Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Gloucester
Online Counselling and Therapy in Gloucester
Online counselling and therapy for Gloucester, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Gloucester, from the historic docks and the city 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 Gloucester
Counselling and Therapy for Gloucester, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Gloucester: from the historic docks and the city centre to Barton, Tredworth and Quedgeley
- Known for
- The cathedral, the historic docks and the quays
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Let's Talk, the Gloucestershire NHS Talking Therapies service
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Gloucester
Why people in Gloucester get in touch
Some things build so slowly you cannot say when they started. Work that is never quite secure, a rent that goes up, a winter of getting through it, and then one ordinary morning you realise you have not enjoyed anything for months. Gloucester does not encourage a fuss about that. It is a working city with a long history of managing, and around Podsmead or Tuffley the expectation is that you carry on. The cathedral and the historic docks pull in visitors who see a very handsome place; the everyday version is harder work than that. You do not have to arrive with a diagnosis or a reason before talking to somebody.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Gloucester
BartonTredworthQuedgeleyKingsholmLonglevensHucclecotePodsmeadMatsonAbbeymeadTuffley
Wherever you are in Gloucester, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Gloucester
Official figures for Gloucester, for context rather than as a description of you.
21.2% 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 12.9% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 92.2 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 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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the full counselling and therapy page, with the practical side for the practical questions and qualifications, registration and ethics for registration and ethics.
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.
This is an online location. Bradley works by secure video from Hove, so a first conversation costs nothing but the fifteen minutes it takes, and there is no reception to sit in and no bus fare. Sessions afterwards are weekly at first, an hour at a time, and can be fitted round shift work or childcare. Nothing about the arrangement obliges you to keep going if it does not suit.
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 Gloucester
Why people in Gloucester come for counselling and therapy
This is the door for people who cannot yet say what is wrong. There is no label to bring and no threshold to have crossed. The first sessions look at the practical shape of your week: what you dread, what has slipped, where the energy went. Most people find that describing the whole of it out loud, once, does more than they expected. GP registers here recorded depression in 12.9% of adult patients during 2024/25, against an England average of 14.3%, though such a figure only counts people who reached a doctor, and reaching a doctor is the step that gets put off longest. The work is present-focused and often runs six to twelve sessions rather than years. Let's Talk, the Gloucestershire NHS Talking Therapies service, is the free NHS route if you want to try that first.
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 Gloucester
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Gloucester, you can refer yourself directly to Let's Talk, the Gloucestershire NHS Talking Therapies service 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.
Gloucester questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Gloucester: common questions
Nothing dramatic has happened. Is that enough to come with?
It is. The majority of people who book have no single event to point to, only a long stretch of feeling worse than they used to. Counselling is meant for that stage. Waiting for something worse to happen rarely improves anything.
How much are sessions and do I have to book a course?
Nothing is booked in blocks and nothing is paid up front. An hour is £80, ninety minutes £100, and two hours £120. You stop when you have got what you came for. The first 15-minute consultation costs nothing and carries no obligation.
Which NHS service should I contact in Gloucestershire?
Let's Talk, the Gloucestershire NHS Talking Therapies service, is the one to look up. You can refer yourself in England without a GP appointment and there is no charge. Waits change through the year, so it is worth asking them directly what the current position is.
Will I be told to talk about my childhood?
Not unless it turns out to matter to you. This kind of counselling stays with the present: the week you are actually living and what would make it more bearable. The longer work that goes back into early life is a separate, deliberate choice.
My hours change every week. Can the appointment move?
It can, within reason. A steady slot helps the work build, but rotas in distribution and engineering rarely stay fixed, and sessions can be moved when yours changes. Flagging the pattern at the outset is far better than cancelling at short notice.
Does an uncertain job or tight budget make counselling harder in Gloucester?
The work itself is a confidential space to talk, and online sessions remove any travel cost or time. They can be arranged around uncertain hours, meeting by secure video from home. The room is in Hove, so Gloucester is served online rather than in person.
How quickly can I start online counselling in Gloucester?
There is no local waiting list, so most people in Gloucester start within a week or two of getting in touch. We begin with a free 15-minute call, then book a first full session. Everything runs by secure video, with the room itself in Hove near Kingsholm.
How much is counselling in Gloucester, and can I get it through the NHS?
This is a private practice, so sessions are self funded rather than through the NHS. A 60-minute session is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and 120 minutes is £120, and the first 15-minute consultation is free. People in Gloucester can also seek NHS Talking Therapies in Gloucestershire via their GP if they prefer.
Is counselling in Gloucester delivered online, and are evening times available?
All sessions are held online by secure video, so you can meet from anywhere private in Gloucester, whether that is home in Barton or a quiet room near work. Some evening slots suit workers in the city engineering and distribution trade working through the day. In-person visits only suit those able to travel to the Hove room.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Gloucester, 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 South West: Cheltenham, Worcester, Swindon. See all of South West.
People who come for counselling and therapy in Gloucester often also look at anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: 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 Brighton, or see every area I cover.