Online Relationship Counselling · Glasgow

Online Relationship Counselling in Glasgow

Online relationship counselling for Glasgow, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Glasgow, from the city centre and the West End to the streets around the Clyde, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

Online across the UKSecure videoFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, BACP-registered counsellor offering online relationship counselling for Glasgow, introducing his approach
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Glasgow

Relationship Counselling for Glasgow, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Glasgow: from the city centre and the West End to the Southside, Dennistoun and Govan
Known for
The Clyde, the galleries and the music scene
Region
Scotland (Scotland)
Local NHS / support route
NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
Format
Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.

Life in Glasgow

Why people in Glasgow reach out

Glasgow is Scotland's largest city, famous for its warmth, art and humour, and shaped by the long aftermath of heavy industry's decline. Real and persistent deprivation, insecure work and deep health inequalities sit beneath the city's energy, and the culture of coping can make reaching out hard.

Glasgow is Scotland's biggest city and its most sociable, a place where strangers talk to you at bus stops and the humour is quick and dark. The grand Victorian centre gives way to the bars and music venues of Finnieston, the tenement flats of Dennistoun and the West End around the university, and the Southside neighbourhoods of Shawlands and Pollokshields. The Clyde that once built the world's ships now runs quiet past the SEC and the old yards of Govan. For all its warmth, the city carries deep hardship in places, and a proud culture of getting on with things. That same pride can make it hard to say out loud when you are struggling, even to the people closest to you.

the University of Glasgowthe University of StrathclydeGlasgow School of Artthe Clyde shipbuilding heritage

Where the old industries have gone and there is a strong culture of just getting on with things, online keeps support discreet and within reach however stretched the week.

Glasgow is home to the University of Glasgow and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, one of the largest acute hospital campuses in the UK and Europe.

Areas covered

Neighbourhoods in and around Glasgow

West EndSouthsideDennistounGovanPartickShawlandsFinniestonMerchant CityMaryhillPollokshields

Wherever you are in Glasgow, 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.

Glasgow has real counselling provision, but demand is high and NHS talking therapy through Greater Glasgow and Clyde can mean a long wait. Getting across a large, busy city to an appointment is not always easy either. Secure video sessions reach any part of Glasgow, from the West End to the Southside, without the journey. I work from Hove in southern England, seeing clients right across Scotland and the UK online.

Book a free 15-minute call

What I help with

How online relationship counselling in Glasgow can help

Communication and conflict

Breaking the cycle of the same argument.

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 Glasgow

Why people in Glasgow come for relationship counselling

Glasgow's warmth and quick humour are famous, but the same proud culture of getting on with things can make it hard for couples to admit, even to each other, that something has gone quiet between them. Long hours, money worries and the strain that hardship puts on a household can wear at a relationship until conversations turn to logistics and little else. Relationship counselling offers both of you a calmer space to be honest. Meeting by secure video, you can join from your own place in the West End, Dennistoun or the Southside, without crossing a large, busy city to get there.

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 call

Finding support in Glasgow

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Glasgow, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.

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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.

Glasgow questions

Online Relationship Counselling in Glasgow: common questions

Can I get online relationship counselling if I live in Glasgow?

Yes. I work with people right across Glasgow, from the city centre and the West End outwards, and anywhere else in Scotland, 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.

We're not big talkers, will couples counselling still work?

It often does. Part of the work is making it easier to say things that are hard to put into words, at a pace that suits you both. You don't need to arrive fluent; you just need to be willing to try, together, over video.

How soon can we start relationship counselling in Glasgow?

Usually within a week or two. We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, then book your first session at a time that suits you both. Everything is by secure video across Glasgow, from the West End to the Southside, so there is no waiting list and no journey across the city.

How much is couples counselling next to NHS help in Glasgow?

Sessions are £80 for an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde rarely provides dedicated couples work and demand is high, so many Glasgow couples turn to private online sessions to be seen sooner.

My partner and I are not always in the same place, can that work?

Yes. Because sessions run by secure video, the two of you can join from one room in Shawlands or Partick, or from two different locations entirely. Evening slots are available too, which helps Glasgow couples juggling shifts and long working days stay in the same conversation.

Is online counselling as good as seeing someone in person in Glasgow?

For most people, yes. Once a session begins, talking to someone over secure video quickly feels natural, and you get the same steady, confidential hour. It also saves crossing the city, and many people find it easier to speak openly from their own front room.

Where are you based?

I'm based in Hove, on the south coast of England, and work with people all over Scotland and the UK by video. I don't have premises in Glasgow, so our work together would be online rather than face to face in the city.

Online Relationship Counselling in Glasgow, 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 Scotland: Paisley, East Kilbride, Falkirk. See all of Scotland.

All counselling & therapy in Glasgow: 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.