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Online Relationship Counselling · Canterbury
Online Relationship Counselling in Canterbury
Online relationship counselling for Canterbury, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Canterbury, from the city walls and the centre to the streets around the cathedral, 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 Canterbury
Relationship Counselling for Canterbury, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Canterbury: from the city walls and the centre to Wincheap, St Stephen's and Hales Place
- Known for
- The cathedral, the city walls and the Stour
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Canterbury
What is going on for people in Canterbury?
Term dates run through this city like a tide, and a partnership can end up organised around them without either of you deciding it should. One of you marks essays or covers a shift at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital; the other keeps the household going in Wincheap or Hales Place while the streets fill and empty twice a year. Housing is dear for somewhere this small, so couples stay on in flats they have outgrown or take in a lodger to make the rent work. Postgraduates at the University of Kent, and staff who moved here for a post at Canterbury Christ Church University, often arrive knowing nobody but each other. That puts a great deal of weight on one relationship. Privacy is scarce in a place this compact.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Canterbury
WincheapSt Stephen'sHales PlaceThaningtonBleanSt Dunstan'sSturryBarton
Wherever you are in Canterbury, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Canterbury
Official figures for Canterbury, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 116.3 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below 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 17.1% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
20% 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.
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What happens in an online session?
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.
Bradley is in Hove, so there is nowhere to meet in Canterbury and the work is done by secure video. That settles the anonymity problem straight away: no waiting area, nobody to nod at on the way out, no explaining yourself to anyone in the department. You can share one laptop at the kitchen table or join from two connections when one of you is on a late at the hospital or still on campus. Attending on your own is perfectly acceptable.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does relationship counselling 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 Canterbury
Why people in Canterbury come for relationship counselling
Couples get in touch here for reasons that sound small when said out loud. The conversation has thinned down to logistics. One of you has gone quiet and the other has begun filling the silence with questions that land as criticism. Sometimes there has been an affair, or something near enough to one that trust has never recovered its footing. Low mood often sits underneath the whole thing: recorded depression on GP registers here stood at 17.1% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, against an England average of 14.3%, and living alongside someone who has flattened out carries a particular loneliness of its own. The work is to slow the exchange until each of you can hear what the other is genuinely asking for. Coming on your own still works, because one person moving changes what the other has to respond to. NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway takes self-referrals, and East Kent Mind covers Canterbury and Thanet districts.
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 Canterbury
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Canterbury, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway 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.
Canterbury questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Canterbury: common questions
We both work at the university and term starts in a fortnight. How quickly can we begin?
Start with the free 15-minute consultation, which is a short call rather than a formal assessment. Weekly appointments usually follow within a week or two, with no referral and no list to join. If marking deadlines or a run of teaching make certain weeks impossible, say so on that call and we build around them.
Do the two of us pay separately for the same session?
No. The fee is the same whether one of you attends or both do: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min, £120 / 120 min. Couples often choose ninety minutes simply because two people need more speaking time than one person does. The first 15-minute conversation costs nothing at all.
Is there anything free in Canterbury for couples in difficulty?
NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway is free and takes self-referrals without a GP appointment, though it is designed around anxiety and depression rather than couples work as such. East Kent Mind covers Canterbury and Thanet districts and is worth knowing about for lower-cost support alongside anything private.
Can we join from two different places if one of us is on a ward shift?
Yes, and two connections often work better than one. Some couples speak more honestly when they are not sitting shoulder to shoulder on a sofa. A quiet room, a parked car or a spare bedroom all do the job; a busy staff area does not. Headphones make a considerable difference to sound and to privacy.
We share our house with a lodger because rents here are high. Where would we even talk?
Most couples manage with headphones and a shut door, timed for when the house is genuinely empty. If that is impossible, some book a study room or take the session from a car. We can also move the appointment to an hour when your lodger is reliably out at work.
Our timetables and jobs barely overlap in term time. Can couples sessions work?
Yes. Online sessions let us find the narrow windows when you are both free, and if you are in different places one of you can join from home and the other from a quiet room. We hold a regular slot so it does not slip when Canterbury's term gets busy.
How soon can we begin relationship counselling online in Canterbury?
Usually within a week. There is no waiting list, so after a free 15-minute consultation we book a first session at a convenient time. It is held securely online, joined from home near the city walls, in Wincheap or St Stephen's, with nothing to arrange beyond the hour itself.
What are the fees, and how do they compare with the NHS in Canterbury?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Talking Therapies in Kent is free but can involve a waiting list, whereas private work with Bradley lets the two of you choose when to begin.
In a compact, tourist-heavy city, privacy is scarce. Can we join separately in the evening?
Yes. Where the streets are busy and familiar, many couples value that online sessions are joined privately from home, or from two places if needed, with early-evening slots available. Nothing has to be crossed within the walls, and everything discussed stays confidential.
Online Relationship Counselling in Canterbury, 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 London & South East: Ashford, Margate, Maidstone. See all of London & South East.
If relationship counselling is not quite what you are looking for, counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling may fit better in Canterbury.
There is more on this in my writing: the Imago dialogue for couples.
Within reach of Sussex? relationship counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.