Online Psychotherapy in Leeds

Length and depth. Counselling is present-focused and often finishes in months. Psychotherapy is open-ended, works with your history and the patterns underneath, and is chosen by people for whom the short version keeps wearing off. The weekly rhythm looks similar; the territory is different.

It is worth being honest about this before starting. At £80 for a 60-minute session, weekly, it is a standing monthly commitment. Some people begin fortnightly or take a break and return. We would talk about what is sustainable rather than starting something you have to abandon.

Rarely. Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service provides free structured therapy for anxiety and depression, generally over a defined number of sessions, and is genuinely useful for that. Open-ended exploratory work of this length is largely a private arrangement in practical terms.

The pace is negotiated. Long therapy is not a matter of being taken apart. We go at a speed that lets you keep working, and sessions are structured so you finish able to get on with the day rather than needing to hide for an hour afterwards.

Usually because the thing that brought you stops organising your life, and you notice yourself responding differently without deciding to. Endings are planned rather than abrupt, with time set aside to look back at what has changed and to say goodbye properly.

Psychotherapy tends to be deeper and longer-term, exploring the roots of patterns rather than only this week's stress. It suits people who sense the same difficulties returning. I offer it online from Hove, at a regular weekly hour that fits around life in Leeds.

I do. Deeper psychotherapy is well suited to secure video, and I work this way with people across Leeds from my room in Hove. There is no local waiting list, so after a free 15-minute consultation we can usually begin the open-ended weekly work within a week or two.

Weekly 60-minute sessions are £80, with longer 90-minute meetings at £100 when useful. The NHS rarely funds open-ended psychotherapy and waits for deeper work can be long, so many Leeds clients choose to fund private sessions in order to start and continue without interruption.

Many people find it does. A consistent weekly video session, joined from the same private space in Leeds, builds the steady rhythm this work needs. I keep some evening slots, and because nothing depends on travel the work holds even during a demanding week in the city.