Recurring patterns
When the same difficulty keeps returning in different forms.
Online Psychotherapy · Leeds
Online Psychotherapy in Leeds
Online psychotherapy for Leeds, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Leeds, from the centre and the waterfront to the streets around the arcades, 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 Leeds
Psychotherapy for Leeds, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Leeds: from the centre and the waterfront to Headingley, Chapeltown, Armley and Roundhay
- Known for
- The arcades, the waterfront and the universities
- Region
- Yorkshire & North East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Leeds
Why people in Leeds reach out
Leeds is the financial and cultural capital of West Yorkshire, a fast-growing city of finance, law and two big universities. The pace of professional life, rising costs and the gap between its prosperous and its struggling neighbourhoods all take a toll, and the busy centre can hide a great deal of private strain.
Leeds is the commercial and cultural heart of West Yorkshire, a city of Victorian arcades like the County Arcade and Victoria Quarter, a revived waterfront around Granary Wharf and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and a compact centre ringed by red-brick terraces. The financial and legal district around Park Row and Wellington Place sits a short walk from the two universities and the student streets of Hyde Park and Headingley. Channel 4 has made its national home here, and the railway station is among the busiest outside London, feeding the M1 and M62 that thread out towards Bradford and the wider county. Beyond the centre, leafy Roundhay and its lake give way to Otley, Wetherby and the edge of the Dales.
With the academic year setting a relentless pace, online sessions flex around terms, deadlines and shift work rather than fighting them.
Leeds is home to the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University and to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St James's University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary; it is also one of the UK's largest financial and legal centres outside London.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Leeds
HeadingleyHyde ParkChapel AllertonRoundhayKirkstallMeanwoodHorsforthArmleyBeestonHolbeckMorleyPudsey
Wherever you are in Leeds, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Leeds
These figures are local context from official sources, not a description of you, but they show the scale of what people in and around Leeds are living with, and why local support matters.
20.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 13% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
Local data last reviewed June 2026. Each figure shows the year and links to the official source it was read on.
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.
I work from a base in Hove, on the south coast, and see people across Leeds by secure video call rather than from a room in the city. For a busy Leeds working week that often suits well: there's no cross-city trip or parking to arrange around the appointment, and we'd agree a regular slot you can join from home, from the office at Wellington Place, or wherever you can speak privately.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online psychotherapy in Leeds 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 Leeds
Why people in Leeds come for psychotherapy
Sometimes the pressure to keep achieving in Leeds sits on top of something older, a long-held sense that your worth depends on getting it right, or a restlessness that success never seems to settle. Psychotherapy is the slower, deeper work of understanding where those patterns began and how they still shape the way you live now. Rather than only managing this week's stress, it makes room to explore the roots beneath perfectionism, anxiety or a persistent flatness. I offer this longer-term work online from Hove to people across Leeds, at a steady weekly time that holds through the busiest of weeks.
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 Leeds
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Leeds, you can refer yourself directly to Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service 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.
Leeds questions
Online Psychotherapy in Leeds: common questions
Can I get online psychotherapy if I live in Leeds?
Yes. I work with people right across Leeds, from the centre and the waterfront outwards, and anywhere else in Yorkshire & North East, 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.
How is psychotherapy different from shorter counselling?
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.
Do you offer longer-term psychotherapy online for clients 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.
What does ongoing psychotherapy cost in Leeds compared with going through the NHS?
Weekly 60-minute sessions are GBP 80, with longer 90-minute meetings at GBP 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.
Can deeper therapy really work online while I live and work in Leeds?
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.
Do you offer counselling in person in Leeds?
No. I'm based in Hove and work with people across Leeds by secure video call rather than from a room in the city. For many that suits a busy Leeds working week well, since there's no cross-city trip or parking to arrange around the appointment.
I work in the city centre, how would sessions fit around that?
Sessions happen online, so you can join from home, from a quiet room, or from wherever you can speak privately, without travelling into the centre or losing time to the commute. We'd agree a regular weekly slot that works around your week in Leeds.
Online Psychotherapy in Leeds, 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 Yorkshire & North East: Bradford, Wakefield, Sheffield. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
All counselling & therapy in Leeds: 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.