Communication and conflict
Breaking the cycle of the same argument.
Online Relationship Counselling · Coventry
Online relationship counselling for Coventry, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Coventry, from the city centre and the two cathedrals to the streets around the cathedral ruins, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

In and around Coventry
Life in Coventry
Two calendars, two different clocks. In a lot of Coventry households one partner works to a plant rota tied to Jaguar Land Rover and the automotive supply chain, and the other works to term dates set by Coventry University or the University of Warwick. One is up at five; the other is marking at midnight. Neither pattern is wrong and together they are corrosive, because the hours you would actually use for each other never line up. Add the restructuring rumours that run through this city's engineering work every few years, and money conversations start arriving with an edge on them. Couples in Earlsdon and Coundon often say the rows are never about the thing they are about.
Areas covered
Wherever you are in Coventry, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
Official figures for Coventry, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 79.8 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 13.3% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
23% 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.
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 relationship counselling in detail for the methods, how I work, sessions and fees for fees and session lengths, and qualifications, registration and ethics if you want to check who you would be working with.
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 and there is no room here, so couples work in Coventry happens by secure video. That turns out to fit the rota problem rather neatly: a slot can sit in a day shift's evening or a late shift's morning without either of you crossing the ring road. One screen between you works, and so do two separate logins. Attending as a pair is not a condition of anything. People start on their own here more often than not.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Breaking the cycle of the same argument.
Rebuilding safety after betrayal or addiction.
Finding your way back to closeness.
Sessions you can join from different places.
Working with people-pleasing and the need for control.
You do not need to come as a couple to change the dynamic.
Relationship Counselling in Coventry
The commonest reason to book is not a crisis. It is the discovery that you have become efficient with each other, polite about logistics and silent about everything else. Sometimes trust has been broken outright and you are both circling it. Sometimes one of you is drinking to come down after a shift and the other has stopped mentioning it. Sometimes low mood has simply taken up residence in the middle of the marriage: 23% of adults in Coventry reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, marginally below the England average of 23.8%. What we actually do is slow, and slower than most people expect. One argument gets unpicked at a time until you can both hear what is being asked for underneath it. Repair gets tested in small, checkable ways. NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies takes self-referrals, and Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind runs local support alongside.
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 callMy online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Coventry, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull 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:
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.
Coventry questions
A free 15-minute call comes first, and it is genuinely a chat rather than a form-filling exercise. Regular sessions normally begin a week or two afterwards. Nothing needs a referral. Bring both rotas to that call and we will find the slot that survives them, including mornings if that is what works.
Per session. One appointment, one fee, whether one of you turns up or both. The rate is £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety, and £120 for a two-hour session. Couples usually find the ninety-minute slot the honest minimum. That first 15-minute consultation is free and carries no obligation at all.
NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies accepts self-referrals without a GP letter, though its remit is anxiety and depression rather than the relationship itself. Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind offers local mental health support. Plenty of people use an NHS route for one partner and do the couple work separately.
People do, and it is less odd than it sounds. A parked car is often the most private place available on a shift. What matters is that you are not driving, that you can speak freely, and that the connection holds. If it drops, we pick up where the session stopped.
Then you come by yourself, which changes more than people expect. Half of any pattern belongs to you, and shifting your half alters the whole exchange. Nothing said here gets reported back, and there is no agenda about whether you stay together. That question is not mine to answer.
Yes. Online sessions suit student life well, since you can join together from a quiet room without travelling, and times can often be arranged around lectures and deadlines. Whether you are at Coventry or Warwick, all you need is a private space and a reliable connection.
Online relationship counselling for couples in Coventry has no waiting list. We open with a free 15-minute consultation, and once you and your partner agree a weekly time, sessions can begin soon after. Whether home is in Earlsdon, Coundon or Cheylesmore, the whole thing is arranged by video.
Coventry couples can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies at no cost, though waits are common. My private fees are £80 for an hour, 100 for 90 minutes and 120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. Many pairs choose private work simply to start sooner.
You and your partner do not have to sit together. One might join from home in Tile Hill while the other logs on from work near Jaguar Land Rover, and evening appointments outside office hours are often available, which helps around shifts and the commute along the ring road.
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 Midlands: Birmingham, Leicester, Solihull. See all of Midlands.
Related work in Coventry: counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.
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.