Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Llanelli
Online Counselling and Therapy in Llanelli
Online counselling and therapy for Llanelli, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Llanelli, from the town centre and the Millennium Coastal Path to the streets around the rugby heritage, 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 Llanelli
Counselling and Therapy for Llanelli, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Llanelli: from the town centre and the Millennium Coastal Path to Felinfoel, Bynea and Llwynhendy
- Known for
- The coastal path, the rugby heritage and the Loughor estuary
- Region
- Wales
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Wales)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Llanelli
Why people in Llanelli get in touch
You can walk a long way along the Millennium Coastal Path outside Llanelli without meeting anybody who will ask how you are, and for a while that is exactly the appeal. Then it stops being enough. A lot of people here reach a point where the week has gone grey with no single event to explain it. Work has been uncertain in this town for a long time, the bigger services are a drive away, and the general advice is to keep going. So you keep going. Around Pwll, Morfa and Seaside there are people who have been keeping going for two or three years and are quietly running out of road.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Llanelli
FelinfoelByneaLlwynhendyPwllDafenBigynSeasidePembertonFurnaceMorfa
Wherever you are in Llanelli, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Llanelli
Official figures for Llanelli, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Carmarthenshire (the council area covering Llanelli) the average anxiety rating was 3.21 out of 10 in the year ending March 2023, marginally below the Wales average of 3.3 (a higher score indicates more anxiety). Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Carmarthenshire, the council area covering Llanelli, 10.6% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Wales average of 10.4%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Carmarthenshire, the council area covering Llanelli, 9.7% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Wales average of 6.9%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
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 counselling and therapy page, with session lengths and fees for the practical questions and professional standards and registration 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.
Everything for Llanelli is done by video from Hove, and for a first attempt at counselling that is a low-cost way to test the idea. There is no transport to arrange, no half day to take, no waiting area in which to hope you see nobody you know. It opens with a free 15-minute call. If it is not for you, nothing further happens. Otherwise a weekly time is agreed, and it can move when your hours do.
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 Llanelli
Why people in Llanelli come for counselling and therapy
Some people know precisely what they want to work on. This page is for everybody else. You may have a symptom without a story: sleep gone, a temper shortened, an appetite quietly vanished. Or you may have plenty of story and no idea which part is the trouble. Either way the first task is description rather than diagnosis. In the council area covering Llanelli the average anxiety rating was 3.21 out of 10 in the year ending March 2023, marginally below the Wales average of 3.3. We map out the week, find where it goes wrong, and try small changes to see what actually moves. Most of this is measured in weeks or a few months, and many are finished inside a dozen sessions. It is meant to be the easiest door to walk through, because for a lot of people the alternative is walking through no door at all. On the NHS in Wales your GP is the starting point, and CALL is free on 0800 132 737.
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 Llanelli
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Llanelli, you can access NHS psychological therapies through your GP or local primary mental health support service. You can find support through the CALL Mental Health Helpline for Wales, free and confidential on 0800 132 737.
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 press 2 for urgent mental health support. The CALL Helpline for Wales is free on 0800 132 737, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Llanelli questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Llanelli: common questions
What if I get there and cannot explain what is wrong?
Then we start with what you can describe, which is usually more than you expect once somebody is listening properly. Sleep, appetite, temper, the thing you have stopped doing. Words for the rest tend to arrive in the second or third session rather than the first.
How much does it cost?
Sixty minutes is £80. There is a 90-minute option at £100 and a two-hour option at £120 if you ever want more time, though most weekly counselling stays within the hour. The 15-minute consultation that precedes it is free and commits you to nothing.
Should I go to my GP first, being this far from anything?
Both routes are open at once, and plenty of people take them. In Wales your GP surgery is the route into the local primary mental health support service, and distance from bigger towns does not change that. Starting privately while you wait means the time is not simply lost.
Does counselling amount to the same thing as psychotherapy?
They are different depths of work. Counselling deals with what is live now and generally runs for weeks or months. Psychotherapy takes a year or more and works on patterns formed long ago. Coming here first costs you nothing; the deeper work remains available afterwards.
I work away during the week. Can the sessions follow me?
They can. The appointment is attached to you rather than to a building, so a room in digs or a quiet hour in a van works as well as your own front room. People keep a steady weekly slot through rotas that take them right out of Llanelli.
Is help harder to reach out here in west Wales?
Face-to-face services can be a fair way off in this part of Carmarthenshire, which is why online counselling suits many people here. Working by secure video, I can reach you at home in Llanelli or the surrounding area, with no journey on your part.
How quickly can I begin counselling if I live in Llanelli?
Generally within a week or two. My practice is in Hove, so I do not see people in Llanelli in person, but I work across the town by secure video. A free 15-minute consultation lets us talk first before your first full session.
How much is counselling, and how does it compare with the NHS wait in west Wales?
Sessions are £80 an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapies through Hywel Dda can carry a waiting list, so paying privately means you can start online now instead of joining a queue.
Does online counselling work well when services are far off in west Wales?
For most people, yes. Face-to-face help here can be a drive towards Swansea or Carmarthen, so working by secure video reaches you at home in Llanelli without any travel. All you need is a private space and a reliable connection.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Llanelli, 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 Wales: Swansea, Neath. See all of Wales.
People who come for counselling and therapy in Llanelli often also look at anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
You may also find it useful to read about where to start when you cannot name it and how change actually sticks.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.