Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Bournemouth
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bournemouth
Online counselling and therapy for Bournemouth, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Bournemouth, from the seafront and the centre to the streets around the pier, 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 Bournemouth
Counselling and Therapy for Bournemouth, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Bournemouth: from the seafront and the centre to Boscombe, Winton and Charminster
- Known for
- The pier, the beaches and the pines
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Steps2Wellbeing, NHS Talking Therapies Dorset
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Bournemouth
What is going on for people in Bournemouth?
It is possible to feel lonely in a town where everyone appears to be on holiday. Bournemouth draws students, summer workers, language-school staff and a good many people who arrived later in life for a fresh start, and that mix means the friendships which hold a person up are not always there yet. You get up, you go to work, you come home. Nothing has collapsed. Something has simply felt heavier since around February and you would struggle to say what changed. Shifts at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital run through the night regardless. The beach is full again by June. None of that requires you to have a name for what is wrong.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Bournemouth
BoscombeWintonCharminsterWestbourneSouthbourneSpringbourneKinsonThroopPokesdown
Wherever you are in Bournemouth, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Bournemouth
Official figures for Bournemouth, for context rather than as a description of you.
22.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 13.3% 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 198 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 does counselling and therapy involve?
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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the full counselling and therapy page sets out the methods, the practical side covers the practicalities, and my BACP registration covers accountability.
What happens in an online session?
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.
This is an online location. Bradley is in Hove, so nothing here involves a waiting area or a bus into the centre, and the first step is a free 15-minute call from wherever you happen to be. Weekly hour-long sessions follow if you want them. People working a seasonal contract often start in the quieter months, when there is more of the week to spare and more of the year to think in.
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 Bournemouth
Why people in Bournemouth come for counselling and therapy
You do not need a diagnosis, a crisis or a tidy explanation to book this. Quite a few opening sessions begin with somebody saying they feel a bit daft for being there. The early work stays close to the ground: what your week is really like, where the energy goes, what you have stopped doing that you used to enjoy. Naming it comes out of that rather than before it. Recorded depression covered 13.3% of adult patients on GP registers here in 2024/25, just under the England average of 14.3%, and in a town with this much churn a good many people are not registered anywhere long enough to appear in a figure at all. Short to medium term is the usual shape, often six to twelve sessions. Steps2Wellbeing, NHS Talking Therapies Dorset, is the self-referral route if you would rather try the NHS first, with Dorset 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 Bournemouth
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Bournemouth, you can refer yourself directly to Steps2Wellbeing, NHS Talking Therapies Dorset 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.
Bournemouth questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bournemouth: common questions
Nothing terrible has happened to me. Do I qualify for counselling?
There is no threshold to cross. Most people who come are not in crisis; they are tired, flat, or stuck in a way they cannot explain to friends. If it is bothering you enough to look up a counsellor, that is reason enough to have the first conversation.
How much is it, and can I stop after a few sessions?
Sessions are £80 an hour, with £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours if you want the extra room. There is no block booking and no minimum commitment, so stopping when you have got what you needed is entirely normal. The first 15 minutes is free.
Should I go through the NHS before paying for this?
That is a reasonable order to do it in. Steps2Wellbeing, NHS Talking Therapies Dorset, takes self-referrals without a GP letter and costs nothing. Some people start there and come here afterwards; others use both. Dorset Mind can help while a referral is being processed.
My work here is seasonal. What happens to sessions in the quiet months?
You can change the rhythm rather than stop. Weekly through the busy stretch, fortnightly when money is tight, or a planned pause with a date to resume. Saying that plainly at the start works far better than quietly dropping out and having to begin again.
I have only lived in Bournemouth a year. Does the counsellor need to know the area?
Not really, and it can help that they are elsewhere. What matters is what your life here is actually like: the hours, the housing, the people you do or do not see. You describe that, and it lands without you having to manage anyone else's opinion of the town.
I'm a student or here on a language course in Bournemouth. Can we meet online?
Yes. Online sessions fit around study and can be taken from your accommodation without travelling into the centre. We meet by secure video. The counselling room is in Hove, so Bournemouth is served online rather than in person.
How quickly can I start online counselling in Bournemouth?
There is no local waiting list, so most people in Bournemouth start within a week or two of getting in touch. We begin with a free 15-minute call, then book a first full session. Everything runs by secure video, with the room itself in Hove near Winton.
How much is counselling in Bournemouth, 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 Bournemouth can also seek NHS Talking Therapies in Dorset via their GP if they prefer.
Is counselling in Bournemouth delivered online, and are evening times available?
All sessions are held online by secure video, so you can meet from anywhere private in Bournemouth, whether that is home in Boscombe or a quiet room near work. Some evening slots suit students and staff at the JP Morgan office working through the day. In-person visits only suit those able to travel to the Hove room.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Bournemouth, 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: Poole, Southampton. See all of South West.
Close to this in Bournemouth, there is anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: 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 Hove, where the room is. Every area covered is listed separately.