Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · York
Online Counselling and Therapy in York
Online counselling and therapy for York, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across York, from within the walls and the centre to the streets around the Minster, 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 York
Counselling and Therapy for York, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of York: from within the walls and the centre to Clifton, Acomb and Heworth
- Known for
- The Minster, the city walls and the Shambles
- Region
- Yorkshire & North East (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 York
What brings people in York to counselling?
A lot of people in York come to counselling without a story to tell. Things are objectively fine, and something has gone out of them anyway. Students at the University of York over at Heslington hit it in the second term, when the newness wears off and the pressure does not. So do people working long weeks in the city's tourism and heritage sector, and people on hospital rotas at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals who spend all day being competent for other people. Living somewhere that looks like a holiday can make ordinary unhappiness feel ungrateful. It is not. It is just unhappiness, and it responds to being talked about.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around York
CliftonAcombHeworthBishopthorpeFulfordFishergateHolgateDringhousesHuntingtonHeslington
Wherever you are in York, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in York
Official figures for York, for context rather than as a description of you.
26.2% 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 13.2% 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 91.8 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 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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on everything on counselling and therapy, with how I work for the practical questions and how to check my registration for registration and ethics.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
Bradley is in Hove and there is no room in York, so this is done online by secure video. That avoids the walk across a small centre where you might be recognised, and it fits round a shift or a seminar without costing you the afternoon. You can take the hour from a room in Fishergate or Holgate with headphones on. It begins with a free 15-minute conversation, which is genuinely just a chance to see whether talking to this person helps.
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 York
Why people in York come for counselling and therapy
Counselling is the starting point and it asks nothing of you in advance, no diagnosis, no referral, no name for the problem. The work stays close to the present: how you are sleeping, what you dread, what has quietly dropped out of your life. It is usually weekly and usually a matter of months. Recorded depression on York GP registers stood at 13.2% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%, which is a useful reminder that a comfortable city average tells you nothing about the individual having a bad autumn. The NHS Talking Therapies finder takes free self-referrals across England, York Mind offers local groups and advice, and York Drug and Alcohol Service handles substances. Any of them can sit alongside what happens here. If something much older keeps appearing, longer psychotherapy is there to move on to.
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 York
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In York, 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.
York questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in York: common questions
How long before I could actually begin?
Typically a week or two after the free consultation. Self-referring to the NHS Talking Therapies finder at the same time costs nothing and gets you into that queue, and many people begin talking privately while the free option works its way through.
What are the fees, and is there a minimum number of sessions to book?
There is no minimum. Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, paid individually, and the initial 15-minute conversation is free. Most people take a weekly hour and decide as they go how long to carry on for.
I am a student here and I feel like I am failing at a good thing. Is counselling appropriate?
Very much so. Struggling at something you worked hard to get is disorientating and it is one of the most frequent reasons students book. Short-term work suits it well, and a handful of sessions is often enough to get the ground back under you.
Is this the same thing as what the NHS would give me?
Not identical. NHS Talking Therapies is free, self-referred and built around structured treatment for specified problems, usually with a wait. This is open-ended talking with one counsellor, available sooner, and it does not require you to fit a particular category first.
My life looks lovely. Am I allowed to be unhappy in it?
Yes, and the gap between how a life looks and how it feels is one of the things counselling is best at addressing. Gratitude and misery coexist perfectly well. You do not have to earn permission by having something visibly wrong.
I'm a student at one of the universities. Can you help?
Yes. Online sessions continue through term, placements and holidays wherever you are, so a move between York and home doesn't break things off. I work privately, separate from the universities' own counselling services, which you can also use.
Is online counselling available in York, and how quickly could I start?
Yes. From my Hove base I work with people right across York by secure video, whether you are near the university, Heworth or Acomb. After a free 15-minute call we can usually arrange a first session within days, with no trip through the crowds.
How much is counselling in York, and how does it compare with the NHS?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, with 90 and 120-minute options at £100 and £120. NHS Talking Therapies in York is free and open to self-referral, though there can be a wait. Private online sessions let us start sooner at a time that suits you.
Can counselling happen in the evening without a trip into central York?
Yes. Everything is online, so you join from Holgate, Bishopthorpe or wherever you can talk privately, with no walk through the tourist streets. I hold some evening appointments for those who cannot get away by day, and we would keep the same weekly slot.
Online Counselling and Therapy in York, 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 Yorkshire & North East: Leeds, Hull, Harrogate. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
Also available in York: 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.
For anyone near the coast, the same counselling and therapy runs in person in Brighton. Every area covered is listed separately.