Recurring patterns
When the same difficulty keeps returning in different forms.
Online Psychotherapy · Glasgow
Online Psychotherapy in Glasgow
Online psychotherapy for Glasgow, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Glasgow, from the city centre and the West End to the streets around the Clyde, 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 Glasgow
Psychotherapy for Glasgow, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Glasgow: from the city centre and the West End to the Southside, Dennistoun and Govan
- Known for
- The Clyde, the galleries and the music scene
- 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 Glasgow
Why people in Glasgow reach out
Glasgow is Scotland's largest city, famous for its warmth, art and humour, and shaped by the long aftermath of heavy industry's decline. Real and persistent deprivation, insecure work and deep health inequalities sit beneath the city's energy, and the culture of coping can make reaching out hard.
Glasgow is Scotland's biggest city and its most sociable, a place where strangers talk to you at bus stops and the humour is quick and dark. The grand Victorian centre gives way to the bars and music venues of Finnieston, the tenement flats of Dennistoun and the West End around the university, and the Southside neighbourhoods of Shawlands and Pollokshields. The Clyde that once built the world's ships now runs quiet past the SEC and the old yards of Govan. For all its warmth, the city carries deep hardship in places, and a proud culture of getting on with things. That same pride can make it hard to say out loud when you are struggling, even to the people closest to you.
Where the old industries have gone and there is a strong culture of just getting on with things, online keeps support discreet and within reach however stretched the week.
Glasgow is home to the University of Glasgow and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, one of the largest acute hospital campuses in the UK and Europe.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Glasgow
West EndSouthsideDennistounGovanPartickShawlandsFinniestonMerchant CityMaryhillPollokshields
Wherever you are in Glasgow, 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.
Glasgow has real counselling provision, but demand is high and NHS talking therapy through Greater Glasgow and Clyde can mean a long wait. Getting across a large, busy city to an appointment is not always easy either. Secure video sessions reach any part of Glasgow, from the West End to the Southside, without the journey. I work from Hove in southern England, seeing clients right across Scotland and the UK online.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online psychotherapy in Glasgow 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 Glasgow
Why people in Glasgow come for psychotherapy
Sometimes what a person carries in Glasgow reaches back a long way, into a childhood shaped by hardship, loss or a family that coped by never speaking of things. When old patterns keep repeating however hard you try, deeper work can help. Psychotherapy takes more time than short-term counselling, exploring where those patterns began and loosening their hold gradually. We meet by secure video from wherever you feel private, whether that's Maryhill or the Merchant City, so this slower, more searching work can happen steadily, without a regular journey across the city added on top.
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 Glasgow
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Glasgow, 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.
Glasgow questions
Online Psychotherapy in Glasgow: common questions
Can I get online psychotherapy if I live in Glasgow?
Yes. I work with people right across Glasgow, from the city centre and the West End 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.
I've tried short-term support before and it didn't stick, what's different?
Psychotherapy works at a different depth and pace. Rather than managing a problem quickly, we take time to understand what keeps it in place. For patterns with long roots, that slower, more thorough approach often reaches what briefer work could not.
When could deeper psychotherapy start in Glasgow?
Usually within a week or two. After a free 15-minute consultation we set a regular weekly slot for longer-term work, all by secure video. There is no NHS referral in Glasgow to wait on and no clinic to attend, so the deeper work can begin on your timing.
Is private psychotherapy worthwhile compared with the NHS in Glasgow?
That is up to you. Fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, with a free first consultation. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde offers limited long-term psychotherapy and often a wait, so private online work gives Glasgow clients continuity and a sooner start.
Can psychotherapy build real depth online from Glasgow?
Yes. Long-term therapy rests on trust and consistency far more than on sharing a room, and both grow well over secure video. From your own space in Dennistoun, Govan or anywhere in Glasgow, weekly sessions give the steady, private setting that deeper work needs.
Is online counselling as good as seeing someone in person in Glasgow?
For most people, yes. Once a session begins, talking to someone over secure video quickly feels natural, and you get the same steady, confidential hour. It also saves crossing the city, and many people find it easier to speak openly from their own front room.
Where are you based?
I'm based in Hove, on the south coast of England, and work with people all over Scotland and the UK by video. I don't have premises in Glasgow, so our work together would be online rather than face to face in the city.
Online Psychotherapy in Glasgow, 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: Paisley, East Kilbride, Falkirk. See all of Scotland.
All counselling & therapy in Glasgow: 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.