Online Psychotherapy in Livingston

Usually because you have already done it. If a course of counselling helped at the time and the same difficulty has since rebuilt itself around new circumstances, that is the signal. We can also start with shorter work and change course if it becomes clear the roots go much further back.

Not literally every week, but it is where a lot of the material lives. Sessions usually start with whatever is present and follow it, and the past arrives when it becomes relevant rather than because a form requires it. The connections tend to appear on their own, unforced.

Weekly hours are £80 each, paid one at a time, so nothing is owed in advance and stopping costs you nothing. A ninety-minute session is £100 and two hours is £120 where they are useful. Everything begins with a free 15-minute consultation and no commitment attached to it.

Your GP is able to refer you into NHS psychological therapies. These are generally time-limited and more structured than open-ended therapy, and what is offered varies between services, so ask what they can access. NHS inform lays out the options, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87 out of hours.

It will look at them, which is not the same as returning to them. Distance is a reasonable arrangement and it does not, by itself, resolve what happened. Understanding the effect they had is what loosens it; whether you see more or less of them afterwards is entirely your decision.

Often, yes. A sense of not belonging usually has roots worth understanding, and psychotherapy gives space to explore where it began and how it still shapes you. There is no pressure to move faster than feels safe; the work unfolds at your own pace.

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 Lothian referral to wait for and no clinic to drive to, so deeper work can begin on your own timing.

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 Lothian offers limited long-term psychotherapy and often a wait, so private online work gives Livingston clients continuity, depth and a sooner start.

Yes. Long-term therapy rests on trust and consistency far more than on sharing a room, and both grow well over secure video. From Ladywell, Dedridge or anywhere across Livingston, weekly sessions give the steady, private setting deeper work needs, with no journey through the town to make.