Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Canterbury
Online Counselling and Therapy in Canterbury
Online counselling and therapy for Canterbury, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Canterbury, from the city walls and the centre to the streets around the cathedral, 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 Canterbury
Counselling and Therapy for Canterbury, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Canterbury: from the city walls and the centre to Wincheap, St Stephen's and Hales Place
- Known for
- The cathedral, the city walls and the Stour
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Canterbury
What is going on for people in Canterbury?
Some things do not announce themselves. You are handing the work in, turning up to the shift, walking back through St Dunstan's at the usual hour, and something has been off since before Christmas without a name to put on it. This is a city full of people in transition. Undergraduates who assumed the loneliness would lift by the second term. Staff who moved here for a post and found the place smaller than they expected. Older residents in Blean and Sturry whose weeks lost their shape when work stopped. Being surrounded by other people, and by the visible purpose of other people, is not the same as being known by any of them. Counselling is the ordinary place to bring something that has not yet earned a label.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Canterbury
WincheapSt Stephen'sHales PlaceThaningtonBleanSt Dunstan'sSturryBarton
Wherever you are in Canterbury, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Canterbury
Official figures for Canterbury, for context rather than as a description of you.
20% 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 17.1% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 116.3 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
Reviewed June 2026.
What actually happens 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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the full counselling and therapy page for the methods, session lengths and fees for fees and session lengths, and my BACP registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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 online work by secure video, since the only consulting space is in Hove. For a first attempt at therapy that clears a few obstacles at once: no reception desk, no chance of passing a tutor or a colleague in a corridor, no afternoon to account for. An hour, a door you can close and a set of headphones is the whole requirement. Evening slots tend to suit people working round teaching or ward rotas.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does counselling and therapy address?
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 Canterbury
Why people in Canterbury come for counselling and therapy
Begin here when you cannot yet say what the matter is. This is shorter, present-tense work: what is happening now, what it is costing you, and what might be different by the end of a term rather than by the end of a decade. Worry is the commonest opening subject. In this area 20% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, under the England average of 23.8%, which is cold comfort when you are the one lying awake doing sums about rent. The first session maps the ground rather than repairing anything: sleep, drink, money, work, who you can be honest with, what changed and roughly when. Six to twelve sessions settles a great deal. If something older keeps surfacing we can talk then about longer work, rather than deciding anything now. NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway is the free self-referral alternative.
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 Canterbury
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Canterbury, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway 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.
Canterbury questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Canterbury: common questions
I cannot say what is actually wrong. Should I book anyway?
Yes. Not being able to name it is one of the commonest reasons people get in touch, and it is exactly what the free 15-minute consultation is for. You describe what you have noticed, whether that is the sleep or the temper or the flatness, and we work out together whether counselling fits.
What does counselling cost here, and am I committing to a block?
You pay as you go, one session at a time: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min. Nothing is bought in advance and there is no course to finish. Most people begin weekly at the hour and review as they go. That opening conversation of fifteen minutes carries no charge either.
Should I try NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway first?
It is a reasonable place to start and it costs nothing. You refer yourself without a GP appointment, and the courses are structured, time-limited and aimed at anxiety and depression. Waits vary. Plenty of people do both, taking the NHS course and bringing whatever falls outside a protocol here.
I am a student here and home is a long way away. Can I keep the same counsellor through the holidays?
Yes, and that is one of the real advantages of working by video. The sessions travel with you, so going home for Christmas or for the summer does not mean starting over with somebody new in another town. Continuity counts for more than most people expect in a first course of counselling.
I share a house in Hales Place with four other people. Where would I take a session?
Headphones and a shut door do most of the work, and timing helps: a weekday morning is usually quieter than an evening. Some people take the hour from a car or a booked study room instead. If nowhere at home is reliably private, tell me and we will find an hour that is.
I am at university here but feel unsettled and homesick. Is that something counselling covers?
Very much so. Feeling adrift even while surrounded by other students is one of the most common things people at Canterbury's universities raise. Online sessions let you talk it through privately from your own room, fitted around your timetable, with nothing to walk into on campus.
How quickly can counselling start online for someone in Canterbury?
Generally within days. With no waiting list, a free 15-minute consultation is usually followed by a first session that same week. It is held securely online, joined from home near the Stour or up at Hales Place, so a compact, busy city adds no journey to attend.
How do your fees sit against the NHS in Canterbury?
You pay £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes or £120 for 120 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Talking Therapies is free to self-refer to but can mean waiting, while private counselling with Bradley starts sooner and keeps a consistent weekly time.
I am a student here, far from home and homesick. Can I use online counselling in the evening?
Yes, and many students at Kent and Christ Church do. Sessions are joined privately from your room or a quiet space, with evening times available, and there is no need to register locally or travel, so support is there even when home and familiar faces feel a long way off.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Canterbury, 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 London & South East: Ashford, Margate, Maidstone. See all of London & South East.
People who come for counselling and therapy in Canterbury often also look at anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: how change actually sticks and where to start when you cannot name it.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.