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Online Depression Counselling · Dundee
Online Depression Counselling in Dundee
Online depression counselling for Dundee, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Dundee, from the waterfront and the centre to the streets around the V&A, 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 Dundee
Depression Counselling for Dundee, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Dundee: from the waterfront and the centre to Lochee, Broughty Ferry and the Hilltown
- Known for
- The V&A, the Tay and the design quarter
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Dundee
Why do people in Dundee reach out?
There is a particular Dundee feeling when the wind comes up the Tay and the light goes at half three. You walk past a waterfront that looks like a brochure, then home to a flat in Menzieshill or Fintry where the heating is a decision. Depression tends to arrive quietly in that gap between the city that gets photographed and the one you live in. The work situation feeds it, because insecure hours mean the shape of your week keeps dissolving. You manage the essentials and let everything else go: the friends, the food, the reply you meant to send a month ago. And a city famous for humour is not always an easy place to say that you have stopped enjoying anything.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Dundee
LocheeBroughty FerryHilltownStobswellWest EndMenzieshillMaryfieldDouglasFintry
Wherever you are in Dundee, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Dundee
Official figures for Dundee, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Dundee City, 11.6% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 9.1%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Dundee City, 5.3% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Scotland average of 6.1%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
Reviewed June 2026.
What does depression counselling involve?
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 depression counselling in detail, with the practical side for the practical questions and my BACP registration 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.
All work with people in Dundee happens online by secure video, because there is no room here to sit in; Bradley sees clients from Hove. When the effort of washing and leaving the house is the whole problem, taking travel out of the equation is often what makes a first session possible. Holding the same appointment weekly gives an otherwise shapeless week one reliable marker. Taking the call from a parked car for privacy is entirely normal.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does depression counselling 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 Dundee
Why people in Dundee come for depression counselling
Depression is mostly subtraction. Things stop: replying, cooking, going out, caring what happens next. In a city where a lot of people are on insecure hours, that gets attributed to being skint and tired long before anyone calls it low mood. Counselling here is structured and unhurried. We look at what your days genuinely contain, then rebuild them in pieces small enough to actually do, on the basis that motivation follows movement rather than arriving first. We examine what you have lost, and the internal commentary calling it laziness. Drinking is often part of the picture and it deepens low mood rather than lifting it; the age-standardised alcohol-specific death rate for Dundee City averaged 28.2 per 100,000 over 2020-2024 against a Scotland average of 21.9, on National Records of Scotland figures. Alongside this, your GP can refer you into NHS psychological therapies, NHS inform has practical self-help, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 Dundee
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Dundee, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Dundee questions
Online Depression Counselling in Dundee: common questions
Some weeks I will not manage to show up. Is that a problem?
No, and it is expected rather than unusual. Depression makes commitment feel impossible, so we start with one session and build from there. A missed week is picked up, not counted against you. The regular slot exists to steady things, not to add pressure.
How much does it cost?
Sixty minutes costs £80 in Dundee as everywhere, with £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours. Most people book the hour, weekly. The free 15-minute consultation comes first so you can ask whatever you need to before spending anything, and you are not committing to a block of sessions.
Should I see my GP in Dundee as well as doing this?
Generally yes. In Scotland the GP is the gateway to NHS psychological therapies and the right person for questions about sleep, appetite or medication. Doing both is common. NHS inform is worth reading meanwhile, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
My hours change every week. Can I still keep this up?
Usually. Where a rota moves, we agree a new time rather than let a fortnight slide by. Many people pick a morning that is rarely rostered. What matters more than the exact hour is that the appointment keeps happening at all.
I have no reason to feel like this. Does that make it my fault?
It does not. Depression regularly turns up in people whose circumstances look fine on paper, and blaming yourself for it is one of its more reliable symptoms. We work with how your days are now, and the reasons tend to surface as things lift.
Everyone talks about Dundee's revival, but I still feel low, what is wrong with me?
Nothing is wrong with you. A city doing well around you can actually make low mood feel more isolating, not less. Depression is not a failure of gratitude or effort. We would meet by secure video from home in Dundee and take it gently, at whatever pace feels manageable.
How quickly can depression counselling begin in Dundee?
Often within a week of a free 15-minute consultation. There is no local waiting list, so you can start from home in Lochee or Maryfield. When depression makes the day hard to face, beginning from your own room rather than a service helps.
Is private depression counselling worth it against the Tayside wait?
That is your decision. NHS Tayside is free but waits for depression support can be long, and not everyone wants to be seen going in. I charge £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation.
Does online depression counselling suit someone who values privacy in Dundee?
Yes. In a proud, close city not everyone wants to be seen entering a local service. Secure video sessions, evenings included, are held privately from your own room in Broughty Ferry or Fintry, with no waiting room and nothing to travel to.
Online Depression Counselling in Dundee, 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 Scotland: Perth, Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy. See all of Scotland.
If depression counselling is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, counselling and therapy and psychotherapy may fit better in Dundee.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about a solution-focused exercise and small repeated steps.
Within reach of Sussex? depression counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.