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Online Anxiety Counselling · Leeds
Online Anxiety Counselling in Leeds
Online anxiety counselling for Leeds, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Leeds, from the centre and the waterfront to the streets around the arcades, 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 Leeds
Anxiety Counselling for Leeds, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Leeds: from the centre and the waterfront to Headingley, Chapeltown, Armley and Roundhay
- Known for
- The arcades, the waterfront and the universities
- Region
- Yorkshire & North East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Leeds
What brings people in Leeds to counselling?
Leeds rewards looking fine. The financial and legal sector around Wellington Place runs on visible competence, and a great deal of private strain hides behind that: the inbox reopened at midnight, the meeting rehearsed in a parked car in Horsforth. Around 20.1% of adults here reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%, and being on the better side of a comparison is no comfort at all when you are the one not coping in a city that appears to be thriving. Students around Hyde Park and Headingley describe a version of it, and so do people in Beeston and Armley, where the pressure is money rather than performance.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Leeds
HeadingleyHyde ParkChapel AllertonRoundhayKirkstallMeanwoodHorsforthArmleyBeestonHolbeckMorleyPudsey
Wherever you are in Leeds, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Leeds
Official figures for Leeds, for context rather than as a description of you.
20.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (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.
The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on the anxiety counselling page, alongside session lengths and fees and professional standards and registration.
What do I need for 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.
I am in Hove, so there is nowhere in Leeds to attend and we meet by secure video instead. For anxiety in a working city that is usually the practical answer: eight in the morning before the day starts, or six from a flat in Chapel Allerton, with no cross-city journey bolted onto a schedule that is already tight. Nobody watches you leave a desk to go somewhere. Regularity is what does the work, and this makes regularity easy to keep.
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 Leeds
Why people in Leeds come for anxiety counselling
What brings people to anxiety counselling here is rarely a single crisis. It is accumulation: deadlines that never fully clear, a commute that has quietly become dread, a pulse that will not come down at the end of the week. The method is practical, and it is aimed at solutions. We take one recent episode in close detail, find the point where the loop actually starts, and interrupt it there rather than arguing with the thoughts once they are already running. Avoidance gets particular attention, because avoiding something is what teaches the fear it was right all along. You leave with a specific thing to test, and we are honest next time about whether it helped. Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service is the NHS Talking Therapies service for the city and accepts self-referrals without a GP appointment. Leeds Mind runs support locally too.
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 Leeds
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Leeds, you can refer yourself directly to Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service 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.
Leeds questions
Online Anxiety Counselling in Leeds: common questions
Can I have sessions before or after work if I am in the city centre all day?
Yes. Early morning and evening appointments exist for that reason. Because we meet by video, the slot costs you the session time and nothing beyond it, so even a lunch hour can genuinely work if that is what the week allows. We keep the same time each week.
What do sessions cost?
A first 15-minute consultation is free, so you can decide whether I am the right fit before any money changes hands. After that, £80 / 60 min is the standard session. If you would rather have longer, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min are both available.
How do I get NHS help for anxiety in Leeds?
Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service takes self-referrals for anxiety, so you can approach them yourself without waiting for a GP appointment. Waiting times shift about through the year. Many people put their name forward and begin privately at the same time, rather than treating it as a choice.
I am a student near Hyde Park and my anxiety is worst late at night. Does counselling help with that?
It can, because we work on what happens at two in the morning rather than only on how you feel at noon. Sleep, caffeine, rumination and the habit of checking all get looked at directly. Sessions can be scheduled around lectures and shifts without a journey attached.
Is anxiety really a problem in Leeds when the figures are below average?
Averages describe populations, not people. The 20.1% figure for 2022/23 sits below the England average of 23.8%, and that comparison makes no difference whatsoever to how a Sunday evening feels in Kirkstall. Statistics tell you about a city; they do not tell you anything about you.
Does online counselling actually help with anxiety?
Yes. Talking therapy works through conversation, and that carries over video just as well as in a room. For anxiety in particular, meeting from your own space can feel less exposing, and there's no anxious journey across Leeds to manage before you've even started.
How soon could I start anxiety counselling in Leeds?
Usually within a week or so. We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, then book a first full session by secure video. I'm based in Hove and work online across Leeds, so there's no waiting list and no trip into Wellington Place or the centre to arrange.
What do you charge, and how does that compare with the NHS in Leeds?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapies in Leeds are free but often have a wait; I'm private and online, so you can usually start much sooner and keep a steady time.
Do you offer evening sessions rather than meeting in person in Leeds?
Yes. I don't have a room in Leeds; I work from Hove by secure video, which suits a busy week around Headingley or the office. We can often hold an early-morning or evening slot so counselling fits around your commute rather than competing with it.
Online Anxiety Counselling in Leeds, 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: Bradford, Wakefield, Sheffield. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
Close to this in Leeds, there is depression counselling, trauma counselling and counselling and therapy.
There is more on this in my writing: settling a spike of urgency and the miracle question.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.