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Online Depression Counselling · Nottingham
Online Depression Counselling in Nottingham
Online depression counselling for Nottingham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Nottingham, from the centre and the Lace Market to the streets around the castle, 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 Nottingham
Depression Counselling for Nottingham, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Nottingham: from the centre and the Lace Market to Hyson Green, Sneinton and Beeston
- Known for
- The castle, the Old Market Square and the two universities
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Nottingham
Why people in Nottingham get in touch
There is a particular loneliness in feeling flat in a city that is visibly enjoying itself. Nottingham has two large student populations, a creative quarter in the Lace Market, and evenings that start early. If you are in Sherwood or Mapperley with the curtains shut and nothing in the diary you want to do, all that energy can start to feel like evidence against you. Recorded depression on GP registers here stood at 12.6% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. A figure like that is worth knowing for one reason above all: it counts only the low mood that reached a GP in the first place.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Nottingham
Lace MarketHyson GreenSneintonBeestonThe ParkSherwoodMapperleyWest BridgfordRadfordWollatonLenton
Wherever you are in Nottingham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Nottingham
Official figures for Nottingham, for context rather than as a description of you.
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 12.6% 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 is depression counselling, in practice?
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 full depression counselling page, with how sessions run and what they cost for the practical questions and my BACP registration for registration and ethics.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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 this city. Bradley works from Hove and sees people in Nottingham by secure video, and with depression that removes the exact obstacle that stops most people starting. Washed, dressed, out of the door and across town is a tall order on a bad week, and it is why so many first appointments get cancelled. Online, the distance between you and the session is a laptop lid. The slot stays fixed and weekly, and that regularity is part of the work.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does depression counselling address?
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 Nottingham
Why people in Nottingham come for depression counselling
Depression rarely arrives announced. It usually shows up as things falling away one at a time: the five-a-side you stopped going to, the friend in West Bridgford you keep meaning to answer, food that became whatever was nearest. People tend to come when the flatness has outlasted whatever seemed to cause it. This is steady, structured work rather than an open-ended search. We look at what a week contains now, what it contained before, and we rebuild it in pieces small enough to be possible on a bad day. Sleep, movement, contact, and something that used to hold meaning. Alongside that we make sense of what pulled the ground away in the first place. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies is the free NHS option here and takes direct self-referrals, worth doing whatever else you decide. If your mood ever drops to somewhere frightening, your GP is the right first call.
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 Nottingham
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Nottingham, you can refer yourself directly to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies 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.
Nottingham questions
Online Depression Counselling in Nottingham: common questions
I have cancelled appointments before because I could not face going out. What happens if that occurs here?
You tell me, and we look at the pattern rather than at you. That is the illness doing what it does, not a character failing. Online sessions take most of that barrier away in any case, and if you do miss one we start the next by asking what the week was really like.
How much does depression counselling cost, and how many sessions will I need?
Sessions are £80 / 60 min, with £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min if a longer stretch suits you better. There is no fixed course and no package to commit to. We review it openly as we go, and you can stop whenever you want. The 15-minute consultation at the outset is free.
Is Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies worth trying at the same time?
Yes, and it costs nothing. You can refer yourself without seeing your GP first. A lot of people put that referral in and begin private sessions while they wait, then decide later which they want to keep. Using one does not close off the other.
Does this work when I have almost no energy to talk?
It does. Some sessions are mostly quiet, and that is allowed rather than tolerated. Nobody has to perform. Video means you can be in a hoodie on your own sofa in Sneinton with the heating on, which for a good many people makes talking easier rather than harder.
I am a mature student at Nottingham Trent University and everyone else seems fine. Is it just me?
It is not. Low mood is unusually good at convincing you that you are the only one struggling in a lecture hall full of people who look sorted. A fair number of them are carrying something too. That comparison is itself one of the things worth working on.
Is it worth starting if I can barely find the motivation?
Yes, and low motivation is often part of depression rather than a reason to wait. Because sessions are online, there is nothing to organise beyond finding a private space, which makes it easier to begin and to keep going even on the harder days.
Can I quickly begin online depression counselling in Nottingham?
Yes. With Nottingham served online, there is no journey into town and no waiting room, so it is easy to make a start when energy is low. A free 15-minute consultation helps you see whether it fits, and we then settle a regular weekly time.
What does depression counselling cost, and is NHS help available in Nottingham?
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 exists too, via self-referral to Talking Therapies through a Nottingham GP, though the wait differs from booking a private slot.
Is online as helpful as in person for depression, and are evenings possible in Nottingham?
Video works well for depression and saves a low-energy trip across the city. The room is in Hove, so Nottingham is online only. Evening appointments can often be arranged, which helps students and anyone facing long or unpredictable working hours.
Online Depression Counselling in Nottingham, 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: Leicester, Derby, Sheffield. See all of Midlands.
People who come for depression counselling in Nottingham often also look at anxiety counselling, counselling and therapy and psychotherapy.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: 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.