Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Lisburn
Online Counselling and Therapy in Lisburn
Online counselling and therapy for Lisburn, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Lisburn, from the city centre and the cathedral to the streets around the Lagan, 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 Lisburn
Counselling and Therapy for Lisburn, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Lisburn: from the city centre and the cathedral to Old Warren, Lagmore and nearby Hillsborough
- Known for
- The cathedral, the Lagan and the linen heritage
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Northern Ireland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Lisburn
What is going on for people in Lisburn?
There is a version of struggling that looks like coping, and this city produces a lot of it. You are up at six, you do the job, you keep the house going, and somewhere in there you have stopped feeling much of anything. Nothing has broken. The mortgage is paid and the children are fine, which is precisely why you have not mentioned it to anybody. People walk in Wallace Park at the weekend feeling flat in the middle of a perfectly good life and conclude they have no right to complain. That conclusion is the reason the first appointment gets put off for a year or two longer than it needed to be.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Lisburn
Old WarrenLagmoreHildenWallace ParkKnockmoreBallymacashHillsboroughDunmurryBlaris
Wherever you are in Lisburn, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Lisburn
Official figures for Lisburn, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Lisburn and Castlereagh, 13.8% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, below the Northern Ireland average of 19.0%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Lisburn and Castlereagh, 7.3% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Northern Ireland average of 8.2%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Lisburn and Castlereagh, 5.9% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Northern Ireland average of 5.2%. 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.
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 counselling and therapy in detail, alongside how I work and my credentials and registration.
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.
Because this runs by secure video from Hove, there is no local wait to join and no journey attached. Start with a free 15-minute consultation, then weekly hours at £80 / 60 min for as long as they are helping. Early morning slots suit people who leave for work before the day properly begins, and appointments can be rearranged around travel rather than abandoned when a week goes wrong.
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 Lisburn
Why people in Lisburn come for counselling and therapy
Counselling and therapy is the entry point, and its whole design is that you need bring nothing but yourself. No label, no diagnosis, no ready explanation. The work stays in the present: what your days look like, where the flatness or the anxiety is showing up, what has quietly been dropped, and what could realistically change in the next month. It is short to medium in length, often six to twenty weekly hours, and it ends when you have what you needed rather than running on indefinitely. That makes it a smaller commitment than psychotherapy and a different job from relationship counselling. It also sits easily beside the Northern Ireland route: your GP can refer you to talking therapies through Health and Social Care, AWARE NI runs groups for low mood, and Lifeline answers free on 0808 808 8000.
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 Lisburn
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Lisburn, your GP can refer you to talking therapies and counselling through Health and Social Care. You can find support through Lifeline, Northern Ireland's crisis helpline, free on 0808 808 8000.
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 Lifeline free on 0808 808 8000. Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Lisburn questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Lisburn: common questions
There is nothing wrong with my life on paper. Why do I feel like this?
That question brings a lot of people to a first session, and it is a good one to start with. Feeling empty inside a functional life is common and treatable through talking. You are not required to have a crisis before the difficulty is worth addressing.
How long is the wait and what does it cost?
There is normally no waiting list. A free 15-minute consultation can usually be arranged within a few days, and sessions afterwards are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min. You pay as you go, one appointment at a time.
What is the referral route in Northern Ireland?
Your GP makes it. They can refer you into talking therapies through Health and Social Care, which replaces the self-referral scheme people read about in England. Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000 around the clock, and AWARE NI holds peer support groups for depression.
I leave the house before seven. Are there early appointments?
There are, and for commuters they often work better than evenings, when everybody is tired and the house is full. An hour before the day starts is a surprisingly good time to think clearly, and the slot stays yours week to week rather than being rebooked each time.
How do I know whether I need the deeper work instead?
You usually find out by doing this first. If present-focused sessions steady things and they stay steady, that was the right size of intervention. If the same difficulty keeps rebuilding itself, that points towards longer work on patterns formed much earlier.
Is this only for serious problems?
No. Many people in Lisburn come simply feeling stretched, flat or under pressure, with nothing dramatic to point to. Counselling gives you space to talk it through at your own pace, online by secure video from home. Bradley is based in Hove and works UK-wide.
Is counselling in Lisburn online or face to face, and how soon can I start?
It is online only, by secure video, so you talk from home in Lisburn. After a free 15-minute consultation, most people begin within a week, which suits commuters who would rather not fit another journey around trips to and from Belfast.
How does counselling cost compare with NHS help in Lisburn?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, with 90 and 120-minute options at £100 and £120, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapies through your Lisburn GP are free but often waited-for, whereas private online counselling can usually start much sooner.
Do you offer evening counselling for Lisburn commuters?
Yes. Evening slots by secure video mean you can talk after the train or M1 drive home, without another trip out. Many in Lisburn find a quiet hour from home, once the day's commute to Belfast is done, far easier to keep to than a daytime clinic.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Lisburn, 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 Northern Ireland: Belfast, Craigavon. See all of Northern Ireland.
Close to this in Lisburn, there is anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: 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 Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.