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Online Relationship Counselling · Bournemouth
Online Relationship Counselling in Bournemouth
Online relationship counselling for Bournemouth, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Bournemouth, from the seafront and the centre to the streets around the pier, 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 Bournemouth
Relationship Counselling for Bournemouth, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Bournemouth: from the seafront and the centre to Boscombe, Winton and Charminster
- Known for
- The pier, the beaches and the pines
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Steps2Wellbeing, NHS Talking Therapies Dorset
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Bournemouth
What brings people in Bournemouth to counselling?
Bournemouth fills up and empties out, and a lot of couples here are living to two different clocks. One of you finishes at five at the JP Morgan operations campus; the other is still working while the seafront is at its busiest, or teaching through the summer intake in the language-school and tourism sector. Around Boscombe and Springbourne there are many people who arrived fairly recently and have not yet built the network that catches a partnership when it wobbles. Winton and Charminster fill with students each autumn and thin out again. You can be surrounded by holidaymakers and still notice that the two of you have not had an unhurried conversation since spring.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Bournemouth
BoscombeWintonCharminsterWestbourneSouthbourneSpringbourneKinsonThroopPokesdown
Wherever you are in Bournemouth, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Bournemouth
Official figures for Bournemouth, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 198 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 13.3% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
22.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
Reviewed June 2026.
What would we do together in relationship counselling?
Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.
The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on the relationship counselling page, alongside how I work, sessions and fees and qualifications, registration and ethics.
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.
Bournemouth is an online location, since Bradley works from Hove and keeps no space on this coast. For couples that turns out to be practical rather than second best. Neither of you has to leave work early or find somewhere to park near the centre, and a session can happen from the front room once the house is quiet. If your partner is not ready to join, you can start by yourself.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does relationship counselling address?
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 Bournemouth
Why people in Bournemouth come for relationship counselling
Couples reach this point in different ways. Some have been arguing about the same thing for two years in slightly different words. Others have stopped arguing altogether, which is usually the more worrying of the two. Seasonal income makes it worse: a good summer, then a winter where every conversation circles back to money. Where one partner drinks heavily, the other becomes a watcher, and the watching corrodes trust faster than the drinking does. Low mood does something similar, quietly rearranging a household around one person's flat weeks. For context, 22.1% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, a shade under the England average of 23.8%, though an average tells you nothing about your own kitchen table. Sessions work on how you two actually speak, what got broken and whether it can be repaired. Steps2Wellbeing, NHS Talking Therapies Dorset, takes self-referrals, and Dorset Mind runs support across the area.
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 Bournemouth
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Bournemouth, you can refer yourself directly to Steps2Wellbeing, NHS Talking Therapies Dorset 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.
Bournemouth questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Bournemouth: common questions
We both work odd hours in Bournemouth. Can appointments move around?
Within reason, yes. A regular weekly slot is best because the work builds on itself, but hospitality and seasonal rotas rarely stay still, and appointments can be shifted when a rota changes. Say at the free 15-minute call which parts of the week are genuinely impossible.
What are the fees, and is a couples session priced differently?
It is priced by time, not by head count. The hour comes to £80, the ninety-minute slot to £100 and the two-hour to £120. Two people speaking properly usually needs more than an hour, so many couples take the ninety. The first 15-minute conversation carries no charge.
Which NHS service covers relationship problems around here?
Steps2Wellbeing, NHS Talking Therapies Dorset, is the self-referral route in this area, aimed mainly at anxiety and depression rather than couples work. Waiting times move about. Dorset Mind provides local mental health support that people often use while they wait.
Can I do this while my partner is out of the house?
Plenty of people do exactly that. Sessions from Southbourne or Pokesdown often happen in a gap when the house is empty, using headphones. Working alone on a relationship is legitimate therapy in its own right and not a watered-down version of the joint kind.
We moved to Bournemouth and now barely see anyone. Is that a relationship issue?
It frequently becomes one. When a couple relocates, the partner carries a load that friends and family used to share, and resentment builds without either of you naming it. That imbalance is very workable in sessions, and it explains far more arguments than people expect.
Can my partner and I attend relationship counselling online in Bournemouth?
Yes. Secure video lets you both join from home, arranged around seasonal or shift hours, without travelling into the centre. The counselling room is in Hove, so Bournemouth couples are seen online rather than in person unless you can reach the Sussex coast.
How soon can couples in Bournemouth start online relationship counselling?
Couples across Bournemouth, from Boscombe through to Winton, can usually begin within a week or two. We start with a free 15-minute consultation to check the fit, then agree a regular slot. The room is in Hove, so Bournemouth couples are seen online by secure video.
What does couples counselling cost in Bournemouth, and is it available on the NHS?
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. Bournemouth couples can also seek NHS Talking Therapies in Dorset through a GP, though many prefer to start privately without a wait.
Can partners in Bournemouth join from different places, and are evening slots offered?
Yes. Because sessions are online, one partner can join from Boscombe and the other from work or away, which suits Bournemouth couples juggling students and staff at the JP Morgan office. 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.
Online Relationship Counselling in Bournemouth, 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 South West: Poole, Southampton. See all of South West.
If relationship counselling is not quite what you are looking for, counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling may fit better in Bournemouth.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about the Imago dialogue for couples.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.