Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Inverness
Online Counselling and Therapy in Inverness
Online counselling and therapy for Inverness, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Inverness, from the centre and the castle to the streets around the river Ness, 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 Inverness
Counselling and Therapy for Inverness, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Inverness: from the centre and the castle to Crown, Hilton and Inshes
- Known for
- The castle, the river Ness and the Highlands beyond
- 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 Inverness
Why do people in Inverness reach out?
Inverness serves a region where the nearest specialist can be hundreds of miles away, and people here become very good at coping. That is why so many first get in touch when they cannot say what is actually wrong. A worker at Raigmore Hospital who has stopped sleeping. A student with the University of the Highlands and Islands who cannot make themselves open a laptop. Somebody in Merkinch or Dalneigh who has been low since the clocks changed and cannot tell whether that even counts. No diagnosis is required and no dramatic story either. There is only the ordinary sense that something has gone on too long.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Inverness
CrownHiltonInshesMerkinchDalneighCullodenSmithtonRaigmoreWesthill
Wherever you are in Inverness, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Inverness
Official figures for Inverness, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Highland, the council area covering Inverness, 18.3% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, below 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 Highland, the council area covering Inverness, 4.9% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, well below the Scotland average of 9.1%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Highland, the council area covering Inverness, 3.0% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, well below the Scotland average of 6.1%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
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. counselling and therapy in detail explains it properly, the practical side answers the practical questions, and qualifications, registration and ethics shows how the practice is held to account.
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 run online because Bradley is in Hove and there is no room this far north. Given the geography, that changes what is actually available to you. Instead of a long drive to whatever happens to be nearest, an hour takes place at your kitchen table with the weather outside. It matters most in winter, when travelling anywhere here is unpredictable and a first appointment is exactly the kind of thing that gets postponed and then quietly dropped.
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 Inverness
Why people in Inverness come for counselling and therapy
This is the general door, for anybody who is not sure what they need. We look at the present: what your days consist of, when the low patches arrive, what you have stopped doing, what still helps. It is practical and time-limited in spirit, though not sold as a fixed course; some people need a handful of sessions and others a few months, and we review it honestly rather than continuing out of habit. Isolation and the long dark half of the year come up often enough here to be worth naming directly, and so does the plain fact that many people have never spoken to anybody about any of it. Alongside this, your GP can refer you into NHS psychological therapies, NHS inform holds self-help worth trusting, Mikeysline works across the Highland area, 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 Inverness
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Inverness, 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.
Inverness questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Inverness: common questions
I do not have a diagnosis. Is counselling still for me?
It is designed for exactly that. Most people arrive with symptoms rather than a name: tiredness, irritability, a sense of flatness. Working out what is going on is part of the counselling rather than a condition of starting it, and nobody is turned away for being unable to explain themselves.
How soon could I start, given how far away everything is?
Distance makes no difference online. A free 15-minute consultation is usually available within days and a first session shortly afterwards, which is often a good deal quicker than a referral. Nothing depends on the road or on a service having a slot near you.
What are the costs of counselling?
Sixty minutes is £80. Ninety minutes at £100 gives you more room, and two hours at £120 exists for the occasional longer sitting. Payment goes session by session with no block to buy, and the initial 15-minute consultation carries no charge and no expectation.
What help is there locally through the NHS?
Your GP can refer you into NHS psychological therapies, and it is sensible to ask what the wait looks like across such a wide area. NHS inform is a dependable source of self-help meanwhile. Mikeysline supports people around the Highlands, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
The dark months flatten me every year. Is counselling the right thing?
It is a reasonable place to start, particularly if it happens every winter and you have never really examined it. We would look at what the season actually changes in your week, what disappears from it, and what could be put back. Your GP is worth speaking to as well.
The nearest help is hours away, can you really support me from a distance?
Yes. Working entirely by secure video means where you live matters far less. Sessions reach you at home in Inverness or anywhere across the Highlands, so there is no round trip of hours for a confidential hour. You just need somewhere private and a connection.
How quickly can I begin counselling in Inverness?
Often within days. We start with a free 15-minute call, then arrange your first secure video session around your week. There is no NHS Highland waiting list to join and no drive into the city, so getting started from Inverness or the surrounding glens is straightforward.
How do your counselling fees compare with the NHS in Inverness?
Counselling is £80 for 60 minutes, with 90-minute and two-hour options at £100 and £120, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Highland talking therapy is free but covers a huge area with long waits, so private sessions mainly buy a sooner, closer start.
I live in a remote part of the Highlands, will online work?
Yes. This is where online counselling helps most. With a steady connection and a private space, secure video reaches you wherever you are, sparing a round trip of hours into Inverness. Sessions feel natural once they begin, and the winter dark no longer blocks support.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Inverness, 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: Aberdeen, Perth. See all of Scotland.
Close to this in Inverness, there is anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about how change actually sticks and where to start when you cannot name it.
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.