Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Halifax
Online Counselling and Therapy in Halifax
Online counselling and therapy for Halifax, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Halifax, from the Piece Hall and the centre to the streets around the Minster, 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 Halifax
Counselling and Therapy for Halifax, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Halifax: from the Piece Hall and the centre to King Cross, Sowerby Bridge and Illingworth
- Known for
- The Piece Hall, the Minster and the Calderdale hills
- 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 Halifax
What brings people in Halifax to counselling?
Some difficulties do not have a name and do not need one to be real. You are working, you are managing, and yet the walk up from Pellon or King Cross that never used to register has become an effort, and you have gone quiet with the people who would notice. Halifax carries a fair amount of that. The town went through the loss of the wool trade and the long adjustment since, and Dean Clough is a reminder that mills can become something else without the memory going anywhere. People here tend to get on with things. Getting on with things is also how a bad six months turns into a bad two years.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Halifax
King CrossSowerby BridgeIllingworthOvendenPellonSavile ParkSkircoatWarleyBoothtownMixenden
Wherever you are in Halifax, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Halifax
Official figures for Halifax, for context rather than as a description of you.
27.1% 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 18% 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 106.6 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 does counselling and therapy involve?
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 does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on everything on counselling and therapy, alongside how I work and my BACP registration.
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.
The town is covered by secure video from Hove, and for somebody approaching counselling for the first time that lowers the barrier considerably. There is no building to walk into and no receptionist to face, which matters more than people expect. You start with a free 15-minute call, at home, with nothing decided. Weekly sessions follow at a fixed hour, and the hour can move if your working pattern does.
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 Halifax
Why people in Halifax come for counselling and therapy
This is the entry point for anybody who cannot yet name the problem, and no label is required at any stage. Most opening sessions start with an apology for having nothing serious to report. The first piece of work is description: when it started, what makes it worse, and what you are afraid of if nothing changes. Once it is described it stops being weather and becomes something you can handle. Locally 27.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%, and a number that size is made up of ordinary weeks in ordinary houses. Counselling of this kind stays with the present and runs in weeks and months rather than years. Healthy Minds Calderdale is a local option, and NHS Talking Therapies takes self-referrals across England.
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 Halifax
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Halifax, 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.
Halifax questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Halifax: common questions
Nothing has happened to me. Is that a reason not to come?
It is not. A great deal of what people bring has no obvious cause and no single event behind it, which does not make it a lesser problem. Sleep, temper, motivation and interest all drain quietly. Those are exactly the things short, focused work tends to be good with.
What are the fees?
It is £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two. For counselling of this kind the hour is usually right. Before you commit to anything there is a free 15-minute consultation, which most people use to ask how it works and whether it would suit them.
What does the NHS offer for this?
NHS Talking Therapies is free and open to self-referral in England, and it works well for many people with anxiety and low mood. There is a wait, and a set number of sessions. Healthy Minds Calderdale runs independently in Halifax if you want something outside the NHS.
Do I have to turn the camera on?
Not if you would rather not, particularly early on. Some people begin with audio only and switch the camera on weeks later, or never do. What matters is that you can talk freely, and for a fair number of people that is easier without watching their own face.
How many sessions would this be likely to take?
Often between six and twelve, sometimes fewer. We agree a rough shape at the start and review it, so you are not signing up to something open-ended. If the difficulty turns out to be older and deeper than it looked, we would talk about that rather than quietly extending.
What if I can't find a private space at home?
That's common, and we can work around it. People join sessions from a parked car, a spare room, or somewhere quiet away from the house. What matters is that you can talk without being overheard; the video connection itself is secure and confidential.
Is online counselling available in Halifax, and how quickly could I begin?
Yes. From my Hove base I see people across Halifax by secure video, whether you are near the Piece Hall, Savile Park or the outlying hills. After a free 15-minute call we can usually book a first session within a few days, from home.
How much does counselling cost in Halifax, and how does it compare with the NHS?
It is £80 for 60 minutes, with 90 and 120-minute sessions at £100 and £120. NHS Talking Therapies in Calderdale is free and open to self-referral, though waits vary. Private online work simply means we can start sooner at a time around your week.
Can I have counselling in the evening without heading into central Halifax?
Yes. Sessions are online, so you join from Illingworth, Pellon or wherever you can speak privately, with no journey into town. I hold some evening appointments for people who cannot get away by day, and we would keep the same regular weekly slot.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Halifax, 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: Huddersfield, Bradford. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
Also available in Halifax: anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
There is more on this in my writing: 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.