Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Glasgow
Online Counselling and Therapy in Glasgow
Online counselling and therapy for Glasgow, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Glasgow, from the city centre and the West End to the streets around the Clyde, 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 Glasgow
Counselling and Therapy for Glasgow, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Glasgow: from the city centre and the West End to the Southside, Dennistoun and Govan
- Known for
- The Clyde, the galleries and the music scene
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Glasgow
What is going on for people in Glasgow?
Not everybody who contacts a counsellor in Glasgow can say what is wrong. Often it is a general flattening: sleep that is broken, patience that has gone, a job in the West End or Finnieston that once felt like an achievement and now feels like a treadmill. Students at the University of Strathclyde describe something similar, dressed as deadlines. Beneath the city's famous humour there is a real reluctance to make a fuss, and by the time somebody gets in touch they have usually been managing alone for a long while. Counselling is often the first occasion any of it has been said out loud.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Glasgow
West EndSouthsideDennistounGovanPartickShawlandsFinniestonMerchant CityMaryhillPollokshields
Wherever you are in Glasgow, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Glasgow
Official figures for Glasgow, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Glasgow City, 24.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Scotland average of 24.1%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Glasgow City, 12.0% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 9.1%, 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 Glasgow City, 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 Scotland average of 6.1%, 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 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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the main counselling and therapy page, with how sessions run and what they cost for the practical questions and qualifications, registration and ethics for registration and ethics.
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.
Sessions are online, since Bradley is in Hove and there is no room in the city. For somebody trying counselling for the first time that is a lower step than it sounds. You do not sit in a waiting area, you do not have to account for an afternoon, and there is no journey home afterwards while you are still raw. An hour from your own kitchen is easier to commit to, and when work changes we move the appointment rather than abandon the plan.
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 Glasgow
Why people in Glasgow come for counselling and therapy
Counselling of this kind is the way in for anybody who cannot yet put a name to it. You are not asked for a diagnosis or a history. We start with what your week actually looks like, what makes it heavier, and what has quietly dropped out of your life since this began. The work is present-focused and short to medium term, reviewed as we go, and often that turns out to be exactly enough. Drink deserves a mention: National Records of Scotland put the age-standardised alcohol-specific death rate in Glasgow City at 32.9 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, well above the Scotland average of 21.9, and using the evening to switch off is easy to normalise. If you would prefer an NHS path, your GP is the person who can refer you into NHS psychological therapies; NHS inform has trusted self-help and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 Glasgow
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Glasgow, 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, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Glasgow questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Glasgow: common questions
Do I need a referral or a diagnosis to start?
Neither. You get in touch directly, we have a free 15-minute conversation, and if it feels right we arrange a first session. No letter from a GP is needed and there is no assessment to pass. Plenty of people start without any idea how to describe what is wrong.
How long will counselling take?
Usually somewhere between six and twelve weekly sessions, but that is a guide rather than a rule. We review it openly as we go. If what emerges turns out to run much deeper than the current situation, we can talk about whether longer psychotherapy would be a better use of your time.
What are the session fees?
£80 for an hour is the standard, with ninety minutes at £100 and two hours at £120 for anyone who wants more room. You pay each session separately, so there is nothing to commit to in advance and no charge if you decide after one that it is not for you.
How do I get counselling through the NHS in Glasgow?
Speak to your GP, who can make a referral into NHS psychological therapies. Ask what the wait looks like locally, as it varies. NHS inform has trustworthy self-help material to use meanwhile, and Breathing Space, free on 0800 83 85 87, answers in the evenings and through the night.
I have always just got on with things. Why start talking now?
Getting on with things works until it stops working, and in this city it is close to a civic virtue, which makes it harder to notice when it has stopped. Coming does not mean you have failed at coping. It means you have decided to stop doing all of it alone.
Is online counselling really as good as face to face in Glasgow?
For most people, yes. Once a session starts, talking over secure video quickly feels natural, and you get the same steady, confidential hour. It also saves crossing the city, and speaking from your own home can make it easier to be honest.
How quickly can counselling begin in Glasgow?
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 Greater Glasgow and Clyde waiting list to join and nothing to cross the city for, so starting counselling in Glasgow tends to be fast.
How do your fees compare with NHS counselling in Glasgow?
Counselling is £80 for 60 minutes, with 90-minute and two-hour sessions at £100 and £120, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapy in Glasgow is free but often carries a long wait, so paying privately mainly buys a sooner, more flexible start from home.
Is online counselling as good as seeing someone in person in Glasgow?
For most people, yes. Once a session starts, talking over secure video quickly feels natural and you get the same confidential hour. It saves crossing a big, busy city, and many people find it easier to speak openly from their own front room in Glasgow.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Glasgow, 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: Paisley, East Kilbride, Falkirk. See all of Scotland.
Close to this in Glasgow, there is anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
You may also find it useful to read about where to start when you cannot name it and how change actually sticks.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same counselling and therapy is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.