Anxiety and worry
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Online Counselling and Therapy · Bangor
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bangor
Online counselling and therapy for Bangor, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Bangor, from the marina and the centre to the streets around the coastal path, 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 Bangor
Counselling and Therapy for Bangor, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Bangor: from the marina and the centre to Ballyholme, Groomsport and Conlig
- Known for
- The marina, the coastal path and Belfast Lough
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Northern Ireland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Bangor
What is going on for people in Bangor?
Bangor looks like an easy place to live, and that can make it a hard place to admit you are struggling. Walk the North Down Coastal Path on a bright morning and the obvious conclusion is that you have nothing to complain about. Meanwhile the commute has eaten your evenings, the work you pick up in season disappears by November, and you cannot remember the last time you looked forward to anything. There is no crisis to point at. That is precisely why people leave it, sometimes for years, and why the first honest conversation about it tends to be a relief rather than an ordeal.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Bangor
BallyholmeGroomsportConligBloomfieldClandeboyeWhitehillRathgaelBryansburn
Wherever you are in Bangor, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Bangor
Official figures for Bangor, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Ards and North Down, the council area covering Bangor, 22.5% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Northern Ireland average of 19.0%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Ards and North Down, the council area covering Bangor, 7.4% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Northern Ireland average of 8.2%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Ards and North Down, the council area covering Bangor, 3.3% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Northern Ireland average of 5.2%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
Reviewed June 2026.
What is counselling and therapy, in practice?
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 method travels; only the geography changes. everything on counselling and therapy explains it properly, session lengths and fees answers the practical questions, and my credentials and registration shows how the practice is held to account.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
Because everything runs by secure video from Hove, getting started does not depend on a space opening up nearby. A free 15-minute consultation comes before any commitment, and weekly hours cost £80 / 60 min after that. If your work is seasonal, sessions can be spaced differently through the busy months and brought back to weekly in winter. All you need is a door that shuts and a reasonable connection.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does counselling and therapy help with?
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 Bangor
Why people in Bangor come for counselling and therapy
Counselling and therapy is the entry point, designed for the person who cannot yet say what the matter is. You do not need a label, a diagnosis or a story that sounds serious enough. We look at what your weeks are actually like, what has drained out of them, and what small changes are within reach now. It is present-focused and generally short to medium in length, often six to twenty weekly hours, and it ends when it has done its job. That marks it out from psychotherapy, which works back through your history over a much longer stretch, and from relationship counselling, which takes the couple as its subject. Beside it, your GP can refer you to talking therapies through Health and Social Care, AWARE NI runs groups for low mood, and Lifeline answers free on 0808 808 8000.
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 Bangor
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Bangor, your GP can refer you to talking therapies and counselling through Health and Social Care. You can find support through Lifeline, Northern Ireland's crisis helpline, free on 0808 808 8000.
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 Lifeline free on 0808 808 8000. Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Bangor questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bangor: common questions
I cannot name what is wrong. Is that a problem?
Not at all. Most first appointments begin with something unfocused and the language comes later. Nothing needs to be prepared and there is no threshold of seriousness to clear. Coming with the vague version is the ordinary way this work begins for almost everybody.
My work dries up out of season. Can I pause and come back?
Yes. Some people go weekly through the quiet months and monthly when the town is busy, then return to a regular slot. Paying session by session at £80 / 60 min makes that flexible, and picking things up again does not mean starting from the beginning.
How long is the wait, and what does it cost?
There is normally no long queue for a private appointment. The free 15-minute consultation can usually be arranged within days, and after that fees are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min, paid as you go rather than as a block booked up front.
Which health service route applies here?
In Northern Ireland it runs through your GP, who can make a referral to talking therapies within Health and Social Care. There is no self-referral scheme of the kind England uses. Lifeline covers the out-of-hours gap, free on 0808 808 8000, at any point in the day or night.
Would I be better going straight to the deeper kind of therapy?
Usually not first. This shorter work is the sensible test of whether present-focused change is enough. If it turns out that long-standing patterns keep pulling you back, the longer option is there and you will be choosing it from experience rather than guesswork.
Are there fewer services out here on the coast?
The coast can make some support feel far off, particularly in winter. Online counselling closes that gap; sessions are held by secure video, so you can talk from home in Bangor year-round. Bradley is based in Hove and works across Northern Ireland.
Is counselling available in Bangor without travelling to Belfast?
Yes. Sessions are online by secure video, so you talk from home near the marina, in Ballyholme or out towards Groomsport. After a free 15-minute consultation, most people start within a week, with no journey across for an appointment.
How does counselling cost compare with NHS help in Bangor?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, with 90 and 120-minute options at £100 and £120, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapies through your Bangor GP are free but can involve a wait, whereas private online counselling usually starts sooner.
Does being on the coast mean fewer options, and do evenings work?
The coast can make some support feel distant, especially in winter, but online sessions close that gap. Evening appointments by secure video let you talk from home in Bangor whatever the season, without the train into Belfast or a wait for something local.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bangor, 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 Northern Ireland: Belfast, Newtownabbey. See all of Northern Ireland.
People who come for counselling and therapy in Bangor often also look at anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
There is more on this in my writing: where to start when you cannot name it and how change actually sticks.
For anyone near the coast, the same counselling and therapy runs in person in Brighton. Every area covered is listed separately.