Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Aberdeen
Online Counselling and Therapy in Aberdeen
Online counselling and therapy for Aberdeen, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Aberdeen, from the granite centre and the harbour to the streets around the granite architecture, 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 Aberdeen
Counselling and Therapy for Aberdeen, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Aberdeen: from the granite centre and the harbour to Old Aberdeen, Torry and Bridge of Don
- Known for
- The granite architecture, the harbour and the North Sea
- Region
- Scotland (Scotland)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Aberdeen
Why people in Aberdeen reach out
Aberdeen, the granite city on the north-east coast, has lived through the booms and busts of the oil and energy industry, and that volatility brings real insecurity. Long rotas offshore, the strain on families left behind and the remoteness of the far north-east all shape what people here carry.
Aberdeen is built from granite that glitters in the sun and turns steel-grey in the rain, a city set between two rivers on the cold edge of the North Sea. For decades its fortunes have risen and fallen with the oil and gas industry, and that rhythm shapes everything: the workers flying out to the rigs on long rotas, the families counting the weeks until they are home, and the anxiety that ripples through the city whenever the energy price turns. Beyond the harbour and the corporate offices sit the old cobbled streets of Footdee, the student quarter of Old Aberdeen, and the tight-knit community of Torry across the water. It can be a hard place to feel settled when so much depends on forces far offshore.
Where work follows shifts and the rhythm of the docks, online sessions bend around unsociable hours rather than asking you to fit your life around them.
Aberdeen is the centre of the UK's North Sea oil and gas industry and home to the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the main hospital for NHS Grampian.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Aberdeen
Old AberdeenTorryBridge of DonRosemountFerryhillMannofieldFootdeeDyceCultsKincorth
Wherever you are in Aberdeen, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The counselling and therapy itself
Counselling and therapy here is one steady starting point for whatever you are carrying, anxiety, low mood, addiction, relationships or the past, integrative and led by you, so we begin with what matters most and shape the work around you.
The approach is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods, what each session covers and fees, on the main counselling and therapy page and on how I work.
How online sessions work
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop, no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
Aberdeen sits a long way north, and specialist counselling can be harder to reach here than in the central belt, with NHS Grampian talking therapies often carrying a wait. Offshore rotas make fixed weekly appointments difficult too. Secure video changes that: sessions can reach a flat in the city, a room at home, or wherever you have signal and privacy. I'm based in Hove in the south of England and work with clients across Scotland and the UK online.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online counselling and therapy in Aberdeen can help
Low mood and depression
For the flatness, exhaustion and loss of interest that drain the colour from things.
Addiction and habits
Alcohol, drugs, gambling or behaviours that have stopped feeling like a choice.
Relationships
Conflict, distance and trust, as a couple or on your own.
Trauma and the past
When something you have been through still shapes your present.
Life feeling stuck
For the big transitions, losses and crossroads that leave you unsure which way to turn.
Counselling and Therapy in Aberdeen
Why people in Aberdeen come for counselling and therapy
It can be hard to feel settled in Aberdeen when so much depends on forces far offshore, and the granite city sits a long way north from easy specialist help. Between the pressure of energy-industry work, the strain on families and the cold edge of the North Sea, low mood and anxiety can build quietly. Counselling offers a confidential hour to talk it through, wherever you are, from a flat in Rosemount to a room in Bridge of Don. Meeting by secure video means the long distances many here would otherwise travel for support simply fall away.
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 Aberdeen
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Aberdeen, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Aberdeen questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Aberdeen: common questions
Can I get online counselling and therapy if I live in Aberdeen?
Yes. I work with people right across Aberdeen, from the granite centre and the harbour outwards, and anywhere else in Scotland, by secure video, no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
I'm not sure exactly what's wrong, can I still come?
Absolutely. You do not need a label or a clear problem to begin. We start with whatever is weighing on you most and find the thread together; if something more specific would help, I will say so.
What's the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?
Counselling tends to focus on what is happening now and can be shorter; psychotherapy goes deeper into long-standing patterns and usually runs longer. We can start with counselling and go deeper if it helps.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no fixed number. Some people come for a handful of sessions, others for longer; we review together regularly rather than committing you to an open-ended course.
Specialist help feels far away up here, can you work from a distance?
Yes. Working by secure video means where you live matters far less. Sessions reach you at home in Aberdeen or anywhere in the north-east, so there is no long drive south for a confidential hour. All you need is somewhere private and a connection.
How quickly can I begin counselling in Aberdeen?
Often within days. We start with a free 15-minute call, then arrange your first secure video session around your rota and week. There is no NHS Grampian waiting list to join and nothing to travel to, so getting started from Aberdeen is usually straightforward.
How do your counselling fees compare with the NHS in Aberdeen?
Counselling is £80 for 60 minutes, with 90-minute and two-hour options at £100 and £120, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Grampian talking therapy is free but can carry a wait this far north, so private sessions mainly buy a sooner, more flexible start.
Does online counselling suit life in Aberdeen and the rigs?
It does. Secure video reaches a flat in the city or a room at home wherever you have signal and privacy, offshore weeks aside. Sessions feel natural once they begin, and there is no clinic to fit into the long distances many in Aberdeen would otherwise travel.
Can counselling work around an offshore rota?
Yes. Because sessions are held by secure video, we can arrange times that fit your onshore weeks, and pick up again when you're back. There's no clinic to get to, so the pattern of your work matters far less than having a private hour and a connection.
Do you see people in Aberdeen face to face?
No. I work from Hove on the English south coast and see clients across Scotland entirely online. For anyone in Aberdeen that means secure video sessions, which spares the long distances many here would otherwise travel for specialist support.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Aberdeen, 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 Scotland: Dundee, Perth. See all of Scotland.
All counselling & therapy in Aberdeen: Addiction · Substance Use · Drinking Problems · Anxiety · Depression · Relationship · Trauma · Psychotherapy.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same counselling and therapy is available in person in Brighton & Hove, or see all in-person areas.