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Online Counselling and Therapy · Dundee
Online Counselling and Therapy in Dundee
Online counselling and therapy for Dundee, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Dundee, from the waterfront and the centre to the streets around the V&A, 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 Dundee
Counselling and Therapy for Dundee, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Dundee: from the waterfront and the centre to Lochee, Broughty Ferry and the Hilltown
- Known for
- The V&A, the Tay and the design quarter
- Region
- Scotland (Scotland)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Dundee
Why people in Dundee reach out
Dundee has reinvented itself around design, games and its universities, but the city on the Tay also carries some of the sharpest deprivation in Scotland. Insecure work, money pressure and the contrast between the gleaming waterfront and hard-pressed neighbourhoods all shape the pressures people here carry.
Dundee has spent the last decade remaking itself. The waterfront that once shipped jute around the world now holds the V&A design museum, and the city trades on games, science and the two universities that fill its centre with students. The old nicknames, jute, jam and journalism, still linger, and DC Thomson's presses keep the comics and papers coming. Yet the city on the Tay carries some of the sharpest hardship in Scotland, and the gleaming new buildings by the river sit close to neighbourhoods like the Hilltown and Lochee where life is a great deal tougher. Broughty Ferry offers a gentler seaside edge to the east. It is a proud, creative, resilient place that also holds a lot of quiet struggle.
On the coast the nearest specialist can be a long way inland; a secure video link closes that distance completely.
Dundee is home to the University of Dundee, the major teaching hospital Ninewells, and V&A Dundee, the city's design museum on the waterfront.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Dundee
LocheeBroughty FerryHilltownStobswellWest EndMenzieshillMaryfieldDouglasFintry
Wherever you are in Dundee, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The counselling and therapy itself
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 is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods, what each session covers and fees, on the main counselling and therapy page and on how I work.
How online sessions work
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop, no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
Dundee has counselling services and the universities offer support to students, but NHS Tayside talking therapy can involve a wait, and not everyone wants to be seen going into a local service. Secure video sessions sidestep both, reaching anywhere in the city with a quiet corner and a connection. I work from Hove on the south coast of England, seeing people across Scotland and the wider UK online.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online counselling and therapy in Dundee can help
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 Dundee
Why people in Dundee come for counselling and therapy
Dundee is a proud, creative, resilient place that also holds a great deal of quiet struggle, with some of the sharpest hardship in Scotland close to its gleaming new waterfront. Whether the pressure comes from insecure work, student life or simply a run of hard months, counselling gives you a confidential hour to talk with someone outside it all. Because sessions run by secure video, they reach anywhere in the city with a quiet corner, from Stobswell to the West End, and not everyone wants to be seen going into a local service.
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 Dundee
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Dundee, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Dundee questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Dundee: common questions
Can I get online counselling and therapy if I live in Dundee?
Yes. I work with people right across Dundee, from the waterfront and the centre outwards, and anywhere else in Scotland, by secure video, no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
I'm not sure exactly what's wrong, can I still come?
Absolutely. You do not need a label or a clear problem to begin. We start with whatever is weighing on you most and find the thread together; if something more specific would help, I will say so.
What's the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?
Counselling tends to focus on what is happening now and can be shorter; psychotherapy goes deeper into long-standing patterns and usually runs longer. We can start with counselling and go deeper if it helps.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no fixed number. Some people come for a handful of sessions, others for longer; we review together regularly rather than committing you to an open-ended course.
I'm a student in Dundee, can I still see you privately?
Yes. Alongside any support your university offers, you can arrange private sessions by secure video from your flat or halls. Many students prefer keeping counselling separate from campus, and video makes that straightforward wherever you are living across the city.
How quickly can counselling begin in Dundee?
Often within days. A free 15-minute call comes first, then we arrange your opening secure video session around your week. There is no NHS Tayside waiting list to join and nothing to cross the city for, so starting counselling in Dundee is usually quick and simple.
How do your fees compare with NHS counselling in Dundee?
Counselling is £80 for 60 minutes, with 90-minute and two-hour sessions at £100 and £120, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Tayside talking therapy is free but can involve a wait, so paying privately mainly buys a sooner, more flexible start from home.
I am a Dundee student, does online counselling suit me?
Yes. Alongside any support your university offers, you can arrange private secure video sessions from your flat or halls. Many students prefer keeping counselling separate from campus, and video makes that easy wherever you live in Dundee, with the same confidential hour each week.
I'm a student in Dundee, can I still see you?
Yes. Alongside the support your university offers, you can arrange private sessions by secure video from your flat or halls. Many students prefer keeping counselling separate from campus, and video makes that straightforward wherever you're living in the city.
Are you based in Dundee?
No, I'm based in Hove in southern England and work with clients throughout Scotland and the UK by video. For Dundee that means online sessions rather than a room in the city, private, flexible, and with no journey across town to manage.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Dundee, 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 Scotland: Perth, Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy. See all of Scotland.
All counselling & therapy in Dundee: Addiction · Substance Use · Drinking Problems · Anxiety · Depression · Relationship · Trauma · Psychotherapy.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same counselling and therapy is available in person in Brighton & Hove, or see all in-person areas.