Online Relationship Counselling in Birmingham

You start with a free 15-minute call, which is a conversation and not an assessment. Weekly appointments normally get going a week or two after that. No referral form, no waiting list. If the only workable slot falls after a night shift or a long day in the city centre, say so on that call.

No. The fee covers the appointment rather than the number of people sitting in it. An hour is £80, ninety minutes £100, and the two-hour session £120. Two people usually need the longer slot to both be properly heard. The opening 15-minute consultation costs nothing either way.

Birmingham Healthy Minds is the city's NHS Talking Therapies service and you can refer yourself to it without seeing a GP first. It is built around anxiety and depression rather than couples work, so it may help one of you individually while the relationship work happens elsewhere. Waits move about.

Yes. Some couples sit at one laptop; others log in separately, one from home in Moseley and one from a desk in the Jewellery Quarter. Two connections often feel less confrontational than sitting shoulder to shoulder. Agree beforehand who gets the quiet space, because being overheard is the usual snag.

Usually it is. When one person changes how they answer, the pattern between you has to move as well. Nobody will steer you towards leaving or staying, because that decision stays yours. For the drinking itself, Change Grow Live Birmingham runs the city's drug and alcohol service alongside whatever we do.

Yes. Because sessions are online, you and your partner can join together from a private room at home anywhere in Birmingham, with no journey into the centre. If your partner cannot attend, you are also welcome to come on your own to work on the relationship.

There is no waiting list for online relationship counselling in Birmingham. We start with a free 15-minute consultation, and once you and your partner have settled on a regular time, weekly sessions can usually begin soon after. Whether you live in Moseley, Edgbaston or Sutton Coldfield, everything is arranged by video.

Birmingham has NHS Talking Therapies you can self-refer to for free, though they often carry a wait. Private sessions with me are £80 for 60 minutes, 100 for 90 and 120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute chat. Many couples use private work to start sooner.

Yes, partners do not need to be in the same room. One of you could join from home in Kings Heath while the other logs in from work near Colmore Row, and evening slots outside the nine-to-five are often available, which suits shift patterns at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.