Online Anxiety Counselling · Nottingham

Online Anxiety Counselling in Nottingham

Online anxiety counselling for Nottingham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Nottingham, from the centre and the Lace Market to the streets around the castle, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

Online across the UKSecure videoFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, BACP-registered counsellor offering online anxiety counselling for Nottingham, introducing his approach
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Nottingham

Anxiety Counselling for Nottingham, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Nottingham: from the centre and the Lace Market to Hyson Green, Sneinton and Beeston
Known for
The castle, the Old Market Square and the two universities
Region
Midlands (England)
Local NHS / support route
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies
Format
Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.

Life in Nottingham

Why people in Nottingham get in touch

Nottingham holds a great deal in a small space. Two universities sit inside the city itself, and the shared houses around Lenton and Radford fill and empty with the academic year. Around them, insecure work and money worry run through Hyson Green and Sneinton without ever showing on a busy weekday street. Anxiety here often looks like coping. You get the shift covered, you get the essay in, you answer the message, and your chest stays tight the whole time. In 2022/23, 24.8% of adults in the city reported a high anxiety score, above the England average of 23.8%. That is a lot of people holding something in while everything around them carries on as normal.

University of NottinghamNottingham Trent UniversityBootsthe Lace Market creative quarter

Areas covered

Neighbourhoods in and around Nottingham

Lace MarketHyson GreenSneintonBeestonThe ParkSherwoodMapperleyWest BridgfordRadfordWollatonLenton

Wherever you are in Nottingham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.

The local picture

The local picture in Nottingham

Official figures for Nottingham, for context rather than as a description of you.

Reviewed June 2026.

What would we do together 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 method travels; only the geography changes. anxiety counselling in detail explains it properly, how I work answers the practical questions, and my BACP registration shows how the practice is held to account.

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.

Bradley is in Hove, so anxiety counselling for Nottingham runs online by secure video. The format suits the problem. Anxiety is worst in the days before the thing you are dreading, and an online slot can sit inside that week rather than a fortnight later. You can take the session from a quiet corner of a shared house in Beeston, or between lectures, without adding a tram ride to a day that already feels heavy. A free 15-minute consultation comes before anything gets booked.

Book a free 15-minute call

What I help with

What does anxiety counselling help with?

Panic attacks

Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.

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 Nottingham

Why people in Nottingham come for anxiety counselling

Most people who get in touch about anxiety in Nottingham have been managing it a long while before they say anything out loud. Students at the University of Nottingham or Nottingham Trent University who have stopped putting a hand up in seminars. People on hospitality and delivery shifts lying awake working out whether the money covers the month. The counselling is practical and solution-focused. We look at what the worry actually predicts, how your body joins in, and what changes when you test a prediction instead of avoiding it. You leave with something to try, not only something to think about. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies takes self-referrals without going through your GP and costs nothing, and plenty of people use that route and this one at different points, or begin here while a waiting list moves. We can talk through which order makes sense in the free consultation.

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 call

Finding support in Nottingham

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Nottingham, you can refer yourself directly to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 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.

Nottingham questions

Online Anxiety Counselling in Nottingham: common questions

I am a student sharing a house in Lenton. Can I keep sessions going over the holidays?

Yes. Because the work is online it travels with you. People in Lenton and Radford often start in term time and carry straight on from a parent's house over the summer, at the same weekly slot. Nothing has to stop and restart, which matters with anxiety, where momentum does a lot of the work.

What do sessions cost, and is there anything free at the start?

For anxiety work the fees are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, and most of it sits comfortably inside the hour. Before any of that there is a free 15-minute consultation, so you can hear how it would run, ask what you want to ask, and decide afterwards with nothing owed either way.

Should I refer myself to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies as well?

You can, and it is free. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies accepts self-referral, so you do not need your GP to send you. Waits vary. Some people put that referral in and start privately in the meantime; others try the NHS route first and come here later if they want something different.

How does an online anxiety session actually run?

You get a secure video link and a time that stays the same each week. An hour, camera on if you are comfortable with that. We usually finish by agreeing one concrete thing to test before the next session, so the useful part carries on in your week rather than pausing between appointments.

I panic on the tram into the centre. Can that be worked on if we never meet in person?

It can. The panic does not live on the tram, it lives in the loop between what your body does and what you make of what it is doing. That loop is entirely workable over video, and between sessions you are the one out there testing it, on the route you genuinely take.

Can students at the universities have sessions?

Yes. Online counselling fits student life well, as you can meet from your room or a quiet corner without travelling, and appointments can often be arranged around lectures and deadlines. Whether you are at Nottingham or Trent, all you need is privacy and a connection.

How soon can I start online anxiety counselling in Nottingham?

Getting started is simple. Nottingham is served online from the Hove room, so there is no tram ride into the centre and no local list to wait on. A free 15-minute consultation is usually arranged first, which suits student life, then we agree a regular time that fits your week.

What are your fees, and is this NHS or private in Nottingham?

This is private counselling rather than an NHS service. Sessions cost £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. You can also self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies through a Nottingham GP, though waiting times vary.

Do you offer in-person or evening anxiety sessions in Nottingham?

In-person is not offered, as the room is in Hove and Nottingham is served by video. Students and workers often find that easier than travelling. Because sessions are online, evening and out-of-hours slots can often be arranged around lectures, deadlines or insecure shift work.

Online Anxiety Counselling in Nottingham, 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 Midlands: Leicester, Derby, Sheffield. See all of Midlands.

Related work in Nottingham: 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.

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.