Persistent low mood
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Online Depression Counselling · Bath
Online Depression Counselling in Bath
Online depression counselling for Bath, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Bath, from the Georgian centre and the river to the streets around the Roman Baths, 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 Bath
Depression Counselling for Bath, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Bath: from the Georgian centre and the river to Widcombe, Oldfield Park and Twerton
- Known for
- The Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent and the Abbey
- Region
- South 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 Bath
Why people in Bath get in touch
Feeling flat in a city this admired is a strange weight to carry. Bath looks like somebody else's answer, and when you feel almost nothing in the middle of it, the gap turns into guilt. Recorded depression on GP registers here stood at 11.8% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%, which is worth knowing and makes it no rarer on your own street. A great deal of work in this city is seasonal and public-facing, in hospitality and in the city's heritage and tourism sector, and holding a pleasant face together for eight hours takes something out of you. In Larkhall, Bear Flat and Bathwick, people go quiet without anyone particularly noticing.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Bath
WidcombeOldfield ParkTwertonBathwickLarkhallWestonCombe DownBear FlatBatheastonOdd Down
Wherever you are in Bath, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Bath
Official figures for Bath, for context rather than as a description of you.
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 11.8% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
Reviewed June 2026.
What would we do together in depression counselling?
Depression counselling here is steady and structured: we focus on the low mood, lost motivation and disconnection affecting you now, and on rebuilding the energy, routine and self-worth that hold a day together.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the main depression counselling page, with how sessions run and what they cost for the practical questions and qualifications, registration and ethics for registration and ethics.
What do I need for an online session?
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.
It all runs online, over secure video. There is no room in this city; Bradley sees people from Hove. With low mood that removes the real obstacle, which is rarely the hour itself and almost always the leaving of the house to reach it. The hills here are hard work on a good day and out of the question on a bad one. You can keep the appointment from the sofa, in whatever you slept in, with the curtains exactly where you want them.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can depression counselling in Bath help with?
Lost motivation
Help with drive, focus and finishing tasks.
Isolation
Support for withdrawal and feeling numb.
Energy and routine
Rebuilding the rhythms that hold a day together.
Self-worth
Gently challenging a harsh inner voice.
Reconnection
Finding your way back to the parts of life that feel distant.
Depression Counselling in Bath
Why people in Bath come for depression counselling
Depression work here is steady and structured, and it is never dramatic. We usually start with the plain facts of a week: when you woke, whether you ate, who you genuinely spoke to, and which of the things you once enjoyed have quietly dropped off the list. From there we rebuild in very small increments, because motivation follows action instead of arriving ahead of it, and waiting until you feel like it is the trap that keeps everything stuck. We also look honestly at what is truly heavy in your life, since insecure seasonal hours and rent set by the visitor economy rather than local pay are real problems, not distorted thinking. The health service route for this area is the NHS Talking Therapies finder, which takes self-referrals in England, and your GP is worth a conversation where sleep or appetite has gone badly wrong. Bath Mind runs groups and wellbeing support 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 Bath
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Bath, 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.
Bath questions
Online Depression Counselling in Bath: common questions
Recorded depression in Bath is 11.8%, under the England average. Does that mean I should be coping?
No. That number is what GP registers held for patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, against an England average of 14.3%. A register counts who has been recorded, not who is struggling, and a great many people never mention it to a GP at all. A lower local figure changes nothing about your week.
Which NHS route should I use for low mood in Bath?
The route verified for this area is the NHS Talking Therapies finder. In England you refer yourself directly, without needing your GP to write first, and it directs you to the service covering your postcode. If sleep, appetite or safety have deteriorated, speak to your GP too. Running both alongside each other is entirely normal.
How much are sessions, and do I have to commit to a block?
An hour is £80, ninety minutes £100 and two hours £120, and nothing is sold as a fixed course. With low mood the regular shorter appointment generally achieves more than an occasional long one, because the benefit lives in the rhythm. The opening 15-minute consultation costs nothing and you may stop there.
I work a Bath tourism job where I have to be cheerful all day. Is that making it worse?
It can do. Performing warmth for visitors while feeling flat underneath is genuinely draining, and it is hard to explain to anyone who has not done it. In sessions there is nothing to perform. We look at where your energy actually goes each week and what could be given back without costing you the job.
I study at Bath Spa University and I have stopped going to seminars. Where does that lead?
Usually to more avoidance, then guilt, then less reason to get up at all. So we work backwards from it, choosing one small specific step for the coming week rather than a plan to fix everything at once. Term dates and deadlines get built into the pacing, and sessions can continue over the holidays.
I feel low in such a beautiful city and feel guilty about it. Can counselling help?
Yes. Low mood does not care how lovely your surroundings are, and there is nothing to feel guilty about. We can talk it through gently and without judgement, online by secure video. The room is in Hove, so Bath is served remotely.
How quickly can depression counselling begin online in Bath?
Depression counselling for Bath runs online wherever you live, so low mood never means facing the hills or the coaches. After a free 15-minute consultation to check the fit, we can usually start secure video sessions within a week. The counselling room is in Hove, and Bath is served online.
What are your depression fees, and is the NHS available in Bath?
For depression, your local Bath NHS Talking Therapies service is free by self-referral but often has a wait. Working privately, I charge £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120 minutes, with a free 15-minute consultation first. You are welcome to use both.
Would online suit depression, and are evenings offered for Bath?
When depression makes the day feel heavy, online spares you the climb up to Claverton or across the centre. We speak by secure video from home, and some evening times suit Bath students and staff. In-person sessions are only for those who can travel to the Sussex coast.
Online Depression Counselling in Bath, 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: Bristol, Swindon. See all of South West.
People who come for depression counselling in Bath often also look at anxiety counselling, counselling and therapy and psychotherapy.
There is more on this in my writing: a solution-focused exercise and small repeated steps.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.