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Online Relationship Counselling · Newry
Online Relationship Counselling in Newry
Online relationship counselling for Newry, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Newry, from the city centre and the canal 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 Newry
Relationship Counselling for Newry, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Newry: from the city centre and the canal to Bessbrook, Meadow and the Fathom
- Known for
- The cathedral, the Newry canal and the Mourne mountains nearby
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Northern Ireland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Newry
Why do people in Newry reach out?
Life in Newry has always been arranged across a line on a map. Work, family and shopping sit on both sides of it, and the cross-border economy with the Republic sets the rhythm of a lot of households: one partner working over the border, hours that suit the job rather than the family, plans that change when the trade does. Couples here also live closely among relations, so a marriage in Bessbrook or Barcroft is watched more than its owners might like. The frontier years left their own residue as well, in families where it was safer to say very little. Put those together and you get partnerships that are loyal, private, and out of practice at talking honestly to each other.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Newry
BessbrookBallybotDerrybegMeadowFathomDrumalaneCarnagatBarcroft
Wherever you are in Newry, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Newry
Official figures for Newry, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Newry, Mourne and Down, 6.7% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Northern Ireland average of 8.2%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Newry, Mourne and Down, 13.8% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, below the Northern Ireland average of 19.0%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Newry, Mourne and Down, 6.3% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Northern Ireland average of 5.2%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see relationship counselling in detail for the methods, session lengths and fees for fees and session lengths, and professional standards and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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.
This is done by secure video, with Bradley based in Hove, which suits a city where a lot of working life happens somewhere else. Nobody has to be back at a particular building for a particular hour. You can attend together, or one of you can join from the other side of the border after a shift. The fees are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, following a free 15-minute consultation.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
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 Newry
Why people in Newry come for relationship counselling
Two people usually make contact when something has become impossible to keep ignoring. An affair. A pattern of contempt that neither of them likes. Months of one partner sleeping downstairs. Alcohol is a frequent companion to all of that: there were 26 alcohol-specific deaths registered in 2023 in the council district that takes in Newry, part of 341 across Northern Ireland, and drink corrodes trust and conversation in a marriage long before it does anything that gets counted. Sessions concentrate on the repeating exchange rather than the last row. What sets it off, what each of you fears will happen if you give ground, and how an apology can be made in a way the other person can accept. You do not need your partner to agree before starting. ASCERT works with families as well as drinkers, and your GP can refer you to talking therapies through Health and Social Care.
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 Newry
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Newry, your GP can refer you to talking therapies and counselling through Health and Social Care. You can find support through Lifeline, Northern Ireland's crisis helpline, free on 0808 808 8000.
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 Lifeline free on 0808 808 8000. Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Newry questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Newry: common questions
One of us works over the border. Does that complicate the appointment?
Not in the slightest. A secure video session does not care which side of the frontier either of you is sitting on, and there is no journey to build into an already long day. Couples regularly join from two different places on the same evening.
Everyone here knows our families. How discreet is it?
Very. There is no local premises, no receptionist and nothing that arrives at the house. Sessions happen by video from wherever you choose, and confidentiality is held within the BACP Ethical Framework, whose narrow legal exceptions are explained before you begin properly.
What will it cost us?
One session is one fee: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min, the same whether one of you comes or both. The opening 15-minute consultation costs nothing. Couples with a lot to cover often prefer ninety minutes so nobody is cut short.
Is there a health service option for couples in Northern Ireland?
Your GP holds the door, and can refer the two of you to talking therapies through Health and Social Care. Lifeline answers free on 0808 808 8000 at any hour of the night, and Inspire Wellbeing offers mental health and wellbeing support while any referral is in progress.
My partner grew up in a house where nothing was ever discussed. Can that change?
It can, though it changes slowly. Someone taught not to speak about difficulty is not being difficult when they go quiet; they are doing what once kept them safe. Sessions build a way of talking that feels survivable, in small steps rather than confrontations.
We live outside Newry in the countryside; can we still take part together?
Yes. Because sessions are online by secure video, you and your partner can join from home wherever you are around Newry or the Mournes. Bradley is based in Hove and works across Northern Ireland, so rural distance is no barrier to couples sessions.
How soon can we start couples counselling in Newry?
Usually within a week. After a free 15-minute consultation, Bradley Riddell holds relationship sessions online by secure video, so you can begin from home in Newry or the countryside around the Mournes without the long drive to Belfast.
How do relationship counselling fees compare with local NHS support near the border?
Couples sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute call. Health and Social Care couples support is free but often waited-for, so private online work mainly buys a sooner, more flexible start.
Can we join from different places, since one of us works across the border?
Yes. Sessions are online, so one partner can join from home in Newry and the other from Dundalk or wherever work takes them. Evening appointments are available too, which suits couples living cross-border lives around the city and the Mournes.
Online Relationship Counselling in Newry, 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 Northern Ireland: Craigavon, Lisburn. See all of Northern Ireland.
If relationship counselling is not quite what you are looking for, counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling may fit better in Newry.
You may also find it useful to read 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.