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Online Relationship Counselling · Cambridge
Online Relationship Counselling in Cambridge
Online relationship counselling for Cambridge, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Cambridge, from the colleges and the centre to the streets around the Backs, 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 Cambridge
Relationship Counselling for Cambridge, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Cambridge: from the colleges and the centre to Mill Road, Cherry Hinton and Chesterton
- Known for
- The colleges, the Backs and the river Cam
- Region
- East of England (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Cambridge
Why people in Cambridge reach out
Cambridge carries an extraordinary concentration of academic and professional high achievement, and with it some of the highest living costs in the country. The pressure to perform, whether you are a student, a researcher or working in its booming science and tech sector, can leave little room to admit you are struggling.
Cambridge folds a world-famous university into an everyday working city, and the two rarely sit still. Term brings the colleges and the Backs to life, while out at the Biomedical Campus around Addenbrooke's and across the science parks that ring the city, the labs and start-ups of Silicon Fen run to their own restless clock. Between the punts on the Cam and the cycle traffic along Mill Road, there is a quiet expectation to keep pace. People arrive from all over the world and often move on again, so friendships can feel provisional and the settled networks that steady us are not always to hand. Under the postcard architecture, plenty of residents carry more than the bright surface suggests, and finding an unhurried hour for yourself is genuinely hard.
With the academic year setting a relentless pace, online sessions flex around terms, deadlines and shift work rather than fighting them.
Cambridge is home to the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust); NHS mental health services are provided by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Cambridge
Mill RoadCherry HintonChestertonTrumpingtonNewnhamRomseyArburyPetersfieldKings HedgesColeridge
Wherever you are in Cambridge, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The relationship counselling itself
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 is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods, what each session covers and fees, on the main relationship counselling page and on how I work.
How online sessions work
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop, no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
I work with people across Cambridge and the wider Fens by video call and phone, rather than from a room in the city. I am based in Hove, so sessions come to you wherever you are, whether that is a flat off Mill Road, a house in Chesterton or a quiet office between meetings. All you need is a private space and a reliable connection, and we can find a time that fits around study, shift work or the commute.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online relationship counselling in Cambridge can help
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 Cambridge
Why people in Cambridge come for relationship counselling
In a city where so much runs to the academic term and the lab clock, relationships can quietly slip down the list. Long hours in Silicon Fen or at Addenbrooke's, partners on different schedules, and the constant arriving and moving on that Cambridge life brings can leave couples feeling more like colleagues than companions. Relationship counselling offers an unhurried hour to turn back towards one another and say the things the week never leaves room for. I work with couples and individuals across Cambridge by video from Hove, so you can talk openly without fitting another journey into an already crowded day.
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 Cambridge
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Cambridge, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies 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.
Cambridge questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Cambridge: common questions
Can I get online relationship counselling if I live in Cambridge?
Yes. I work with people right across Cambridge, from the colleges and the centre outwards, and anywhere else in East of England, by secure video, no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
Can I come on my own, without my partner?
Yes. A great deal can change when one person shifts the pattern; you do not need to attend as a couple to do useful work.
Can we join the session from different locations?
Yes. Online makes it easy for couples in different places, or juggling childcare, to attend together.
Will you take sides?
No. We look at the pattern the two of you create together and where it gets stuck, not at who is to blame.
Can relationship counselling work if only one of us wants to come?
Yes. Plenty of people begin on their own, wanting to understand their part in how things feel at home. Working online from Hove, you can start solo and your partner can join later if you both wish, at a time that fits around your schedules.
How soon can we begin relationship counselling in Cambridge?
Usually within a week or two. I work online across Cambridge, from Mill Road to Chesterton and Trumpington, by secure video, so there is no waiting list to join. We start with a free fifteen-minute call to check the fit, then book your first full session at a time that suits you both.
What does couples counselling cost, and is it on the NHS in Cambridge?
NHS talking therapies in Cambridgeshire are free but tend to focus on individual support, often with a wait. I work privately, so sessions start sooner. My fees are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, with couples often choosing the longer slot.
We work different shifts at Addenbrooke's. Can you fit relationship sessions around that?
Yes. Because everything is online from Hove, we are not tied to clinic hours or a Cambridge commute. Couples can even join from two locations if one of you is away, and I keep some evening slots free for lab shifts, teaching terms and busy weeks.
Do I need to come to a clinic in Cambridge to see you?
No. I am based in Hove and work with people in Cambridge entirely online, by secure video or phone. That often suits a city where days are shaped by lab hours, teaching terms or a long commute, because there is no travel and no waiting room, just a private hour that fits your week.
Can this help if I am a student or researcher under pressure?
Yes. Many people connected to the university or the science parks find the pace hard to admit to. Working online means you can talk things through from your own room, around supervisions or deadlines, without needing to be seen walking into somewhere in town.
Online Relationship Counselling in Cambridge, 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 East of England: Peterborough, Norwich. See all of East of England.
All counselling & therapy in Cambridge: Addiction · Substance Use · Drinking Problems · Anxiety · Depression · Trauma · Counselling & Therapy · Psychotherapy.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same relationship counselling is available in person in Brighton & Hove, or see all in-person areas.