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Online Relationship Counselling · Dudley
Online Relationship Counselling in Dudley
Online relationship counselling for Dudley, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Dudley, from the town centre and the castle to the streets around the Black Country Living Museum, 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 Dudley
Relationship Counselling for Dudley, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Dudley: from the town centre and the castle to Brierley Hill, Sedgley and Netherton
- Known for
- Dudley Castle, the Black Country Living Museum and the Clent Hills
- Region
- Midlands (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 Dudley
What brings people in Dudley to counselling?
There is a way of being together round here that gets called getting on with it. You do not make a fuss, you do not air things, and whatever is wrong between you gets carried rather than said. It works for years. Then the work goes insecure, or the hours at Merry Hill change again, or the money will not stretch, and the silence that held everything up starts to cost more than it saves. Couples in Sedgley, Netherton and Quarry Bank often arrive having never once had the conversation, not because they do not care but because nobody in either family ever modelled how. That is a skill, and it can be learned late.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Dudley
Brierley HillSedgleyNethertonGornalKingswinfordCoseleyQuarry BankLyeWoodsettonHolly Hall
Wherever you are in Dudley, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Dudley
Official figures for Dudley, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 102.8 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 17.2% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
19.9% 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 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 I work for fees and session lengths, and my BACP registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
What do I need for 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 and holds no room in the Black Country, so this is done by secure video. For a town where everybody seems to know everybody, that privacy is worth a lot: no waiting area, nobody spotted going in. Sessions can be shared on one screen or taken from two separate rooms if that feels safer to start with. And you do not need your partner's agreement, or even their knowledge, to book the first conversation yourself.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can relationship counselling in Dudley 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 Dudley
Why people in Dudley come for relationship counselling
People come because the arguing has become circular, or because it has stopped altogether and that feels worse. Sometimes drink is in the middle of it. Sometimes one of you has been flat for so long that the whole household has quietly reorganised itself around keeping you steady. In Dudley, 19.9% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%, which is a self-reported figure in a place with a long habit of answering that you are fine. What we do is unglamorous and it works: one recurring row taken apart slowly, the actual want underneath the complaint brought into the open, and repair tested in small ways you can both check. The NHS Talking Therapies finder lets you self-refer in England, and the Atlantic Recovery Centre in Dudley is the local route for drink and drugs.
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 Dudley
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Dudley, 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.
Dudley questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Dudley: common questions
Neither of us has ever sat down with a counsellor before. What actually happens?
A free 15-minute call first, which is just talking, then weekly sessions if you want them. Nobody is analysed, nobody takes sides, and there is no expectation that you arrive able to explain yourselves. Most of the first hour is simply the two of you saying how it got to here.
What does it cost for a couple?
One fee for the appointment, however many of you are in it. You are looking at £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes, £120 for two. For two people, ninety is usually the sensible choice. The first 15-minute consultation is free, so nothing is spent before you know how it feels.
Is there anything on the NHS locally for couples?
In England you can refer yourself through the NHS Talking Therapies finder without going via a GP, though the programme treats anxiety and depression rather than relationships as such. It can help one partner while the couple work runs separately. Waiting times differ from area to area.
Can we do this from home when the house is full?
Headphones and a closed door handle most of it, and evening slots often land once the house settles. If there is genuinely no quiet corner in Coseley or Gornal, a parked car is a perfectly reasonable session room. Say what you are working with on the free call.
My husband thinks counselling is for other people. Do I come alone?
Yes, and it is worth doing. You cannot change his half, but changing yours reliably changes the exchange between you. Nothing gets reported back to him, and nobody here will push you towards leaving or staying. Plenty of people in this borough start on their own and never bring a partner.
Getting anywhere from Dudley is awkward, does that matter?
Not at all. Because counselling is online, there is no need to reach a station or drive across town. You and your partner meet by video from wherever feels private at home, which many couples in Dudley find far easier than arranging travel to an appointment.
How soon can we start online relationship counselling in Dudley?
Online relationship counselling in Dudley has no waiting list. We start with a free 15-minute consultation, and once you and your partner choose a weekly time, sessions can begin soon after. From Brierley Hill to Sedgley or Kingswinford, the work is arranged entirely by video.
What does relationship counselling cost in Dudley, and is it available on the NHS?
Dudley couples can self-refer free to NHS Talking Therapies, though a wait is 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 couples go private to start without waiting.
Can my partner and I join from different places in Dudley, and are evening sessions available?
Because Dudley has no mainstream railway station, travel to appointments can be a chore, so online sessions help. Partners can join from separate places, one in Netherton and one from work, and evening slots outside standard hours are often available.
Online Relationship Counselling in Dudley, 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 Midlands: Wolverhampton, Walsall, Birmingham. See all of Midlands.
Also available in Dudley: counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.
There is more on this in my writing: 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.