Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Wrexham
Online Counselling and Therapy in Wrexham
Online counselling and therapy for Wrexham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Wrexham, from the town centre and the church to the streets around the football ground, 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 Wrexham
Counselling and Therapy for Wrexham, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Wrexham: from the town centre and the church to Rhosddu, Caia Park and Gwersyllt
- Known for
- St Giles' church, the football ground and the Welsh borderland
- Region
- Wales
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Wales)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Wrexham
Why do people in Wrexham reach out?
Wrexham was granted city status in 2022 and has been busy ever since, though none of that changes much about a Tuesday in February. You get up in Rhosnesni or Acton, you go to work, and something has been dull for months without ever becoming serious enough to mention to anybody. In Wrexham the average anxiety rating was 3.22 out of 10 in the year ending March 2023, marginally below the Wales average of 3.3. Being on the better side of an average is no comfort when it is your own week. Most people who make contact are nowhere near crisis. They have been managing something for longer than they should have had to.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Wrexham
RhosdduCaia ParkGwersylltRhosnesniActonHightownCoedpoethBrymboGresfordBorras
Wherever you are in Wrexham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Wrexham
Official figures for Wrexham, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Wrexham the average anxiety rating was 3.22 out of 10 in the year ending March 2023, marginally below the Wales average of 3.3 (a higher score indicates more anxiety). Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Wrexham, 10.0% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Wales average of 10.4%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Wrexham, 4.0% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, well below the Wales average of 6.9%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
Reviewed June 2026.
What actually happens 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the counselling and therapy page sets out the methods, session lengths and fees covers the practicalities, and my credentials and registration covers accountability.
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.
Wrexham is covered online, with Bradley in Hove, which for a first course of counselling removes the practical excuses. No drive to a bigger town, no waiting area, no half day taken off work. It starts with a free 15-minute call that costs nothing and settles nothing. If it feels right, a weekly hour is set and kept, and it can move around a rota or term dates. You need somewhere you can talk unheard.
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 Wrexham
Why people in Wrexham come for counselling and therapy
This is the page for people who cannot yet name it. You may be able to list everything wrong with your week without being able to say what is wrong with you, and that is a perfectly normal way to arrive. Early sessions are about description: when it began, what it stops you doing, what you have already tried on your own. Once the thing has an outline it becomes something to work on rather than something to carry about. This work is present-centred and usually brief, six to twelve sessions for many people, occasionally a few months. Nobody is signed up for years. If the same pattern turns out to have been running since you were young, longer therapy can be discussed at that point. In Wales your GP is the NHS route, and CALL is free on 0800 132 737.
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 Wrexham
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Wrexham, you can access NHS psychological therapies through your GP or local primary mental health support service. You can find support through the CALL Mental Health Helpline for Wales, free and confidential on 0800 132 737.
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 press 2 for urgent mental health support. The CALL Helpline for Wales is free on 0800 132 737, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Wrexham questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Wrexham: common questions
Is what I have serious enough to bother a counsellor with?
Almost certainly. There is no severity threshold and no queue of more deserving cases. Ordinary, long-running difficulty is the bulk of the work, and catching it before it becomes something larger usually means fewer sessions rather than more. Nobody is asked to justify booking.
What are the fees?
An hour of counselling costs £80, with 90 minutes at £100 and 120 minutes at £120 if you ever want longer. Most people stay with the hour. The 15-minute consultation beforehand is free, so you can find out how it works before spending anything.
What is the NHS route here in Wales?
Your GP surgery in Wrexham. The practice refers you into the local primary mental health support service, since Wales does not use the self-referral form England has. If a night gets difficult in the meantime, CALL answers free on 0800 132 737.
Would psychotherapy suit me better?
Only if what you are bringing is old. Psychotherapy runs for a year or more and works on patterns formed in early life. This is shorter, aimed at what is happening now, and it is built precisely for people who cannot put a name to it yet.
Most of what I find seems to be over the border in England. Does that matter?
Not for this. Working online means your address makes no difference to whether you can be seen, and there is no catchment area to fall outside. What does differ is the NHS route, which in Wales runs through your GP rather than an English self-referral.
Is help harder to reach in this part of north Wales?
Face-to-face services can be a fair distance in a border region, which is one reason online counselling suits many people here. Working by secure video, I can reach you at home in Wrexham or the surrounding area, with no journey on your part.
How quickly can I begin counselling if I live near Wrexham?
Generally within a week or two. My practice is in Hove, so I do not meet people in Wrexham in person, but I work across the city and its rural hinterland by secure video. A free 15-minute consultation lets us talk first before your first full session.
How much is counselling, and how does it compare with the NHS wait locally?
Sessions are £80 an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS talking therapies through Betsi Cadwaladr can carry a long waiting list, so paying privately means you can start online now rather than later.
Does online counselling work as well from a village outside Wrexham?
For most people, yes. In a border area where help can mean a drive into the city or across into Cheshire, working by secure video removes the journey entirely. All you need is a private space and a reliable connection, wherever you are based.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Wrexham, 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 Wales: Cardiff, Swansea. See all of Wales.
Related work in Wrexham: anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
There is more on this in my writing: where to start when you cannot name it and how change actually sticks.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.