Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Nottingham
Online Counselling and Therapy in Nottingham
Online counselling and therapy for Nottingham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Nottingham, from the centre and the Lace Market to the streets around the castle, 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 Nottingham
Counselling and Therapy for Nottingham, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Nottingham: from the centre and the Lace Market to Hyson Green, Sneinton and Beeston
- Known for
- The castle, the Old Market Square and the two universities
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Nottingham
Why people in Nottingham get in touch
A lot of people in Nottingham start looking for help without having a word for what is wrong. Nothing has happened, exactly. You are getting to work, walking up through Sneinton or across town, answering messages, and something underneath has gone flat and tight. The city is loud with other people's momentum, two large universities emptying out on a weekday afternoon and the centre busy by Friday night, and all that noise can make a private struggle feel as though it has no business being there. What brings people is often small and cumulative: an insecure contract, a landlord, a shift pattern that never settles, a friendship that quietly ended. You do not need a label or a story that sounds serious enough to qualify.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Nottingham
Lace MarketHyson GreenSneintonBeestonThe ParkSherwoodMapperleyWest BridgfordRadfordWollatonLenton
Wherever you are in Nottingham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Nottingham
Official figures for Nottingham, for context rather than as a description of you.
24.8% 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 12.6% 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 95.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
Reviewed June 2026.
What does counselling and therapy involve?
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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the full counselling and therapy page for the methods, session lengths and fees for fees and session lengths, and my credentials and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
What do I need for 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 happens by secure video, from wherever you are in the city. Bradley is in Hove, so nothing here involves a bus into town or an afternoon booked off. That matters most at the start, when you are not yet sure this is for you: a first conversation from your own front room is a much smaller step than walking into a building. Sessions are weekly to begin with, usually 60 minutes, and can be scheduled around a shift or a seminar timetable.
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 Nottingham
Why people in Nottingham come for counselling and therapy
This is the door for people who cannot yet name the problem. In Nottingham that often means worry that has outgrown its cause. Self-reported high anxiety ran at 24.8% of adults in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%, and behind a figure like that sit a lot of ordinary weeks nobody talks about. The work is present-focused and shorter than psychotherapy: six to twelve sessions is a common shape, sometimes fewer. We start with the last fortnight rather than your childhood. What is happening, when it is worst, what you have already tried and where it stopped working. From there you get language for it, which by itself takes some of the pressure out. If it becomes clear that something older is driving it, we can talk about longer work. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies runs alongside this and takes self-referrals without a GP letter.
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 Nottingham
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Nottingham, you can refer yourself directly to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies 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.
Nottingham questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Nottingham: common questions
I cannot say what is wrong. Is that enough to book something?
It is a perfectly normal starting point. Most people arrive with a feeling and no shape for it. The first session is spent describing the last couple of weeks in ordinary language, and the shape usually turns up in that description rather than before it.
How much are sessions and is there a way to try one first?
A 60-minute session is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and two hours is £120. Before any of that there is a free 15-minute consultation by video, which is genuinely a conversation rather than an assessment, and plenty of people use it to decide that the fit is not right.
I am on the list for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies. Should I wait for that instead?
You can hold both. That service is free and takes self-referrals, and for straightforward anxiety or low mood it is a sensible route. Some people start privately while they wait and stop when the NHS course begins; others find the two do different jobs.
How many sessions will I need, and how would I know when to stop?
Six to twelve is typical for this kind of work, reviewed as we go rather than fixed at the start. You will usually notice the end approaching yourself: the thing you came with stops taking up the whole session and you begin arriving with less to unload.
I am a student here and only in Nottingham during term. Does that break the continuity?
It does not. Because sessions are by video, they carry on from wherever you are over the vacation, including from a parent's house or abroad. Nothing has to restart in October, and the work does not have to fit inside a term.
Can students at the universities have sessions?
Yes. Online counselling suits student life well, since you can meet from your room or a quiet corner without travelling, and times can often be arranged around lectures and deadlines. Whether you are at the University of Nottingham or Trent, all you need is a private spot and a connection.
Is there a waiting list to start online counselling in Nottingham?
Counselling and therapy is open to anyone in Nottingham online, with no waiting list. It begins with a free 15-minute consultation to see if we fit, and weekly sessions usually follow shortly, whether you live in Hyson Green, Sneinton or out towards Wollaton.
How much is private counselling in Nottingham compared with NHS talking therapies?
Nottingham's NHS Talking Therapies are free but often mean a wait. Private sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, 100 for 90 and 120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Students at Nottingham or Trent sometimes use private work alongside university support.
How does online counselling work for people in Nottingham, and can sessions be in the evening?
Sessions run by video, so a quiet, private space and a good connection are all you need, from the Lace Market to Lenton. Appointments can often be arranged in the evening, which suits student deadlines or a long day's work across the city.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Nottingham, 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 Midlands: Leicester, Derby, Sheffield. See all of Midlands.
Close to this in Nottingham, there is anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: where to start when you cannot name it and how change actually sticks.
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.