Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Newtownabbey
Online Counselling and Therapy in Newtownabbey
Online counselling and therapy for Newtownabbey, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Newtownabbey, from Glengormley and the centre to the streets around the Antrim hills, 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 Newtownabbey
Counselling and Therapy for Newtownabbey, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Newtownabbey: from Glengormley and the centre to Rathcoole, Monkstown and Mossley
- Known for
- The Antrim hills, Belfast Lough and the shore road
- 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 Newtownabbey
Why people in Newtownabbey get in touch
A lot of people here are commuting, working shifts, or fitting study at Ulster University's Jordanstown site around a job, and the effect is a week with no gap in it. What creeps in is not a breakdown but a slow greying: less patience, worse sleep, no appetite for the things that used to be good. Somebody can walk the Loughshore Park along Belfast Lough on a Sunday and feel entirely nothing. Because nothing dramatic has happened and everyone locally seems to be coping, the conclusion reached is usually that this is just what being an adult is. That conclusion delays a first appointment by years.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Newtownabbey
GlengormleyRathcooleMonkstownMossleyCarnmoneyWhiteabbeyJordanstownBawnmoreHazelbank
Wherever you are in Newtownabbey, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Newtownabbey
Official figures for Newtownabbey, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Antrim and Newtownabbey, 18.9% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with 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 Antrim and Newtownabbey, 5.4% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Northern Ireland average of 8.2%, 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)).
In Antrim and Newtownabbey, 2.0% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, well below 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 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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on everything on counselling and therapy, with the practical side for the practical questions and professional standards and registration for registration and ethics.
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.
Everything is online, by secure video, with Bradley in Hove. Nothing depends on a local space coming free and there is no travel attached to it, which matters when the week is already full. It starts with a free 15-minute consultation, then weekly hours at £80 / 60 min while they are doing something useful. Times can move with a changing rota, and a session can be taken from a parked car if the house is never empty.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does counselling and therapy help with?
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 Newtownabbey
Why people in Newtownabbey come for counselling and therapy
Counselling and therapy is the front door, and it deliberately asks nothing at the threshold: no label, no diagnosis, no case to argue. We look at the present. What the week actually contains, where the energy is going, what has been quietly given up, and which one small thing could change now. Nobody is asked to relive anything they would rather leave alone. It typically runs six to twenty weekly hours and stops once you are on firmer ground, so it is a much lighter commitment than psychotherapy and a different piece of work from relationship counselling. It sits comfortably next to the local route as well. Your GP can refer you for talking therapies through Health and Social Care, AWARE NI runs groups for depression, Inspire Wellbeing offers wider support, and Lifeline is 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 Newtownabbey
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Newtownabbey, 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.
Newtownabbey questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Newtownabbey: common questions
I just feel flat and I do not know why. Is that worth an appointment?
It is one of the most common reasons people book. A flat, greyed-out stretch with no obvious cause responds well to talking it through. Nobody is asked to justify the appointment or to prove their difficulty is bad enough to deserve the time.
What is the wait and what will I pay?
A free 15-minute consultation can normally be arranged within days rather than a long wait. Sessions afterwards are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min, paid one at a time. You are free to stop, pause or review at any point.
How does the health service route work in Northern Ireland?
Through your GP, who can make a referral to talking therapies within Health and Social Care. The self-referral programme people read about in England is not how it operates here. Lifeline is available free on 0808 808 8000 at any hour, including the middle of the night.
I work rotating shifts in the city. Can this fit around that?
It generally can. Appointment times move with the rota instead of being pinned to a single evening, and some people alternate morning and late slots week by week. Keeping the work going over a few months matters far more than always meeting on a Tuesday.
What is the difference between this and the longer therapy?
This stays in the present and usually finishes within a few months. The longer work goes back into early relationships and repeating patterns and runs well beyond that. Most people start here, and only some of them decide the deeper piece is what they need.
Do I need a referral to start?
No referral is needed. You can arrange counselling directly and begin from home in Newtownabbey, online by secure video. Many people find that simpler than waiting for an appointment in the city. Bradley is based in Hove and works across Northern Ireland.
Can I get counselling in Newtownabbey without going into Belfast?
Yes. Sessions are online by secure video, so you talk from home in Glengormley, Rathcoole or by the loughshore. After a free 15-minute consultation, most people begin within a week, with no trip into the city for an appointment.
How does the cost compare with NHS counselling locally?
Counselling is £80 for 60 minutes, with 90 and 120-minute sessions at £100 and £120, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapies through your GP are free but often involve a wait, while private online sessions can usually start sooner.
Do you offer evening sessions for people commuting from Newtownabbey?
Yes. Evening appointments by secure video let you talk after the M2 commute without heading back out. Many in Newtownabbey find a quiet hour at home, whether up in Glengormley or down by Whiteabbey, easier to keep than a daytime clinic visit.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Newtownabbey, 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, Ballymena. See all of Northern Ireland.
Also available in Newtownabbey: 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.
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.