Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Gateshead
Online Counselling and Therapy in Gateshead
Online counselling and therapy for Gateshead, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Gateshead, from the Quays and the centre to the streets around the Angel of the North, 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 Gateshead
Counselling and Therapy for Gateshead, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Gateshead: from the Quays and the centre to Low Fell, Felling and Dunston
- Known for
- The Angel of the North, the Sage and the Millennium Bridge
- Region
- Yorkshire & North East (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 Gateshead
Why people in Gateshead get in touch
There is a version of Gateshead on the postcards, all quayside and landmark buildings, and a version people actually live in, out at Dunston, Winlaton or Blaydon, where the week is mostly work and getting through. The two are a short walk apart, and the gap between them can make a flat stretch feel like your own fault. Nothing has happened. You have not lost anybody. And yet the mornings have got harder since the clocks changed and you have started declining things you used to say yes to. That is worth an hour a week. It does not have to be a crisis before it deserves attention.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Gateshead
Low FellFellingDunstonBenshamSaltwellWhickhamBlaydonBirtleyWrekentonWinlaton
Wherever you are in Gateshead, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Gateshead
Official figures for Gateshead, for context rather than as a description of you.
24.9% 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 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 182.8 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 is counselling and therapy, in practice?
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 method travels; only the geography changes. the counselling and therapy page explains it properly, how sessions run and what they cost answers the practical questions, and my credentials and registration shows how the practice is held to account.
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.
This is an online location, worked from Hove, and for a first go at counselling that keeps the threshold low. No bus across the river, no waiting area, nobody to explain your Wednesday to. The free 15-minute call happens from wherever you are and costs nothing, and if it does not suit, that is the end of it. Sessions afterwards are weekly at a time built around your shifts rather than office hours.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
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 Gateshead
Why people in Gateshead come for counselling and therapy
This is the place to start when you cannot yet say what is wrong. You are not required to have a diagnosis or a story ready. Most people open by saying they are not sure this counts. It does. The first job is to describe the thing accurately: when it began, what makes it heavier, what you dread if it carries on. Description alone usually gives the trouble a shape you can work with. Local GP registers recorded depression in 17.1% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%, which stands for a lot of households carrying something largely in silence. This work is short to medium, a few weeks to a few months, and present-focused throughout. NHS Talking Therapies is the free self-referral option in England, and Tyneside and Northumberland Mind runs local support.
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 Gateshead
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Gateshead, 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.
Gateshead questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Gateshead: common questions
I could not describe what is wrong. Can I still book?
That is how most people arrive, so yes. Naming the trouble is the first piece of work rather than a ticket you need before starting. Bring whatever you have noticed, even if it is only that mornings have got harder, and we will get it into words between us.
How much, and how often?
Weekly to begin with, at £80 for the hour. Longer sessions cost £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, but the hour is standard for this. The free 15-minute consultation comes first so you can ask about frequency and cost before committing to anything.
Should I try NHS Talking Therapies first?
It is a sensible first move for many people, and in England you can self-refer without seeing a GP. It is free, structured and limited in length. If you have already been through it and the trouble came back, that is a reason to look at something different rather than to give up.
Can I take a session at work?
People do, usually from a car or an empty office at the start or end of a shift. Headphones are essential and privacy matters more than quiet. If work is where the trouble sits, taking the hour away from the building is often the better choice for what you can say.
Does anything get recorded that my employer could see?
No. Nothing goes to an employer and nothing goes onto an NHS record. Notes are private and held securely, and confidentiality applies within the usual professional limits. If an employer were ever paying, we would agree in advance exactly what, if anything, is shared.
Is this an NHS or council service?
No. I'm an independent private counsellor and you arrange sessions directly with me. You're welcome to use NHS talking therapies in Gateshead alongside this or instead, I'm simply another route to support, available by secure video at a time that suits you.
Is online counselling available in Gateshead, and how quickly could I start?
Yes. From my Hove base I work with people right across Gateshead by secure video, whether you are near the Baltic, Felling or Blaydon. After a free 15-minute call we can usually arrange a first session within a few days, all from home.
How much is counselling in Gateshead, and how does it compare with the NHS?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, with 90 and 120-minute options at £100 and £120. NHS Talking Therapies in Gateshead is free and open to self-referral, though there can be a wait. Private online sessions let us start sooner at a time that suits you.
Can counselling happen in the evening without crossing the Tyne into town?
Yes. Everything is online, so you join from Dunston, Bensham or wherever you can talk privately, with no trip across the river. I hold some evening appointments for those who cannot get away by day, and we would keep the same weekly slot.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Gateshead, 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 Yorkshire & North East: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Durham. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
Related work in Gateshead: 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.