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Online Depression Counselling · London
Online Depression Counselling in London
Online depression counselling for London, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across London, from the inner boroughs to the streets around the City, 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 London
Depression Counselling for London, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of London: from the inner boroughs to the outer suburbs, Zone 1 out to the edges of the M25
- Known for
- The City, the West End, the river and the great parks
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- your local borough's NHS Talking Therapies service
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in London
Why people in London get in touch
Depression in London tends to arrive quietly and then take the colour out of a city that is supposed to have everything. The West End is twenty minutes away and you have no wish to go. Friends are scattered from Walthamstow to Wandsworth and each meeting takes an hour of travel you cannot summon the energy for, so invitations thin out and nobody quite notices. Work carries on because it has to. Long hours and high housing costs leave little slack, and a flat in Islington or Croydon can be a very isolating place on a wet Tuesday. The strange part is how ordinary it looks from outside. You are still commuting, still replying to messages, still doing the shopping, and still gone.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around London
IslingtonCamdenHackneyShoreditchBrixtonCroydonEalingGreenwichCanary WharfWandsworthWalthamstow
Wherever you are in London, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in London
Official figures for London, for context rather than as a description of you.
Across the London region as a whole (all 32 boroughs), recorded depression on GP registers stood at 10.3% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips - Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
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.
The method travels; only the geography changes. the depression counselling page explains it properly, how sessions run and what they cost answers the practical questions, and qualifications, registration and ethics shows how the practice is held to account.
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.
There is no room in the capital; Bradley is in Hove and this work is done online by secure video. With low mood that turns out to be an advantage. On the mornings when leaving the flat feels beyond you, the session still happens, which keeps one fixed point in the week when everything else has slipped. No travel, no getting across town, no elaborate preparation. Just a set time, held weekly, until the pattern begins to shift.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can depression counselling in London 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 London
Why people in London come for depression counselling
Low mood in a city this size is often the end of a long stretch of running on empty. People describe waking already tired, losing interest in things that used to matter, and withdrawing from friends across the boroughs until the week has nothing in it but work. Depression work is steady and structured rather than dramatic. We look at what a week actually contains, then rebuild it in small, achievable pieces, because energy tends to follow activity rather than the other way round. We also examine the thinking that keeps telling you this is your own fault. Some of it is practical: sleep, food, daylight, contact with other people. Alongside that, your local borough's NHS Talking Therapies service accepts self-referrals for depression, and Thrive LDN gathers citywide support in one place. Progress is usually gradual and unglamorous, which is exactly what makes it last.
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 London
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In London, you can refer yourself directly to your local borough's NHS Talking Therapies service for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed.
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.
London questions
Online Depression Counselling in London: common questions
I have no energy to organise anything. How simple is it to begin?
About as simple as it can be. You send a short message, we arrange a free 15-minute call, and that call is a conversation rather than an assessment. Nothing needs preparing beforehand. If low mood means you miss it, we simply find another time.
How much are the sessions?
Sixty minutes costs £80, ninety minutes £100, and a two-hour appointment £120. Most depression work runs weekly at the hour rate. There is no charge for the initial 15-minute conversation, and no package or block booking you have to commit to.
Should I also contact NHS Talking Therapies where I live?
It is worth doing. Each London borough runs its own NHS Talking Therapies service and you can refer yourself without seeing a GP first. Waiting times vary a good deal between boroughs, so many people start privately and stay on the NHS list too.
Does online counselling really help when the problem is isolation?
It can, though the aim is never to keep you at a screen. Steady weekly contact gives the week a shape, and much of the work is about rebuilding real contact with people near you, at a pace that does not ask more than you currently have.
I cannot face the office but I am still going. Is that worth bringing?
Very much so. Getting through the day on autopilot while feeling nothing is one of the most common ways depression shows up in a working city. We look at what the effort is costing you and what could realistically change first.
I keep functioning at work but feel empty underneath. Is that still depression?
It very often is. Many Londoners keep performing while feeling flat and joyless beneath the surface, which can make low mood easy to overlook. Counselling gives you a space to name that quietly, and we work at a pace that fits a demanding week in the capital.
How quickly can I begin depression counselling online in London?
Typically within a few days of your free fifteen-minute consultation. Working online means Bradley can see people right across the capital, from Brixton to Canary Wharf, without anyone facing a draining journey when energy is already low, which matters a great deal with depression.
How much does depression counselling cost, and is there NHS help in London?
Fees are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, after a free fifteen-minute consultation. Your local borough's NHS Talking Therapies service is free to self-refer to, but capital waiting times can be lengthy, so private sessions let you start without the wait.
Would online or in person suit depression better in London, and are evenings available?
When low mood makes leaving the flat hard, online sessions remove that hurdle entirely. Bradley keeps some evening appointments for London's long working days, and the practice room in Hove is a straightforward train down from the terminals if in-person feels right for you.
Online Depression Counselling in London, 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 London & South East: Watford, Slough, Reading, Guildford. See all of London & South East.
Also available in London: anxiety counselling, counselling and therapy and psychotherapy.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about small repeated steps and a solution-focused exercise.
Within reach of Sussex? depression counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.