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Online Depression Counselling · Leicester
Online Depression Counselling in Leicester
Online depression counselling for Leicester, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Leicester, from the centre and the Cultural Quarter to the streets around the market, 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 Leicester
Depression Counselling for Leicester, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Leicester: from the centre and the Cultural Quarter to Belgrave, Highfields and Clarendon Park
- Known for
- The market, the King Richard III centre and the universities
- Region
- Midlands (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 Leicester
Why people in Leicester get in touch
Low mood does not always look like sadness, and in Leicester it often looks like carrying on faultlessly. Recorded depression on GP registers was 11.3% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, notably below the England average of 14.3%, and one honest reading of a low figure is that a great many people never take it to a surgery. In households across Evington, Aylestone and Westcotes there are people doing everything expected of them, at work, at home and for extended family, and feeling nothing whatever while they do it. The covered market is busy, the city moves, and you can be entirely absent inside all of it.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Leicester
BelgraveHighfieldsClarendon ParkEvingtonKnightonAylestoneBraunstoneStoneygateWestcotesOadby
Wherever you are in Leicester, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Leicester
Official figures for Leicester, for context rather than as a description of you.
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 11.3% 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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the full depression counselling page for the methods, how sessions run and what they cost for fees and session lengths, and qualifications, registration and ethics if you want to check who you would be working with.
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.
Sessions happen online by secure video. Bradley works from Hove and there is no Leicester room, which for depression is less a limitation than a help. The energy required to cross a city and sit in a waiting area is frequently the exact thing that is missing. From home you can attend on a bad day as readily as a good one. If the house is busy, headphones and a shut door will do the job.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can depression counselling in Leicester 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 Leicester
Why people in Leicester come for depression counselling
Depression counselling is steady, structured and slow enough to keep up with. We start with what the week actually contained: sleep, meals, movement, the people you saw, the things you have quietly stopped doing and never announced. Then we rebuild, deliberately in pieces so small they seem hardly worth counting, because action generates motivation rather than waiting on it. That is usually the opposite of the advice people have already been given. Alongside it we take honest account of what is heavy: caring responsibilities, money, and the effort of holding family expectations alongside a life of your own. Those are real circumstances, not faulty thinking. The NHS route for the city is the national NHS Talking Therapies finder, which accepts self-referrals across England, and a GP visit is worth arranging where sleep or appetite has changed markedly. One consistent private hour alongside that keeps some continuity.
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 Leicester
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Leicester, 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.
Leicester questions
Online Depression Counselling in Leicester: common questions
Recorded depression here is 11.3%, below the England average. Does that mean it is rare?
It means fewer people appear on GP registers with it, which is not the same as fewer people feeling it. That 2024/25 figure runs under the England average of 14.3%, and where such things go undiscussed a register will always be an incomplete picture.
Where do I self-refer when no local service is named?
You use the national NHS Talking Therapies finder, which takes your postcode and points you at the team responsible for your area. Self-referral works right across England without a GP letter. Nothing prevents you using that and private counselling side by side.
Is there a reduction for booking several sessions at once?
No, the fees stay the same each time: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min. Nothing is bought in advance, so you can stop at any point without losing money. The initial 15-minute consultation is free and quite separate from all that.
I am expected to be the one who copes for everybody at home. How do I say that I cannot?
You do not have to say it to them first. This is somewhere to work out what is actually sustainable before any conversation happens elsewhere. Being the reliable one for years is precisely the position from which low mood tends to arrive unnoticed.
I still get everything done. Can it be depression if I am functioning?
It can. Functioning and feeling are different matters, and many people keep every commitment while experiencing very little. Getting through the day is not evidence that you are well. Quite often it is evidence of how much effort you are quietly putting in.
I don't want to worry my family, can I keep this to myself?
Absolutely. What you discuss is entirely confidential, and it is your choice whether to tell anyone at all. Many people value having a space that is separate from family, where they can be honest without feeling they are adding to anyone else's load.
Can I begin online depression counselling quickly in Leicester?
Yes. With Leicester served online, there is no trip into the centre and no chance of a familiar face in a waiting room. A free 15-minute consultation lets you see whether it suits, and we then settle a regular weekly time that works quietly around your week.
What does depression counselling cost, and is NHS help available in Leicester?
Sessions are private: £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation to begin. NHS support is available too, through self-referral to Talking Therapies via a Leicester GP, though the wait differs from booking privately.
Is online as effective as face-to-face for depression, and are evenings possible in Leicester?
Video suits depression well and keeps things discreet, joining from home rather than travelling across the city. The room is in Hove, so Leicester is online only. Evening appointments can often be arranged, which helps where days are full with work or family.
Online Depression Counselling in Leicester, 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 Midlands: Nottingham, Coventry, Derby. See all of Midlands.
Close to this in Leicester, there is anxiety counselling, counselling and therapy and psychotherapy.
You may also find it useful to read about small repeated steps and a solution-focused exercise.
Within reach of Sussex? depression counselling is offered in the room in Hove, where the room is as well as online; see the full list of areas.