Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Hull
Online Counselling and Therapy in Hull
Online counselling and therapy for Hull, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Hull, from the Old Town and the marina to the streets around the Deep, 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 Hull
Counselling and Therapy for Hull, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Hull: from the Old Town and the marina to Newland Avenue, Bransholme and Hessle Road
- Known for
- The marina, the Deep and the Humber Bridge
- Region
- Yorkshire & North East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Hull Talking Therapies (Let's Talk Hull)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Hull
What brings people in Hull to counselling?
Plenty of people who need to talk have no word for what is wrong. The shifts get covered, the kids get fed, nobody would say you were struggling, and something has still gone flat. In Hull that tends to arrive quietly. A long run of insecure work. A winter where the money did not stretch. Friends who moved away and never came back, leaving you with the odd sense of being the one who stayed. Students at the University of Hull meet a version of it too, a long way from anyone who knew them before. You might be sitting in a flat on Spring Bank telling yourself other people have it far worse. That is usually the moment counselling is most useful, not least.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Hull
Old TownNewland AvenuePrinces AvenueHessle RoadAvenuesSpring BankBransholmeAnlaby RoadSuttonMarfleet
Wherever you are in Hull, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Hull
Official figures for Hull, for context rather than as a description of you.
29% 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 14.1% 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 149.4 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. everything on counselling and therapy explains it properly, the practical side answers the practical questions, and how to check my 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.
There is no room in Hull; Bradley works from Hove and sessions happen by secure video. For a first piece of counselling that is often the easier door, with no waiting area and no chance of passing someone you know on Princes Avenue on the way in. The free 15-minute consultation lets you hear what it would be like before you commit to anything. After that most people take a weekly hour, set at a time that fits round a rota rather than office hours.
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 Hull
Why people in Hull come for counselling and therapy
This is the shorter, present-focused end of the work, and the place to start if you cannot yet name the problem. We begin with what is actually happening: the sleep, the dread on a Sunday night, the drinking that has crept up, the row you keep having with your mother. Recorded depression on Hull GP registers stood at 14.1% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, marginally below the England average of 14.3%, which says something about how ordinary this is and how little it says about you personally. No diagnosis is needed, no referral, no label. Most people come weekly for a few months and finish. NHS Hull Talking Therapies, or Let's Talk Hull, takes self-referrals across the city, and Hull and East Yorkshire Mind offers groups and information locally; using one of those and this at the same time is fine. If a few months turns out not to be enough, deeper and longer work exists and we can talk about it then.
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 Hull
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Hull, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Hull Talking Therapies (Let's Talk Hull) 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.
Hull questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Hull: common questions
I could not explain what is actually wrong. Is that a reason not to book?
It is the reason to book. Arriving with a tidy explanation is rare, and putting words to something shapeless is a large part of what the early sessions are for. You need to be able to say that things are not right. Everything after that is work we do together.
How much are sessions and is there anything to pay for the first call?
The first 15-minute consultation is free and there is no obligation afterwards. Sessions cost £80 for an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for a double. Most people find an hour a week is right for this kind of work, and you can stop whenever you decide you are done.
Is this different from what Let's Talk Hull would give me?
Somewhat. NHS Hull Talking Therapies, branded Let's Talk Hull, is free, self-referral and structured around specific difficulties such as anxiety and depression, usually with a wait. This is open-ended talking with one counsellor, starting when you want it and not requiring you to fit a category first.
How long would a piece of work like this run for?
Often somewhere between six sessions and six months. Some people come for a handful of weeks to get through a particular patch and leave. Others carry on longer because more keeps surfacing. We review it openly rather than signing you up to a fixed course at the start.
Everyone in Hull just gets on with it. Does going to counselling mean I am not coping?
The city's habit of getting on with things has carried people through a great deal, and it also means problems get named very late here. Coming to talk is not a verdict on how tough you are. It is one hour a week where you do not have to perform being fine.
I work shifts around the docks. Can sessions fit that?
Yes. Because everything is online, we can find a slot that works around rotas and awkward hours rather than office-time appointments. If a shift changes, moving a video session is far simpler than rearranging a trip, so a regular time is easy to keep.
Is online counselling available in Hull, and how quickly could I begin?
Yes. From Hove I work with people right across Hull by secure video, so being at the end of the line need not mean travelling far for support. After a free 15-minute call we can usually arrange a first session within a few days.
How much is counselling in Hull, 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 Hull is free and open to self-referral, though there can be a wait. Private online sessions simply let us start sooner at a time that suits you.
Can I have counselling in the evening without a trip into central Hull?
Yes. Everything is online, so you join from Newland Avenue, Hessle Road or wherever you can talk privately, with no journey into town. I hold some evening appointments for people who cannot get away in the day, and we would keep the same slot each week.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Hull, 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: York, Leeds. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
People who come for counselling and therapy in Hull often also look at anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
There is more on this in my writing: how change actually sticks and where to start when you cannot name it.
Within reach of Sussex? counselling and therapy is offered in the room in Hove, where the room is as well as online; see the full list of areas.