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Online Anxiety Counselling · Norwich
Online Anxiety Counselling in Norwich
Online anxiety counselling for Norwich, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Norwich, from the cathedral and the centre to the streets around the castle, 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 Norwich
Anxiety Counselling for Norwich, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Norwich: from the cathedral and the centre to the Golden Triangle, Mile Cross and Thorpe Hamlet
- Known for
- The cathedral, the castle and the medieval lanes
- Region
- East of England (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Norwich
Why do people in Norwich reach out?
Norwich feels self-contained, ringed by rural Norfolk and a long way by road from anywhere comparable. That can be restful and it can close in, occasionally in the same week. A large student body at the University of East Anglia arrives and departs each year, while the professional side of the city, Aviva and the city's insurance sector among it, runs to office hours and targets. Adults across the area reported a high anxiety score at 22.3% in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%. Anxiety here often turns on being known: the Golden Triangle is small, the medieval lanes are smaller, and a difficult patch can feel extremely visible.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Norwich
the Golden TriangleMile CrossThorpe HamletEatonHeighamLakenhamCattonSprowstonThorpe St AndrewCostessey
Wherever you are in Norwich, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Norwich
Official figures for Norwich, for context rather than as a description of you.
22.3% 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.
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, how sessions run and what they cost for fees and session lengths, and how to check my registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
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.
Sessions run online by secure video, delivered from Hove. In a city where people tend to know one another's business, not having to walk into a building locally is worth a good deal by itself. There is nobody to see you arrive and no reception at which to give your name. Appointments can be arranged around office hours, hospital shifts or a teaching timetable, and they continue through a term abroad or a move away.
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 Norwich
Why people in Norwich come for anxiety counselling
The usual trigger for making contact is not the anxiety itself but the shrinking that comes after it: invitations declined, a route avoided, a phone left face down on the table. Anxiety counselling here is practical and solution-focused rather than exploratory. We take a single episode apart in the order it happened, because the trigger, the thought, the physical surge and the avoidance are far easier to shift separately than as one lump. Bringing the body down comes first, since a nervous system already in alarm treats every possibility as a prediction. From there we agree specific small steps and work from the results rather than from reassurance. Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies takes self-referrals in England through the NHS Talking Therapies programme, and Norfolk and Waveney Mind provides local support that can run alongside it.
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 Norwich
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Norwich, you can refer yourself directly to Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies 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.
Norwich questions
Online Anxiety Counselling in Norwich: common questions
This is a small city and I would rather not be seen going to counselling. Is online more private?
In that particular respect it is. Nobody watches you arrive anywhere, and there is no local waiting room in which to run into somebody you know. The confidentiality itself is identical either way, held under the BACP Ethical Framework, but the visibility certainly is not.
High anxiety here was reported at 22.3%. Does that include students?
The 2022/23 figure is a general adult self-report for the area and sits below the England average of 23.8%, without any breakdown by age or occupation. Students, hospital staff and office workers are all somewhere inside it. It offers context and nothing more than that.
How do I get NHS help for anxiety if I live in Norwich?
Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies is the NHS Talking Therapies service here, and in England you refer yourself with no GP appointment beforehand. Waits vary. Nothing stops you doing that and beginning private sessions at the same time, and a good many people find the combination works.
How much are sessions, and how often would I be coming?
Weekly at first is usual with anxiety, moving further apart as things settle. An hour costs £80, ninety minutes £100 and two hours £120, paid session by session. The free 15-minute consultation is a proper conversation rather than a sales call, and you decide afterwards.
I moved here for work and know almost nobody. Does isolation make anxiety worse?
It tends to, because there is nobody to test a worry against before it grows into something larger. Norwich is far enough from other cities that a weekend away is a real undertaking. Part of the work is usually rebuilding contact deliberately, rather than waiting to feel confident enough first.
I worry about being recognised locally. Is online more private?
Yes. Working by video or phone from Hove, there is no waiting room and no one to pass in the street. That matters in a city where people tend to know one another. You take part from wherever you feel safe, and our conversations stay confidential.
How soon can I start online anxiety counselling in Norwich?
Soon, in most cases. I am based in Hove and see Norwich clients online, so there is no local room to wait for and no long drive that specialist support in Norfolk can otherwise mean. We start with a free 15-minute consultation, then arrange a first session that fits your week.
What are the fees for anxiety counselling in Norwich, and how does that compare with the NHS?
NHS Talking Therapies in Norfolk are free through a GP or self-referral, but waits vary and you cannot pick your therapist. My private fees are £80 for a 60-minute session, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation.
Can I do online anxiety sessions in the evening instead of driving into Norwich?
Yes. Sessions are online by secure video or phone, so a village out towards the Broads is as easy as the Golden Triangle, with no drive into the city. Evening slots are available, and you take part from home in Eaton, Thorpe Hamlet or Sprowston.
Online Anxiety Counselling in Norwich, 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 East of England: Cambridge, Ipswich, King's Lynn. See all of East of England.
Close to this in Norwich, there is 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.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same anxiety counselling is available in person, in Brighton, or see every area I cover.