Recurring patterns
When the same difficulty keeps returning in different forms.
Online Psychotherapy · Bath
Online Psychotherapy in Bath
Online psychotherapy for Bath, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Bath, from the Georgian centre and the river to the streets around the Roman Baths, 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 Bath
Psychotherapy for Bath, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Bath: from the Georgian centre and the river to Widcombe, Oldfield Park and Twerton
- Known for
- The Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent and the Abbey
- Region
- South West (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 Bath
What brings people in Bath to counselling?
Some difficulties keep coming back wearing different clothes. You dealt with it in your twenties, dealt with it again after the move, and here it is once more with a new set of reasons attached. Bath rewards a particular kind of composure: the tidy answer, the smart front, the impression that everything is in hand. If you learned early to be the capable one, this is a comfortable city in which to keep that going. People in Batheaston and around Weston can spend a long stretch being extremely competent and quietly certain they are not much good. Long careers at the Royal United Hospital or the University of Bath run on the same fuel. It works until it stops.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Bath
WidcombeOldfield ParkTwertonBathwickLarkhallWestonCombe DownBear FlatBatheastonOdd Down
Wherever you are in Bath, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Bath
Official figures for Bath, for context rather than as a description of you.
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 11.8% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 217.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
25.9% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
Reviewed June 2026.
What is psychotherapy, in practice?
Psychotherapy here goes a little deeper and usually a little longer than counselling, into the patterns, beliefs and early relationships that shape how you feel now, so change is understood at the root and holds.
The method travels; only the geography changes. the psychotherapy page explains it properly, how I work, sessions and fees answers the practical questions, and qualifications, registration and ethics shows how the practice is held to account.
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.
Bath is online only, since Bradley sees people from Hove, and longer work sits unusually well in that format. A weekly hour by video becomes a fixed point in the year rather than a run of journeys across town. Continuity matters more in deep work than in short pieces, and the thread survives a house move or a change of job. What you do need is one place where you will not be overheard.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
Attachment and relationships
How early bonds still shape the way you connect now.
Identity and self-worth
Working with a harsh inner voice and a shaky sense of self.
The past in the present
When something unresolved keeps replaying beneath the surface.
Beyond symptom relief
Understanding the root, not just quieting the symptom.
Lasting change
Insight that holds, so change does not slip back.
Psychotherapy in Bath
Why people in Bath come for psychotherapy
Most people come to psychotherapy having already tried something briefer. Six sessions genuinely helped once, and then two years later you were standing in the same place. That returning is precisely why this work goes slowly. Instead of managing the symptom, we look at how you learned to be with other people: what was safe to feel at home, what earned approval, what had to be kept out of sight to keep things calm. Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm locally ran at 217.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, against an England average of 117 per 100,000, which says something about how much distress can sit behind a composed exterior here. Expect months rather than weeks. It is not always comfortable, though it should never feel unsafe, and the pace is yours to set. NHS Talking Therapies remains available by self-referral if you want NHS support running in parallel.
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 Bath
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Bath, 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.
Bath questions
Online Psychotherapy in Bath: common questions
How long does this sort of work usually run?
Think in months rather than in sessions. Six months to a couple of years covers most of it, reviewed together as you go, and ending is something you decide rather than a date set at the outset. Nobody is kept in therapy they have no further use for.
What will longer-term work cost across a year?
Each weekly hour is £80, so the honest answer is that figure repeated for as long as the work runs. Ninety minutes is £100 and two hours £120 if you ever want more room. The free 15-minute call is the sensible place to ask whether that is realistic.
I have already had NHS therapy in Bath and it did not hold. What now?
That is one of the commonest reasons for starting deeper work, and it is not a sign that you failed at the shorter kind. Brief therapy is designed for the present difficulty. The pattern underneath frequently outlasts it, which is what this work is for.
Can real depth happen over video, or does it need a physical space?
Depth depends on honesty and on continuity, and both travel well down a video call. People often report that being in their own surroundings lets them go further, and sooner, than an unfamiliar building ever allowed. What matters far more is privacy at your end.
My family has been in Bath for generations. Does that belong in therapy?
It often does. Living close to where you were raised keeps old roles alive: the reliable one, the quiet one, the one who never asks for anything. Those roles go on shaping adult relationships long after they stop fitting, and examining them is much of this work.
I want deeper, longer-term work in Bath. How would that happen online?
We would meet regularly by secure video, building the continuity that deeper psychotherapy needs, from a quiet space of your own. The consulting room is in Hove, so Bath is served online, with in-person sessions only for those able to reach the Sussex coast.
How soon can I begin online psychotherapy in Bath?
There is no waiting list, so Bath clients can begin longer-term psychotherapy within a week or two. A free 15-minute call helps us feel out the fit before we settle into a regular weekly slot. Sessions run online by secure video, with the room based in Hove.
What are your psychotherapy fees in Bath, and how does that compare with the NHS?
Longer-term psychotherapy is private and self funded. Each 60-minute session is £80, with £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, plus a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Talking Therapies in Somerset are reachable through a GP, but they rarely offer the open-ended depth that private work in Bath allows.
Does online psychotherapy work around a busy Bath schedule, including evenings?
Yes. Regular online sessions let deeper work continue even with a demanding Bath routine or travel, the kind familiar to staff at the Royal United Hospital. A consistent weekly slot, including some evenings, keeps the therapy steady. The consulting room is in Hove, so psychotherapy is delivered UK-wide by secure video.
Online Psychotherapy in Bath, 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 South West: Bristol, Swindon. See all of South West.
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