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Online Depression Counselling · Inverness
Online Depression Counselling in Inverness
Online depression counselling for Inverness, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Inverness, from the centre and the castle to the streets around the river Ness, 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 Inverness
Depression Counselling for Inverness, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Inverness: from the centre and the castle to Crown, Hilton and Inshes
- Known for
- The castle, the river Ness and the Highlands beyond
- Region
- Scotland (Scotland)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Inverness
Why people in Inverness reach out
Inverness is the capital of the Highlands, a small city serving a vast and sparsely populated region where the nearest specialist can be hundreds of miles away. That remoteness, the long dark winters and the isolation of rural Highland life all shape what people here carry.
Inverness is a small city with an enormous job: it serves as the capital of the Highlands, a region that stretches for hundreds of miles of glen, loch and coast. People travel in from Skye, Wester Ross and the far north to shop, to study or to reach Raigmore Hospital, and for many the city is the nearest thing to a centre for a long way in any direction. The River Ness runs through the middle, the castle looks down from its hill, and Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal lie just beyond. Winters are long and dark this far north, and the isolation of rural Highland life, where a neighbour might be miles away, can weigh heavily on people through the quiet months.
Across the rural Highlands the nearest counsellor can be hours away and the winters long and dark; online sessions bring experienced support to you wherever you are.
Inverness is the capital of the Highlands, serving NHS Highland from Raigmore Hospital, and is a hub of the University of the Highlands and Islands across a vast rural region.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Inverness
CrownHiltonInshesMerkinchDalneighCullodenSmithtonRaigmoreWesthill
Wherever you are in Inverness, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The depression counselling itself
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.
The approach is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods, what each session covers and fees, on the main depression counselling page and on how I work.
How online sessions work
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop, no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
In the Highlands, the nearest specialist can be a very long drive, and NHS Highland covers a vast, thinly populated area where waits and travel are real barriers. This is where online work makes the biggest difference: a secure video session reaches Inverness, and the glens and villages around it, without anyone facing a round trip of hours. I'm based in Hove on the south coast of England and see clients across the Highlands and the whole UK online.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online depression counselling in Inverness can help
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 Inverness
Why people in Inverness come for depression counselling
This far north, the winters are long and dark, and the isolation of Highland life, where a neighbour might be miles away, can let low mood settle in and deepen through the quiet months. When getting out is hard and the nearest support is a long drive, depression can feel like something you simply have to endure. Online sessions change that, offering a warm, dependable hour wherever you are. We move at your pace towards small footholds, and there is no journey to face on a day when even that feels like too much.
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 Inverness
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Inverness, 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, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Inverness questions
Online Depression Counselling in Inverness: common questions
Can I get online depression counselling if I live in Inverness?
Yes. I work with people right across Inverness, from the centre and the castle outwards, and anywhere else in Scotland, by secure video, no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
What if I don't have the motivation to attend?
Low motivation is part of depression, not a sign you are unsuited to therapy. Working online removes the journey, which is often the hardest part on a flat day.
Will I have to talk about my whole past?
Only as much as helps. We focus on what is weighing on you now and on small, doable steps, rather than analysing everything that has ever happened.
Can counselling help alongside antidepressants?
Yes. Many people do both; talking therapy and medication work on different things, and I am glad to work alongside your GP.
The isolation up here makes everything feel worse, can talking online really reach that?
It can. The point of online work is precisely that distance and isolation stop being barriers. A regular, confidential hour by video brings steady support right into your home in the Highlands, so the remoteness that often deepens low mood does not also keep help out of reach.
How quickly can depression counselling begin in Inverness?
Often within a week of a free 15-minute consultation, with no waiting list and no journey into the city. When depression is heavy through the long Highland winter, being able to start from your own home in Hilton or a nearby glen makes a real difference.
Is private depression counselling worth it against the Highland wait?
That is your choice. NHS Highland is free but its vast, thinly populated area means waits and long travel. I charge £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation, with sessions reaching you at home.
Does online depression counselling help with rural isolation near Inverness?
Yes. Highland life can be isolating, with a neighbour miles away and the winter dark weighing heavily. Secure video sessions, evenings included, bring a steady, confidential hour to your own home in Inverness or the glens, with no long, dark drive to manage.
I live outside Inverness in the Highlands, can I still have sessions?
Yes. As long as you have a reasonable internet or phone connection and somewhere private, secure video reaches you wherever you are in the Highlands. That's often far easier than a long drive into the city, especially through the winter months.
Do you travel to the Highlands to see people?
No. I'm based in Hove in the south of England and work entirely online with clients across the Highlands and the rest of the UK. For this part of Scotland especially, video sessions remove the distances that make in-person specialist help so hard to reach.
Online Depression Counselling in Inverness, 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: Aberdeen, Perth. See all of Scotland.
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Closer to the Sussex coast? The same depression counselling is available in person in Brighton & Hove, or see all in-person areas.