Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Derry
Online Counselling and Therapy in Derry
Online counselling and therapy for Derry, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Derry, from within the walls and the centre to the streets around the Peace Bridge, 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 Derry
Counselling and Therapy for Derry, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Derry: from within the walls and the centre to the Bogside, the Waterside and Creggan
- Known for
- The city walls, the Peace Bridge and the river Foyle
- 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 Derry
Why do people in Derry reach out?
There is a particular kind of stuck that people in Derry describe without a name for it. Getting up is heavier than it was. You are irritable with the children and quiet with everyone else. Nothing has happened, which is exactly why it feels indulgent to mention. Students at Ulster University's Magee campus meet a version of it in a first term away from home. Staff coming off shift at Altnagelvin Area Hospital meet another version at three in the afternoon with the day gone. In a place used to comparing hardships, the quiet verdict is usually that other people had it worse, so you get on with it. That verdict is what keeps most people from ever asking.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Derry
BogsideWatersideCregganBishop StreetRosemountCulmoreShantallowthe DiamondBallymagroarty
Wherever you are in Derry, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Derry
Official figures for Derry, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Derry City and Strabane, 28.0% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, well above the Northern Ireland average of 19.0%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Derry City and Strabane, 10.8% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Northern Ireland average of 8.2%, 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)).
In Derry City and Strabane, 7.7% 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 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: counselling and therapy in detail sets out the methods, how I work, sessions and fees covers the practicalities, and my credentials and 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.
Everything happens online, by secure video, with Bradley working from Hove rather than any room in the north-west. For a first go at therapy that removes several excuses at once: no waiting list to join, no journey, nobody to explain yourself to. Start with the free 15-minute consultation, then weekly hours at £80 / 60 min for as long as they are useful. Sessions can be moved when shifts change rather than cancelled outright.
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 Derry
Why people in Derry come for counselling and therapy
This is the version of the work that asks for no label. You do not have to arrive knowing whether it is anxiety, exhaustion, grief or simply too much for too long. We begin with what your week actually looks like, find where the energy is going, and change what can be changed now. It is present-focused and comparatively short: often six to twenty weekly hours, reviewed together, and finished when you have what you came for. That is a smaller and nearer task than psychotherapy, which digs into history, and a different one from relationship counselling, which takes a partnership as its subject. It also sits comfortably beside the local route. Your GP can refer you to talking therapies through Health and Social Care, Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000 day or night, and AWARE NI runs groups for people living with low mood.
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 Derry
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Derry, 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.
Derry questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Derry: common questions
Is it worth starting if I cannot explain what is wrong?
That is the usual starting position, not a barrier. Bring the vague version and the words tend to arrive over the first few sessions. Nobody is asked to produce a tidy account, a diagnosis or a reason good enough to justify being there before they are allowed to speak.
How quickly can I be seen, and what does it cost?
A free 15-minute consultation can normally be arranged within a few days rather than months. After that, sessions are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min, paid one at a time. You are not signing up for a fixed block you cannot step out of.
What is the health service route in the north-west?
It runs through your GP, who can refer you into talking therapies via Health and Social Care. That is the Northern Ireland route rather than the self-referral scheme used in England. Lifeline, free on 0808 808 8000, is there at any hour if things become urgent meanwhile.
I share a small house near the Bogside. Where would I even take the call?
Most people manage with a bedroom, a parked car or an empty hour while the house is out. Headphones make a surprising difference, and sessions can be timed for school hours or after a night shift. If a week genuinely offers nowhere private, we reschedule rather than push on.
Do I need to keep coming for years?
No. Many people use somewhere between six and twenty sessions and stop. The point is to get the present steadier, not to sign you up indefinitely. If it later becomes clear that long-standing patterns are driving things, the deeper option can be discussed rather than assumed.
Is it hard to get counselling this far from Belfast?
Not when it is online. Sessions are held by secure video, so distance from Belfast makes no difference and you can start from home anywhere in Derry. Bradley is based in Hove and works across Northern Ireland, so the north-west is as easily reached as anywhere.
Is counselling available in Derry without travelling to Belfast?
Yes. Sessions are held online by secure video across the north-west, so people in the Bogside, the Waterside or Creggan can start from home. After a free 15-minute consultation, most begin within a week, with no drive east for an appointment.
How does the cost compare with NHS counselling in Derry?
Counselling is £80 for 60 minutes, with longer 90 and 120-minute sessions at £100 and £120, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapies through a Derry GP are free but can mean a wait, while private online sessions usually start sooner.
Do online sessions suit people in Derry who are far from Belfast?
They do. Being in the north-west makes no difference online, since you simply need a private space and a steady connection. Evening appointments are available, so whether you are near Magee, in Rosemount or out towards Culmore, you can talk from home at a time that suits.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Derry, 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: Lisburn, Craigavon. See all of Northern Ireland.
People who come for counselling and therapy in Derry often also look at anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about 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.