Communication and conflict
Breaking the cycle of the same argument.
Online Relationship Counselling · Bath
Online relationship counselling for Bath, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Bath, from the Georgian centre and the river to the streets around the Roman Baths, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

In and around Bath
Life in Bath
Bath asks a lot of two people trying to keep a partnership going. Rents in Widcombe and Bear Flat follow what the city looks like rather than what local work pays, so both of you are earning, and the hours rarely line up. One of you is on a rota at the Royal United Hospital; the other is still answering messages at nine at night. Add the hills, the coach parties, the term-time churn around the University of Bath and Bath Spa University, and the evening you meant to spend together turns into a handover. Couples in Oldfield Park and Twerton describe the same slow drift. Perfectly civil, perfectly organised, and further apart every month.
Areas covered
Wherever you are in Bath, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
Official figures for Bath, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 217.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 11.8% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
25.9% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
Reviewed June 2026.
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: relationship counselling in detail sets out the methods, how I work covers the practicalities, and how to check my registration covers accountability.
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.
There is no room in Bath. Bradley works from Hove, so relationship sessions happen by secure video, which suits two working people better than a shared trip across a steep city. You can sit side by side with one laptop, or join separately when one of you is not home yet. Ninety minutes gives two voices proper space. Coming on your own is entirely allowed, and plenty of partners start that way.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Breaking the cycle of the same argument.
Rebuilding safety after betrayal or addiction.
Finding your way back to closeness.
Sessions you can join from different places.
Working with people-pleasing and the need for control.
You do not need to come as a couple to change the dynamic.
Relationship Counselling in Bath
Few couples arrive here after a single catastrophe. They arrive because the same disagreement keeps restarting from a different corner of the kitchen, or because closeness has quietly left the house and neither of you can date it. Money is often tangled up in it, since a mortgage set by what Bath costs rarely matches what Bath pays. Sometimes drink has become a third presence in the marriage. Sometimes one partner's low mood has reorganised the whole household around itself without anyone deciding that it should. Local strain is measurable: 25.9% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. The work itself is unhurried. We slow the exchange down until each of you can hear what the other is actually asking for, look squarely at where trust was damaged, and test what repair would involve in practice. Adults in England can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies, and Bath Mind works locally.
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 callMy online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Bath, you can refer yourself directly to NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression, with no GP referral needed. You can find support through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
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:
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.
Bath questions
You would start with a free 15-minute call, which is a conversation rather than an assessment. Weekly appointments usually begin within a week or two of it. There is no referral and no waiting list. If the only workable slot is after a late shift at the Royal United Hospital, say so on that call.
No. The fee covers the appointment rather than the number of people in it. That is £80 for an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours. Two people often need the longer slot simply to both be heard. No charge attaches to the opening 15-minute consultation.
In England you can refer yourself to NHS Talking Therapies without going through a GP, though the programme is built around anxiety and depression rather than couples work, and waits vary. Bath Mind runs local mental health support alongside it. Using both at once is common enough.
Yes. Some couples share one screen at the kitchen table; others log in separately, one from the house in Larkhall and one from work. Two connections often feel calmer than sitting shoulder to shoulder. Being interrupted is the only real drawback, so decide in advance who gets the quiet space.
Usually, yes. When one person changes how they respond, the pattern between you has to change too, and people in Combe Down and Bathwick often begin alone and never bring their partner at all. Nobody will steer you towards leaving or staying. That decision stays entirely yours.
Yes. Meeting by secure video saves the steep hills and tourist traffic and lets you both join from the same sofa at home. The counselling room is in Hove, so Bath couples are seen online unless you can travel to the Sussex coast for an in-person appointment.
Most Bath couples get going within a week or two, since there is no local waiting list. A free 15-minute call comes first, then we book a full session together. With the room in Hove, Bath is served online by secure video wherever you both are.
Relationship work here is private rather than NHS funded. Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Bath couples can also seek NHS Talking Therapies in Somerset through a GP, though many prefer to start privately without a wait.
Yes. Because sessions are online, one partner can join from Widcombe and the other from work or away, which suits Bath couples juggling staff at the Royal United Hospital. Some evening appointments help those tied up in the day. The room is in Hove, so we meet by secure video wherever you both are.
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 South West: Bristol, Swindon. See all of South West.
Also available in Bath: 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 Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.