work on what is driving the anxiety and practical ways to steady it, at times that fit around lectures and deadlines, wherever you are living in the city.
How soon can anxiety counselling start online in Dundee?
Usually within a week. After a free 15-minute consultation we arrange a first video session, so there is no local wait to join. You begin from a flat in the West End, Broughty Ferry or student halls, with nothing to travel to across the city.
What do anxiety sessions cost compared to NHS Tayside?
NHS Tayside talking therapy is free but can involve a wait, and university support has its limits. My fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, with a free 15-minute consultation first and no queue before you start.
I'm a student in Dundee, can I have evening anxiety sessions online?
Yes. Alongside your university's support, private evening sessions by secure video keep counselling separate from campus. You join from your flat or halls in Stobswell or the West End, at a time around lectures, with no journey and the same private hour.
Online Anxiety Counselling in Dundee, 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 online across Scotland: Perth, Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy. See all of Scotland.
Also available in Dundee: depression counselling, trauma counselling and counselling and therapy.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about the miracle question and settling a spike of urgency.
Within reach of Sussex? anxiety counselling is offered in the room in Hove, where the room is as well as online; see the full list of areas.