Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Plymouth
Online Counselling and Therapy in Plymouth
Online counselling and therapy for Plymouth, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Plymouth, from the Barbican and the Hoe to the streets around the Sound, 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 Plymouth
Counselling and Therapy for Plymouth, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Plymouth: from the Barbican and the Hoe to Devonport, Stonehouse and Mutley
- Known for
- Plymouth Hoe, the Barbican and the Sound
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies Plymouth (Plymouth Options)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Plymouth
What brings people in Plymouth to counselling?
Plymouth is a long way from everywhere else, and that geography gets into how people feel. When something goes wrong there is no quick trip to a friend two cities over, and the sense of being at the end of the line can settle in a person over a winter. You are working, you are managing, and it has been months since anything felt properly good. Around Mutley and Peverell there are plenty of people in exactly that position who would not describe themselves as unwell. The Barbican fills up in summer and empties again. None of it requires a name before you speak to somebody about it.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Plymouth
DevonportStonehouseMutleythe BarbicanPeverellMannameadPlymptonPlymstockSt BudeauxEffordStoke
Wherever you are in Plymouth, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Plymouth
Official figures for Plymouth, for context rather than as a description of you.
25.4% 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 16.7% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 112 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.
The method travels; only the geography changes. everything on counselling and therapy explains it properly, session lengths and fees answers the practical questions, and qualifications, registration and ethics shows how the practice is held to account.
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 an online location, with Bradley based in Hove. Distance is the one thing video removes entirely, which matters more in a city this far out than it does elsewhere. The free 15-minute call happens wherever you are, and weekly hour-long sessions follow if you want them. Dockyard shifts, ward rotas and university timetables can all be worked around without adding a journey to the day.
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 Plymouth
Why people in Plymouth come for counselling and therapy
Begin here when you cannot say what the trouble is. There is no requirement to have a diagnosis, a crisis or a tidy story. The early work stays in the present tense: your week, the parts that drain you, what has quietly dropped away. That description usually does the naming by itself. Recorded depression reached 16.7% of adult patients on GP registers in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%, which is a high figure and suggests a great many people here are carrying more than they let on. This is short to medium-term work, often six to twelve sessions, present-focused throughout, and it does not oblige you to go anywhere near your childhood. NHS Talking Therapies Plymouth, known as Plymouth Options, is the free self-referral route, with Devon Mind alongside.
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 Plymouth
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Plymouth, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies Plymouth (Plymouth Options) 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.
Plymouth questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Plymouth: common questions
I cannot explain what is wrong. Is that a problem?
It is the normal way to start. Putting language to something formless is a large part of what the sessions are for, so it cannot sensibly be a condition of booking. Describe what you have noticed and the rest gets worked out between you.
What does an hour cost?
Sixty minutes is £80. Should you want longer there is £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, though the hour suits most people beginning this sort of work. The 15-minute consultation beforehand is free and there is no obligation attached to it.
What is the NHS option in Plymouth?
NHS Talking Therapies Plymouth, sometimes called Plymouth Options, is the service to approach and you can refer yourself without seeing a GP. It costs nothing. Devon Mind can also help while you wait, and waiting times are worth checking directly with the service.
Is this the same thing as psychotherapy?
No. Counselling here deals with what is happening now and usually runs weeks or a few months. Psychotherapy goes considerably deeper and lasts much longer. Starting with counselling and moving on later is perfectly normal, and many people never need to.
I work rotating shifts at the dockyard. Will that make this impossible?
It makes a fixed weekly slot harder, not impossible. Sessions can move with a rota, and having no journey attached means an appointment can sit in a gap that would otherwise be useless. Say how your shifts work on the first call.
Plymouth feels a long way from everything. Does that limit counselling?
No. Meeting by secure video removes the distance entirely, so there is no journey up the line to make. You join from wherever you feel settled in Plymouth. The room itself is in Hove, so support here is provided online rather than in person.
How quickly can I start online counselling in Plymouth?
There is no local waiting list, so most people in Plymouth start within a week or two of getting in touch. We begin with a free 15-minute call, then book a first full session. Everything runs by secure video, with the room itself in Hove near Mutley.
How much is counselling in Plymouth, and can I get it through the NHS?
This is a private practice, so sessions are self funded rather than through the NHS. A 60-minute session is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and 120 minutes is £120, and the first 15-minute consultation is free. People in Plymouth can also seek NHS Talking Therapies in Plymouth via their GP if they prefer.
Is counselling in Plymouth delivered online, and are evening times available?
All sessions are held online by secure video, so you can meet from anywhere private in Plymouth, whether that is home in Devonport or a quiet room near work. Some evening slots suit personnel tied to the Devonport naval base working through the day. In-person visits only suit those able to travel to the Hove room.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Plymouth, 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 South West: Exeter, Torquay. See all of South West.
If counselling and therapy is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy may fit better in Plymouth.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about where to start when you cannot name it and how change actually sticks.
For anyone near the coast, the same counselling and therapy runs in person in Hove, where the room is. Every area covered is listed separately.