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Online Depression Counselling · Southampton
Online Depression Counselling in Southampton
Online depression counselling for Southampton, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Southampton, from the city centre and Ocean Village to the streets around the waterfront, 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 Southampton
Depression Counselling for Southampton, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Southampton: from the city centre and Ocean Village to Portswood, Shirley and Bitterne
- Known for
- The waterfront, the docks and the Common
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire (italk)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Southampton
Why do people in Southampton reach out?
Low mood in Southampton often begins with feeling temporary. People arrive for a course, a contract or a season at the terminals, and the plan is always to settle properly later on. Later takes a while. Meanwhile the shifts rotate, the flatmates change, and it becomes easier to stay in than to explain yourself to anybody new. Depression takes that and quietly makes it permanent: interest goes, the effort of ordinary things doubles, and the days stop differing from one another. In Shirley or Woolston you can live for a year among people and know almost none of them. It rarely looks dramatic from outside, and that is a good part of the trouble.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Southampton
PortswoodShirleyBitterneWoolstonSt DenysBevois ValleyHighfieldMillbrookFreemantle
Wherever you are in Southampton, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Southampton
Official figures for Southampton, for context rather than as a description of you.
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 13.3% 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 actually happens 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.
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.
What happens in 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.
Southampton has no room to come to; Bradley is in Hove, and the work happens online by secure video. For low mood that matters more than it might sound. On the days when leaving the house is the single hardest thing, the appointment still goes ahead, so the one reliable point in the week does not fall over. It also travels with you between terms, house moves and jobs, which suits a city where few people stay put.
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 Southampton
Why people in Southampton come for depression counselling
Depression here is often the result of a long stretch of getting by without much support nearby. What people describe is waking already tired, losing interest in what used to matter, and letting contact thin out until the week holds nothing beyond work or study. The work is steady and structured. We look at what your week actually contains, then put pieces back in an order that can succeed, since motivation almost always follows action rather than arriving ahead of it. We also examine the internal commentary that reads all of this as laziness or as not coping. Recorded depression on GP registers stood at 13.3% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire accepts self-referrals for depression, and Solent Mind runs support across the city.
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 Southampton
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Southampton, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire (italk) 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.
Southampton questions
Online Depression Counselling in Southampton: common questions
I cannot get organised enough to arrange anything. What is involved?
Very little indeed. A short message, then a free 15-minute call at a time that suits you, and that call asks nothing beyond showing up to it. No forms, no assessment. If low mood means you do not make it, another can be arranged straight away.
What is the cost each week?
One hour costs £80, an hour and a half £100, and two hours £120. Weekly sessions at the hourly rate are the usual shape of low- mood work. The opening 15-minute call is free of charge, and nothing has to be bought in advance or committed to in a block.
Does italk cover depression as well as anxiety?
Yes. NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire is set up for both and takes self-referrals directly from anyone with a GP in England. Waiting times move about through the year, so a number of people join the list and begin privately while they wait.
Does weekly video counselling help if I have stopped going out?
It can, and getting you out again is part of the point rather than an afterthought. The held hour gives the week one dependable edge, and the rest of the work is about restoring contact gradually, in steps that do not ask more than you have.
I am a long way from home and cannot tell my family. Is that workable?
It is, and it is one of the more common situations here. Nothing is shared with anybody, and you decide entirely what, if anything, gets said at home. Part of the work is often about finding support nearer to hand than a phone call away.
I'm a student here, homesick and low. Is that worth talking about?
It absolutely is, and it is one of the most common things students in Southampton raise. Being surrounded by people your own age does not always ease it. Online sessions let you talk it through privately from your room, with nothing to walk into on campus.
How quickly can I begin depression counselling online in Southampton?
Often within a few days of your free consultation. Meeting Bradley online means no journey into the city or to a hospital clinic when energy is low, whether you are in Woolston, Shirley or near the university. With depression, that lower hurdle helps.
How much does depression counselling cost, and is there NHS help in Southampton?
Fees are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, after a free fifteen-minute consultation. NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire is free to self-refer to, but demand is high, so private sessions let Southampton residents begin without a long wait.
Online or in person for depression in Southampton, and do you offer evenings?
When low mood makes leaving home hard, online sessions remove that step for Southampton clients. Bradley keeps some evening appointments around shift and study patterns, and the Hove room is a coastal train ride away if in-person work would suit you.
Online Depression Counselling in Southampton, 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: Portsmouth, Basingstoke. See all of London & South East.
Close to this in Southampton, there is anxiety counselling, counselling and therapy and psychotherapy.
You may also find it useful to read 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.