Panic attacks
Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.
Online Anxiety Counselling · Nottingham
Online anxiety counselling for Nottingham, by secure video, wherever you are. The hardest part is often just starting. Online anxiety counselling keeps that first step small for people in Nottingham: a private hour from your own space, with no journey and nobody to bump into.
Known for the castle, the Old Market Square and the two universities, Nottingham is a place of real character, with clients coming to me from from the centre and the Lace Market to Hyson Green, Sneinton and Beeston. Wherever you are across it, online counselling means experienced support without the travel, fitted around work, family and everything else.
From my base in Hove, I see clients all over the country by video. For someone in Nottingham, that opens up an experienced, BACP-registered specialist without the need to find one on your own doorstep.
I also work online with people elsewhere in Midlands, including Leicester, Derby, Sheffield.
If you would still prefer to meet in person and can travel to the Sussex coast, you are welcome to, but for most clients in Nottingham online anxiety counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Nottingham
Nottingham is a lively city with two big universities and a strong creative streak, but it also carries real inequality and a reputation for hardship in parts. Student pressure, insecure work and money worries sit side by side here, and the busy centre can mask a good deal of private struggle.
In a big, fast-moving place it is easy to feel anonymous and hard to find a moment of genuine privacy. Online counselling brings a confidential hour to wherever you are, without crossing the city for it.
What I help with
Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.
Help with confidence, self-consciousness and fear of judgement.
Support for overthinking, catastrophising and decision paralysis.
Working with the need for control and approval.
Calming a nervous system stuck on high alert.
Tools for when anxiety starts to take hold.
Why online works in Nottingham
Sessions flex around the academic calendar and shift work, so support holds steady through the busiest weeks.
If anxiety, low mood or avoidance make leaving the house feel like too much right now, starting online from Nottingham can be the gentlest possible way in.
An online hour rarely costs you a half-day, which is what makes regular sessions realistic for busy lives in Nottingham.
If you move, travel for work or split your time between places, online counselling carries on uninterrupted wherever you happen to be.
Once the practical side is sorted, this is what the work looks like. I take a solution-focused, practical approach that works on the problems actually affecting your day-to-day life. We cover simple, deliberate exercises that help calm your nervous system and respond differently when anxiety shows up.
Sessions run over a secure video link. All you need is a private space where you won't be interrupted, a laptop, tablet or phone, and a reasonable connection. We begin with a free fifteen-minute call, then I send a simple link you click at the agreed time.
Read more about online counselling, about anxiety counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationMy online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Nottingham, you can refer yourself directly to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed. You can also find your nearest service through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner, stay with the same counsellor throughout, and work at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I'm glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
This practice is not a crisis service. If you or someone else 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
Yes. I work with clients in Nottingham and right across the UK by secure video. You don't need to live near Brighton or Hove; online anxiety counselling brings the same care to wherever you are.
Very little: a private space where you won't be interrupted, a laptop, tablet or phone, and a reasonable internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call, I send a secure link you click at our agreed time.
Online and in-person therapy are similarly effective for most people, and clients usually settle quickly once the screen fades into the background and the conversation takes over.
Yes. Sessions run on a secure, encrypted video link, and everything we discuss is held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as work done in person. All you need at your end is a private space.
Book a free fifteen-minute consultation. From Nottingham or anywhere in the UK, it's a no-obligation chance to see if we're the right fit before anything begins.
Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about anxiety counselling in depth.