Online Relationship Counselling · Basingstoke

Online Relationship Counselling in Basingstoke

Online relationship counselling for Basingstoke, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Basingstoke, from the town centre and Brighton Hill to the streets around the ring road, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

Online across the UKSecure videoFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, BACP-registered counsellor offering online relationship counselling for Basingstoke, introducing his approach
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Basingstoke

Relationship Counselling for Basingstoke, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Basingstoke: from the town centre and Brighton Hill to Chineham, Hatch Warren and Old Basing
Known for
The ring road, War Memorial Park and the surrounding downs
Region
London & South East (England)
Local NHS / support route
NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire (italk)
Format
Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.

Life in Basingstoke

Why do people in Basingstoke reach out?

Two laptops, one kitchen, nine o'clock at night. That is what a lot of partnerships in Basingstoke look like by midweek. This is a town built around offices and targets, and when both of you are carrying a quarter's worth of pressure the relationship becomes the thing that waits. Many couples came here for a job rather than for roots, settling in Chineham or Hatch Warren where the neighbours are as new as they are. The commuter line to Waterloo takes another hour out of each end of the day. Anxiety runs high in this area: 26.3% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Two anxious people rarely make each other calmer without help.

the corporate office sectorBasingstoke and North Hampshire Hospitalthe commuter line to Waterloo

Areas covered

Neighbourhoods in and around Basingstoke

Brighton HillChinehamHatch WarrenOld BasingPopleySouth HamBuckskinOakridgeLychpit

Wherever you are in Basingstoke, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.

The local picture

The local picture in Basingstoke

Official figures for Basingstoke, for context rather than as a description of you.

Reviewed June 2026.

What is relationship counselling, in practice?

Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.

Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the full relationship counselling page sets out the methods, session lengths and fees covers the practicalities, and qualifications, registration and ethics covers accountability.

What happens in an online session?

Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link, held to the same BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call, you join from any private space on a phone, tablet or laptop.

Everything is held online by secure video, since the only room is in Hove. For working couples that turns out to be the practical option. You can meet from the same sofa or from two desks, and an evening slot does not cost either of you an afternoon's leave or a difficult conversation with a line manager. Coming by yourself is entirely acceptable, whether your partner is unwilling, unaware or simply not the one who wants this.

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What I help with

Which difficulties does relationship counselling address?

Communication and conflict

Breaking the cycle of the same argument.

Trust and repair

Rebuilding safety after betrayal or addiction.

Distance

Finding your way back to closeness.

Long-distance couples

Sessions you can join from different places.

Anxiety and reassurance

Working with people-pleasing and the need for control.

Individual work

You do not need to come as a couple to change the dynamic.

Relationship Counselling in Basingstoke

Why people in Basingstoke come for relationship counselling

The couples who get in touch here are seldom at war. More often they have become efficient with each other: a shared calendar, a division of labour, and almost no conversation that is not admin. Sex has quietly gone. One of you feels criticised and the other feels unappreciated, and both of you are right. Sometimes a drinking habit that started as decompression after work has become the argument. Sometimes low mood is the real occupant of the house, with recorded depression on GP registers at 16.4% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. The work is to slow things down enough for each of you to say what you actually want, and to look honestly at where trust was damaged. NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire, known as italk, is the free self-referral route for the anxiety and mood side of it.

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 call

Finding support in Basingstoke

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Basingstoke, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire (italk) 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.

Basingstoke questions

Online Relationship Counselling in Basingstoke: common questions

We are both flat out at work. Realistically, when could we be seen?

The free 15-minute call usually happens within a few days, and weekly sessions start a week or two after that. There is no waiting list, and no referral is needed. Evening appointments exist precisely for people whose diaries are not their own, and a fixed slot tends to survive a busy quarter better than a flexible one.

How are couples fees worked out?

One fee per session regardless of how many of you are present: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min, £120 / 120 min. Most couples take ninety minutes, because sixty rarely gives two people enough space. The 15-minute consultation at the start is free and carries no obligation to book anything.

Does italk cover relationship problems in Basingstoke?

NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire, which operates as italk, takes self-referrals and is free, but it is designed around anxiety and depression rather than couples work. It is a good route if one of you is struggling individually. Inclusion Recovery Hampshire runs a Basingstoke hub if alcohol or drugs are part of the picture.

Can we do a session from two different offices?

Yes, provided each of you has somewhere genuinely private. A meeting room with glass walls is not it. Two separate connections often work better than one shared screen, because neither of you can read the other's face for approval before answering, which changes what gets said.

We relocated here for my job and my partner resents it. Where does that go?

Straight into the work. A move made for one career hands the other person a loss they were expected to absorb gracefully, and that debt gets paid in small hostilities for years. We would name it properly, look at how the decision was made, and work out what repair would actually involve.

We moved here for work and have little support nearby. Can counselling help our relationship?

Yes, and that is a familiar situation in Basingstoke. Online sessions offer a steady, confidential space that does not depend on any local network, arranged around demanding jobs. You both join from home, and we can look together at the strain of building a life somewhere you have few roots.

How soon can we begin relationship counselling online in Basingstoke?

Usually within a week. There is no waiting list, so after a free 15-minute consultation we book a first session around the commute and office diary. It is held securely online, joined from home in Chineham, Hatch Warren or Old Basing, so a day of targets and travel need not swallow the evening.

What are the fees, and how do they compare with the NHS in Basingstoke?

Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Talking Therapies in Hampshire is free but can involve a waiting list, whereas private work with Bradley lets the two of you choose when to begin.

We both commute in different directions. Can couples join from separate places in the evening?

Yes. With one of you perhaps heading to London and the other to Reading, online sessions can be joined from two locations, or from home together, with early-evening slots once you are back. We hold a regular time that fits a target-driven week rather than competing with it.

Online Relationship Counselling in Basingstoke, 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 London & South East: Reading, Southampton. See all of London & South East.

Close to this in Basingstoke, there is counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.

Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: the Imago dialogue for couples.

If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brightonall in-person areas are listed here.