Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Bath
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bath
Online counselling and therapy for Bath, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Bath, from the Georgian centre and the river to the streets around the Roman Baths, 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 Bath
Counselling and Therapy for Bath, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Bath: from the Georgian centre and the river to Widcombe, Oldfield Park and Twerton
- Known for
- The Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent and the Abbey
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies (find via the NHS finder)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Bath
Why people in Bath get in touch
Some weeks nothing has gone wrong and you still feel like you are watching yourself from a distance. Bath makes that harder to say out loud. The city is full of people having a lovely day out, coaches unloading near the centre while you carry the shopping back up towards Odd Down, and there is an unspoken sense that living somewhere this admired ought to settle a person. Students arrive in autumn and vanish in summer. The heritage and tourism sector runs to its own seasons. The hills are tiring in a way that is hard to explain to visitors. None of that accounts for the flatness, and you do not need an account of it before you talk to somebody.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Bath
WidcombeOldfield ParkTwertonBathwickLarkhallWestonCombe DownBear FlatBatheastonOdd Down
Wherever you are in Bath, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Bath
Official figures for Bath, for context rather than as a description of you.
25.9% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 11.8% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 217.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
Reviewed June 2026.
What would we do together in counselling and therapy?
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 does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on everything on counselling and therapy, alongside how I work, sessions and fees and my credentials and registration.
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.
Bath is served online. Because Bradley is in Hove, a first conversation costs you no travel at all, and that tends to make starting easier rather than harder. The free 15-minute call can happen from your own kitchen without explaining to anyone where you are going. Sessions after that are weekly at first, usually an hour, arranged around shift patterns or term dates.
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 Bath
Why people in Bath come for counselling and therapy
This is where to begin when you cannot yet name the problem. Nobody will ask you to summarise your life or arrive with a category. The early sessions are deliberately ordinary: what your week actually contains, what it costs you, and what would have to change for the week to feel different. That much usually gives the difficulty a shape and a name. Recorded depression stood at 11.8% of adult patients on local GP registers in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%, and it is worth saying what that number is. It counts people who took the trouble to see a doctor, not people who are struggling, and a city practised at coping quietly will always undercount. Some people find six or eight sessions does what was needed and stop there. Others notice something older sitting beneath it and continue. NHS Talking Therapies accepts self-referrals in England, with Bath Mind alongside.
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 Bath
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Bath, you can refer yourself directly to NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression, with no GP referral needed. You can find support through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
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.
Bath questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bath: common questions
I cannot really say what is wrong. Should I book anything?
Yes, and arriving without a label is completely normal. Working out what this is forms part of the therapy rather than a condition of starting it. Bring what you have noticed: the poor sleep, the short temper, the flatness that will not lift. We sort out the rest between us.
What does a straightforward hour of counselling cost?
An hour is £80. Longer appointments are £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, though most people at this stage stay with the hour. The 15-minute consultation before any of it is free, so you can hear how the work runs and then decide.
What is the NHS route here if I want to try that first?
In England you can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies rather than waiting for a GP appointment, and it is a reasonable first step for low mood or worry. Waits differ by area. Bath Mind offers local support if you want something running in the meantime.
How is this different from the psychotherapy Bradley offers?
Counselling stays close to what is happening now and often runs for a few weeks or a few months. Psychotherapy reaches much further back and takes considerably longer, following patterns that keep returning. Beginning with the first and moving to the second later is a perfectly ordinary route.
I am a student in Bath. Can sessions continue when I go home in the holidays?
They can. Because everything happens by video, the address you log in from makes no difference, so work that starts in term time carries on through the vacation. Students at the University of Bath and Bath Spa University often value not having to stop and restart each term.
Does living in Bath's tourist-heavy centre make counselling awkward to attend?
Not at all. Meeting online means no journey through the crowds and no local waiting room to be seen at. You join by secure video from somewhere private at home. The room is in Hove, so Bath is served online rather than in person.
How quickly can I start online counselling in Bath?
Getting started in Bath is usually quick, within a week or two. A free 15-minute consultation comes first so you can see how it feels, then we arrange a first session. Sessions are online by secure video; the room is in Hove, near neither Widcombe nor Oldfield Park but easy to reach on screen.
How much is counselling in Bath, and can I get it through the NHS?
This is a private practice, so sessions are self funded rather than through the NHS. A 60-minute session is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and 120 minutes is £120, and the first 15-minute consultation is free. People in Bath can also seek NHS Talking Therapies in Somerset via their GP if they prefer.
Is counselling in Bath delivered online, and are evening times available?
All sessions are held online by secure video, so you can meet from anywhere private in Bath, whether that is home in Widcombe or a quiet room near work. Some evening slots suit staff at the Royal United Hospital working through the day. In-person visits only suit those able to travel to the Hove room.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bath, 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 South West: Bristol, Swindon. See all of South West.
Also available in Bath: 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.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same counselling and therapy is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.