Recurring patterns
When the same difficulty keeps returning in different forms.
Online Psychotherapy · Edinburgh
Online Psychotherapy in Edinburgh
Online psychotherapy for Edinburgh, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Edinburgh, from the Old Town and New Town 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 Edinburgh
Psychotherapy for Edinburgh, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Edinburgh: from the Old Town and New Town to Leith, Morningside and Portobello
- Known for
- The castle, Arthur's Seat and the Royal Mile
- Region
- Scotland (Scotland)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Edinburgh
Why people in Edinburgh reach out
Edinburgh balances a historic capital with a high-pressure professional, financial and festival life, and behind the elegant facades sit some of the highest living costs in Scotland. The intensity of work, study and the city's seasonal crowds can make it hard to find space for yourself.
Edinburgh wears two faces at once: the medieval closes and wynds tumbling down from the castle in the Old Town, and the ordered Georgian terraces of the New Town below. Life here runs between them. Office workers in the financial district around St Andrew Square, students filling the pubs of the Southside, and families walking the sands at Portobello all share a city that swells enormously each August when the Festival and Fringe arrive. The tourist crowds, the steep cost of a flat in Marchmont or Stockbridge, and the long professional hours in law, finance and government can leave residents feeling they are performing in a city that is always on show. Behind the elegant frontages, plenty of people are quietly worn out.
Capital-city life is exhilarating and exhausting at once, with time and privacy always short; an hour that comes to you is often what makes therapy possible.
Home to the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (NHS Lothian), Edinburgh is also one of the UK's largest financial centres, which shapes a high-pressure professional and student population.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Edinburgh
Old TownNew TownLeithMorningsidePortobelloStockbridgeBruntsfieldMarchmontCorstorphineNewington
Wherever you are in Edinburgh, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The psychotherapy itself
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 approach is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods, what each session covers and fees, on the main psychotherapy page and on how I work.
How online sessions work
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop, no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
Edinburgh has more counselling and NHS mental health provision than most of Scotland, yet waits for talking therapy through NHS Lothian can still stretch on, and a busy diary rarely leaves room to travel across town for an appointment. Because these sessions happen by secure video, they reach any flat or quiet room in the city. I work from Hove on the south coast of England, seeing clients across the whole UK online.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online psychotherapy in Edinburgh can help
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 Edinburgh
Why people in Edinburgh come for psychotherapy
Some of what weighs on people in Edinburgh has roots that run deeper than the current pressure of work or the cost of living. Longstanding patterns, old losses or a sense of never quite feeling settled can persist however successful life looks from the outside. Psychotherapy is slower, more exploratory work than short-term counselling, giving space to understand where these patterns began and how they still shape you. We meet by secure video from wherever you feel private in the city, letting that deeper work unfold at its own pace, with no weekly journey across town to manage.
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 Edinburgh
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Edinburgh, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Edinburgh questions
Online Psychotherapy in Edinburgh: common questions
Can I get online psychotherapy if I live in Edinburgh?
Yes. I work with people right across Edinburgh, from the Old Town and New Town outwards, and anywhere else in Scotland, by secure video, no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
How is psychotherapy different from counselling?
Psychotherapy usually goes deeper and longer, into the patterns, beliefs and early relationships shaping how you feel now, rather than only the present difficulty. It suits people who notice the same things keep coming round.
Does it have to be long-term?
Not necessarily, but depth work benefits from time. We agree the pace and depth together and review as we go, so it stays led by you.
Will I have to talk about my childhood?
Only where it helps make sense of the present. We follow what is alive and relevant for you, gently, never forcing a return to anything before you are ready.
What's the difference between counselling and psychotherapy for me?
Counselling tends to focus on a current difficulty over a shorter period, while psychotherapy explores longer-term patterns and their origins in more depth. Many Edinburgh clients begin with one and move towards the other as trust builds. We can talk through which fits you.
How soon could deeper psychotherapy start in Edinburgh?
We can usually begin within a week or two. After a free 15-minute consultation, we agree a regular weekly slot for longer-term work. Sessions run by secure video across Edinburgh, so there is no NHS Lothian referral to wait for and no clinic in the city to attend.
Is private psychotherapy worth it against NHS options in Edinburgh?
That is your call. Fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, with a free first consultation. NHS Lothian offers limited long-term psychotherapy and often a wait, so private online work gives Edinburgh clients depth, continuity and a start on their own timing.
Can the depth of psychotherapy really come across online in Edinburgh?
Yes. Longer-term work depends on trust and consistency far more than on sharing a room, and both build well over secure video. From your own space in Stockbridge, Leith or anywhere in Edinburgh, weekly sessions give the steady, private setting deeper therapy needs.
Can I have counselling in Edinburgh if I can't get time off work?
Yes. Sessions run by secure video, so you can join from home, from a parked car, or from a quiet room on a lunch break anywhere in the city. There's no journey across Edinburgh to fit in, which makes a regular appointment far easier to keep.
Do you have a room in Edinburgh?
No. I'm based in Hove in the south of England and work with people across Scotland and the wider UK entirely online. For Edinburgh clients that means video sessions rather than a room in the city, which many people find more private and easier to arrange.
Online Psychotherapy in Edinburgh, 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 Scotland: Glasgow, Dunfermline, Falkirk. See all of Scotland.
All counselling & therapy in Edinburgh: Addiction · Substance Use · Drinking Problems · Anxiety · Depression · Relationship · Trauma · Counselling & Therapy.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same psychotherapy is available in person in Brighton & Hove, or see all in-person areas.