Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Peterborough
Online Counselling and Therapy in Peterborough
Online counselling and therapy for Peterborough, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Peterborough, from the cathedral and the centre to the streets around the river Nene, 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 Peterborough
Counselling and Therapy for Peterborough, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Peterborough: from the cathedral and the centre to Bretton, Orton and Werrington
- Known for
- The cathedral, the river Nene and the fenland beyond
- Region
- East of England (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Peterborough
What brings people in Peterborough to counselling?
A lot of people who look for counselling in Peterborough have nothing to report and know something is off. You came here for a job or a house, you are managing both, and somewhere in the last year the colour drained out of it. The city rewards keeping going. Warehouses and distribution centres do not pause, the East Coast Main Line commuter link takes people out early, and staff at Peterborough City Hospital finish rotas that leave little energy for introspection. So the feeling gets postponed. In Dogsthorpe, Millfield or Stanground there are people who would struggle to answer the question what is wrong, and who still need somewhere to put it.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Peterborough
BrettonOrtonWerringtonStangroundDogsthorpePastonMillfieldHamptonWaltonFletton
Wherever you are in Peterborough, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Peterborough
Official figures for Peterborough, for context rather than as a description of you.
26.6% 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% 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 99.5 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 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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the main counselling and therapy page for the methods, the practical side for fees and session lengths, and qualifications, registration and ethics if you want to check who you would be working with.
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.
This is online work, done by video from wherever you can be undisturbed. There is nothing to attend in Peterborough because Bradley is in Hove, which means no bus across town, no waiting area and nobody watching you arrive. Sessions can be taken before a shift, after one, or in the quiet hour when the house is empty. Headphones and a closed door are usually enough privacy. An introductory 15-minute conversation, at no cost, comes before anything is booked.
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 Peterborough
Why people in Peterborough come for counselling and therapy
This is the beginning point, and it requires nothing of you in advance: no diagnosis, no referral, no rehearsed explanation. Plenty of people arrive able to say only that things are harder than they should be, and the first few sessions are spent finding language for that. The work stays with current life rather than the distant past, and it usually runs weeks to months rather than years. Stopping when it has served its purpose is entirely expected. Much of this never reaches a medical record. Recorded depression on GP registers in Peterborough stood at 12% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%, which measures what a doctor logged rather than what people are carrying. The Talking Therapies service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is the free NHS alternative, with CPSL Mind supporting people locally.
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 Peterborough
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Peterborough, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough 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.
Peterborough questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Peterborough: common questions
I would not be able to describe what is wrong. Is that a reason not to book counselling in Peterborough?
It is a reason to book rather than a reason to wait. Sessions frequently open with someone saying they do not know where to start. Working out what the difficulty actually is counts as the counselling, and no explanation is required before the first appointment.
How is this different from the long-term psychotherapy on the site?
Depth and length. This stays close to your current life and typically runs weeks or a few months. Psychotherapy goes back into early relationships, attachment and the patterns that keep repeating, over a year or more. The shorter work is enough for many people.
What does it cost and am I tied in?
You are not tied in at all. Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, paid as you take them, with no block booking and no minimum. If it is not right after two sessions you can stop. The opening conversation of 15 minutes is not charged for.
Would the NHS route be faster than paying?
Possibly, and it costs nothing, so it is worth checking. The Talking Therapies service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough accepts self-referrals and delivers structured, time-limited treatment. Private counselling usually offers an earlier first session, the same counsellor each week, and more latitude in what gets discussed.
I work shifts and my sleep is all over the place. Is that something counselling would address?
It often can. Disrupted sleep and low mood feed each other, and shift work makes both harder to shift. Sessions look at what is actually keeping you awake, what the pattern is doing to the rest of your week, and what is realistically within your control.
I moved here for work and feel quite alone. Is that worth counselling?
Absolutely. Feeling unrooted after moving to Peterborough is common and a fair thing to bring. Working online from Hove, you can talk it through from your own home, at a time that fits your week, without needing to travel or explain where you are going.
How quickly can I start counselling in Peterborough?
Generally within a week or two. I offer counselling online across Peterborough and the surrounding Fens, so no local waiting list holds you up. We begin with a free fifteen-minute consultation to see whether we fit, then arrange a first session around shift patterns or the commute.
Is counselling free on the NHS in Peterborough, or what will I pay?
You can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough at no cost, though waits vary and sessions are time-limited. Privately with me there is no queue: £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, plus a free fifteen-minute call.
My week runs to shift work. How does online counselling fit around that?
Easily. Because sessions are online from Hove, we are not tied to clinic opening hours or travel across the city. You join by secure video from home, from Bretton to Stanground, whenever suits your rota, and I hold some evening slots for those on early or late shifts.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Peterborough, 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 East of England: Cambridge, Kettering, Lincoln. See all of East of England.
People who come for counselling and therapy in Peterborough often also look at 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.
Within reach of Sussex? counselling and therapy is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.