Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Stockport
Online Counselling and Therapy in Stockport
Online counselling and therapy for Stockport, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Stockport, from the centre and the old town to the streets around the viaduct, 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 Stockport
Counselling and Therapy for Stockport, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Stockport: from the centre and the old town to Heaton Moor, Reddish, Bramhall and Cheadle
- Known for
- The viaduct, the hat works and the river Mersey
- Region
- North West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies (find via the NHS finder)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Stockport
Why do people in Stockport reach out?
Plenty of people in Stockport are functioning perfectly and feeling steadily worse. There is a version of this that has become almost standard: a decent job, a long commute, a house in Reddish or Edgeley or Hazel Grove, and a growing sense that you are spending your life getting through the week. Nothing has happened. Nobody would guess. Stepping Hill Hospital is where you go when something is acutely wrong, and this is not that. It is the slow leak, six or nine months of sleeping badly and enjoying nothing much, that has no name and no obvious place to be taken.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Stockport
the town centre and old townHeaton MoorReddishBramhallCheadleCheadle HulmeMarpleEdgeleyHazel Grove
Wherever you are in Stockport, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Stockport
Official figures for Stockport, for context rather than as a description of you.
28.5% 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 18% 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 107 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, how I work for fees and session lengths, and my BACP registration 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.
Counselling is delivered online from Hove, by video or phone, which suits people whose days are already long. No journey, no waiting room, no half-day used up. You can take a single session and see how it lands, from home or from a parked car, with nothing paid in advance and no commitment beyond the hour. Times can flex around a changing rota or an unpredictable commute, and phone sessions are available if you would rather not be seen.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can counselling and therapy in Stockport 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 Stockport
Why people in Stockport come for counselling and therapy
This is the entry point for people who cannot name it yet, and that is the whole design. No diagnosis, no label, no need to arrive with a clear account. We stay with the present and work out what is going on, over a shorter to medium course, usually six to twelve sessions with honest reviews rather than a fixed package. Recorded depression on GP registers here reached 18% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, well above the England average of 14.3%, and registers only reflect the people who eventually mentioned it to somebody. Many never do. The NHS Talking Therapies finder is the free self-referral route in England and worth setting in motion whatever else you decide. Mosaic, run by Stockport Council, is the local service if alcohol or other substances have crept into how you unwind.
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 Stockport
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Stockport, you can refer yourself directly to NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression, with no GP referral needed. You can find support through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
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.
Stockport questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Stockport: common questions
Is this for people in crisis, or for people who just feel flat?
Mostly the second. Feeling flat, going through the motions and losing interest in things that used to matter are among the most common reasons people book. There is no threshold of severity you have to reach before an hour is justified.
What are the fees and how does booking work?
You book directly with me, with no referral involved. A session costs £80 for an hour or £100 for 90 minutes and is paid one at a time. Before any of that, a free 15-minute conversation lets you decide whether to go ahead.
Should I use the NHS Talking Therapies finder instead?
It is free and it takes self-referrals without your doctor, so it is worth doing regardless. Waiting times vary. Some people start here while they wait and then choose whichever fits better once an NHS appointment becomes available to them.
I work in the city and my hours are long. Where does this fit?
Usually before the commute or well after it. Online means the session ends when the session ends, with no journey attached at either end. A regular weekly slot works best, and we can move it when a particular week makes it impossible.
Will you push me into long-term therapy?
No. Many people are finished within a few months and have no need to return. If something deeper is clearly driving the difficulty I will say so honestly, and what you then do about it is entirely your decision to make.
I feel I 'should' be coping, is it silly to seek help?
Not at all. Feeling that you ought to manage on your own is one of the most common reasons people put off reaching out, and it's rarely a sign that things are fine. Talking to someone outside your daily life can make a real difference, whatever your circumstances look like.
How quickly can I begin counselling in Stockport?
Generally within a week or so. Being online from Hove means no local waiting list, so after a free fifteen-minute call I can usually offer a first session soon after. Wherever you are, from Marple to Edgeley, we meet by secure video or phone.
What are your fees, and should I try the NHS in Stockport first?
The standard sixty-minute session is £80, with ninety minutes at £100 and two hours at £120. NHS Talking Therapies is free but can involve a wait, so some people begin privately with me meanwhile. Your first fifteen-minute consultation costs nothing.
I commute into Manchester, can evening sessions fit around that?
Yes. Online work means an early slot before the train, a lunch break or an evening once you are back in Stockport, without the extra journey a clinic would add. We would settle on a regular time that fits your commute and keep it consistent, so it becomes a steady point in the week.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Stockport, 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 North West: Manchester, Oldham. See all of North West.
Also available in Stockport: 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.
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.