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Online Anxiety Counselling · Hull
Online Anxiety Counselling in Hull
Online anxiety counselling for Hull, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Hull, from the Old Town and the marina to the streets around the Deep, 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 Hull
Anxiety Counselling for Hull, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Hull: from the Old Town and the marina to Newland Avenue, Bransholme and Hessle Road
- Known for
- The marina, the Deep and the Humber Bridge
- Region
- Yorkshire & North East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Hull Talking Therapies (Let's Talk Hull)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Hull
What is going on for people in Hull?
Hull sits at the end of its own line, and that shapes how worry behaves here. Much of the city works to a rota: the port and offshore wind sector, the wards of Hull University Teaching Hospitals, hours that nobody else keeps. When the next contract is not confirmed, the body starts bracing before the mind has words for it. Some 29% of adults here reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Students at the University of Hull carry their own version, alone in a bedsit off Newland Avenue with a deadline they cannot say out loud. On Hessle Road and in Bransholme the same thing wears a different coat: money, and arithmetic that never quite works.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Hull
Old TownNewland AvenuePrinces AvenueHessle RoadAvenuesSpring BankBransholmeAnlaby RoadSuttonMarfleet
Wherever you are in Hull, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Hull
Official figures for Hull, for context rather than as a description of you.
29% 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 is anxiety counselling, in practice?
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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the full anxiety counselling page for the methods, session lengths and fees for fees and session lengths, and professional standards and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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.
There is no room in this city; I work from Hove and we meet by secure video. For anxiety that tends to help. You stay in the place where the feeling actually shows up, so what we practise has somewhere real to land, rather than being rehearsed elsewhere and forgotten on the bus home. A weekly slot can be set around a port rota or a hospital shift, and the appointment itself never becomes one more thing to dread.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
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 Hull
Why people in Hull come for anxiety counselling
People in Hull rarely book because of a diagnosis. They book because the mornings have started badly for months, or because a panic attack in an Old Town car park frightened them into deciding something. The counselling itself is practical here, and pointed at solutions rather than explanations. We map what your anxiety actually does, in order: the trigger, the thought, the physical surge, the thing you avoid straight afterwards. Then we work on the avoidance, because that is what keeps it fed. You get things to try between sessions and we review honestly what worked. Alongside that, NHS Hull Talking Therapies (Let's Talk Hull) takes self-referrals directly, with no GP letter needed, and putting your name down costs nothing even if you start privately. Hull and East Yorkshire Mind (HEY Mind) runs local support too. If money is tight, say so early and we will look at what is realistic.
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 Hull
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Hull, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Hull Talking Therapies (Let's Talk Hull) for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed.
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 111 and choose the mental health option. The Samaritans are free, day or night, on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258.
Hull questions
Online Anxiety Counselling in Hull: common questions
I work shifts at the port. Can anxiety sessions fit round a rota?
Yes. We agree a slot that suits the pattern you are on, and change it when the pattern changes, as long as there is a bit of notice. Some weeks that means an early hour before a day shift; other weeks an evening. Continuity matters more than the exact time.
How much does anxiety counselling cost, and can I try it before committing?
There is a free 15-minute consultation before anything is booked, so you can hear how I work without paying for it. After that a session is £80 / 60 min. Longer appointments are £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min, which suits people when a great deal has built up.
Is Let's Talk Hull the right first step, or should I see a GP?
You can refer yourself to NHS Hull Talking Therapies (Let's Talk Hull) without seeing anyone first, and that is usually the quickest way into NHS help for anxiety here. A GP appointment is still worth making if sleep or physical symptoms are severe. The two routes are not exclusive.
Does video counselling work for panic attacks?
Panic responds well online, partly because we can work where it happens rather than describing it later. If the surge arrives during a session, we slow it down together, on the sofa or at the kitchen table you already associate with it. A screen does not block that work.
Hull can feel cut off from everywhere else. Does being that far out make anxiety harder to shift?
Distance does shape it. Fewer options, longer journeys and a sense that help is always elsewhere all add weight. Meeting online removes the travelling entirely, and it means a counsellor outside the city, which some people prefer where word gets round. The work itself is unchanged.
Is it hard to get this kind of support in Hull?
Specialist help can feel a long drive away here, which is exactly where online counselling earns its place. Distance stops mattering, you talk from home rather than travelling, and we can hold a regular slot around shifts rather than office hours.
How soon can I start anxiety counselling online in Hull?
Usually within a week. After a free 15-minute consultation we book a first session by secure video. I'm based in Hove and work online across Hull, so being at the far end of the line never matters; there's no waiting list and no drive to an appointment.
What do you charge, and how does that compare with the NHS in Hull?
Fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapies in Hull are free but can mean a wait; online and private, you can usually start sooner and hold a steady weekly time.
Can sessions be online in the evening to fit shifts around Hull?
Yes. I work from Hove by secure video, not from a room in Hull, so you join from home off Newland Avenue or wherever's quiet. We can find evening or off-peak slots that fit around dock or shift patterns rather than office hours.
Online Anxiety Counselling in Hull, 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 Yorkshire & North East: York, Leeds. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
Also available in Hull: depression counselling, trauma counselling and counselling and therapy.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: the miracle question and settling a spike of urgency.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.