Communication and conflict
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Online Relationship Counselling · Blackpool
Online Relationship Counselling in Blackpool
Online relationship counselling for Blackpool, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Blackpool, from the Golden Mile and the Tower to the streets around the Pleasure Beach, 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 Blackpool
Relationship Counselling for Blackpool, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Blackpool: from the Golden Mile and the Tower to Bispham, Marton and Layton
- Known for
- The Tower, the Pleasure Beach and the illuminations
- Region
- North West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies (find via the NHS finder)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Blackpool
Why do people in Blackpool reach out?
A relationship in Blackpool often has to survive two different years. From spring the tourism and hospitality trade takes everything, one of you working every weekend and most evenings, the other holding the house together and eating alone. Then the seasonal seafront economy empties out, the hours vanish, and suddenly you are both at home with far too much time and no money. Couples in South Shore, Layton or up towards Bispham describe the same swing: too little of each other, then too much. Add insecure lets and landlords, and the arguments are rarely really about the washing up. They are about who is carrying what, and whether anyone noticed.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Blackpool
the seafront and town centreBisphamMartonLaytonSouth ShoreNorth ShoreGrange ParkSquires Gate
Wherever you are in Blackpool, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Blackpool
Official figures for Blackpool, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 193 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 23.5% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
29.1% 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.
What does relationship counselling involve?
Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the main relationship counselling page for the methods, how sessions run and what they cost for fees and session lengths, and professional standards and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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 here, so sessions run by video or phone from Hove. That fits the shape of a working year on this coast. Book a morning slot before the shift, or an evening one in the off-season, and move the time when the rota changes rather than dropping out altogether. If your housing is temporary, nothing follows an address. Couples can join from one screen or two, and one of you can attend alone if the other is not ready.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can relationship counselling in Blackpool help with?
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 Blackpool
Why people in Blackpool come for relationship counselling
What brings couples here is usually erosion rather than a single event. Long separations inside the same town, resentment about who gets to be tired, one partner drinking to come down after late shifts, and money arguments that repeat every winter. Low mood makes all of it heavier, and it is common here: recorded depression on GP registers reached 23.5% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, far above the England average of 14.3%. When one of you is flat for months, the other often turns into a manager rather than a partner, and both of you end up lonely. Sessions work on the specifics of that: what each of you actually needs in a week that never looks the same twice, and how to repair after a row instead of letting it settle. If alcohol is tangled into it, Horizon Blackpool covers drug and alcohol support locally, and the NHS Talking Therapies finder lets either of you self-refer for individual help.
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 Blackpool
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Blackpool, 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:
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.
Blackpool questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Blackpool: common questions
Can we do couples sessions around a seasonal rota?
Yes, and most people here have to. We hold a regular slot when your hours are steady and agree the next week's time in advance when they are not. Early mornings and later evenings are both possible, and there is no travel either side to plan around.
What do sessions cost, and do we pay twice as a couple?
No, the fee is per session, not per person: £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes, £120 for two hours. Most couples prefer 90 minutes so there is room for both of you to speak. Nothing is charged for the introductory 15 minutes.
We are in temporary accommodation. Is that a problem?
Not at all. Nothing depends on where you live, and no letters go anywhere. All you need is a phone or laptop, a signal and an hour alone. If moving means changing your usual spot, sessions carry on regardless, which is one advantage of working this way.
My partner says counselling is not for people like us. What then?
Come on your own. Relationship work does not require both people, and one partner changing how they respond often shifts the pattern. Some partners join later once they see it is a plain conversation and not a courtroom. You will not be asked to persuade anyone.
Where does the NHS Talking Therapies finder fit in?
It is the free England-wide self-referral route for anxiety and low mood, and it is worth using. It treats individuals rather than couples, so many people run the two alongside each other: individual support through the NHS, and the relationship itself worked on here.
Our hours change with the season, can that work for couples sessions?
Yes. Meeting online means we can shift a session to suit changing seasonal or shift work far more easily than a fixed clinic slot allows. We'd aim for a steady weekly time where we can and adjust around the busy months, so support stays there year round.
How soon can we start relationship counselling in Blackpool?
Usually within a week or two. I work online from Hove, so Blackpool couples do not wait in a queue. We start with a free fifteen-minute call to check the fit, then book a first session that suits you both, whether you are in Bispham, South Shore or nearer the front.
What do couples sessions cost, and how does it compare to the NHS in Blackpool?
Couples often choose the ninety-minute session at £100, as relationship work benefits from the extra time, though sixty minutes is £80. NHS support around Blackpool Victoria Hospital leans towards individuals, so couples frequently come privately. The first fifteen-minute consultation is free.
Can you work with us if our seasonal hours differ?
Yes. Since it is online, one of you can join from home in Marton and the other around a seasonal shift, and we still meet together. We aim for a steady weekly time and adjust when the calendar demands, so support holds through the busy summer and the quieter winter alike.
Online Relationship Counselling in Blackpool, 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 North West: Preston, Lancaster. See all of North West.
Close to this in Blackpool, there is counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.
You may also find it useful to read about the Imago dialogue for couples.
For anyone near the coast, the same relationship counselling runs in person in Brighton. Every area covered is listed separately.