Online Relationship Counselling · Norwich

Online Relationship Counselling in Norwich

Online relationship counselling for Norwich, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Norwich, from the cathedral and the centre to the streets around the castle, 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 Norwich, introducing his approach
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Norwich

Relationship Counselling for Norwich, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Norwich: from the cathedral and the centre to the Golden Triangle, Mile Cross and Thorpe Hamlet
Known for
The cathedral, the castle and the medieval lanes
Region
East of England (England)
Local NHS / support route
Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies
Format
Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.

Life in Norwich

What brings people in Norwich to counselling?

Norwich is a city people choose and then find themselves rather alone in. It sits apart from everywhere else, a long drive from the next centre, and couples who move here for a job at Aviva or a post at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital often arrive without any network of their own. That throws a great deal of weight onto one relationship. In the terraces of the Golden Triangle and out towards Thorpe Hamlet or Eaton there are two-person households doing the work that a wider circle would normally share: all the company, all the reassurance, all the conflict. When something goes wrong between you in a city like this, there is nowhere much for it to go.

the University of East AngliaNorwich Cathedralthe Norfolk and Norwich University HospitalAviva and the city's insurance sector

Areas covered

Neighbourhoods in and around Norwich

the Golden TriangleMile CrossThorpe HamletEatonHeighamLakenhamCattonSprowstonThorpe St AndrewCostessey

Wherever you are in Norwich, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.

The local picture

The local picture in Norwich

Official figures for Norwich, for context rather than as a description of you.

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 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 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.

Sessions run online by secure video, which sidesteps the awkwardness of a small city where the same faces recur. Bradley is in Hove and holds no space here, so nothing is arranged around a building. Couples can be side by side or in separate rooms, and one of you being at work does not cancel the appointment. It is entirely usual for one partner to attend alone, either because the other will not or because that is what suits.

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What I help with

What can relationship counselling in Norwich help with?

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 Norwich

Why people in Norwich come for relationship counselling

What brings couples here ranges from the loud to the barely visible. Repeated rows with no resolution. An affair and the slow question of repair. A partner who has withdrawn and cannot explain why. The gradual discovery that you are cohabiting rather than together. Sessions look closely at the exchange itself: what one of you means, what the other actually receives, and what happens in the two seconds after it lands. Depression in one partner alters everything around it. Across Norfolk, GP registers recorded depression in 13.9% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, just under the England average of 14.3%, and living beside that, or inside it, puts a strain few couples name out loud. Free NHS support is available by self-referral to Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies, with Norfolk and Waveney Mind offering local groups.

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 Norwich

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Norwich, you can refer yourself directly to Norfolk and Waveney 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:

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.

Norwich questions

Online Relationship Counselling in Norwich: common questions

We moved to Norwich for work and have no friends here. Is it normal for that to strain a relationship?

It is very common and rarely talked about. When one person is your only source of company, ordinary friction has nowhere to dissipate. Sessions help you see which arguments are actually about the relationship and which are about isolation, then work on both rather than confusing them.

Can I attend on my own if my partner refuses?

Yes, and it is a legitimate way to do this rather than a fallback. You examine your own contribution to the pattern, what you want, and how you communicate it. That alone shifts the dynamic. Some partners join later once they see nothing is being decided behind their back.

How much does relationship counselling cost for two people?

The fee covers the session, not the number of chairs: £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120. Most couples find ninety minutes the practical choice, since an hour splits awkwardly between two people. A free 15-minute consultation precedes any booking.

Would Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies help with a relationship problem?

It is free and open to self-referral, so it is worth considering, but the service treats individual anxiety and depression rather than couples. A frequent arrangement is to use the NHS route for your own symptoms and keep the relationship work separate and private.

My partner is a student at the university and I am not. Does that gap come up?

Often, yes. Different timetables, different money and different social worlds can leave two people living quite separate weeks under one roof. Counselling gives that difference a name instead of letting it harden into resentment about who is contributing what, and it makes room to agree how the next few years are meant to work.

We live out in rural Norfolk. Is online relationship counselling practical?

Very. Because sessions run by video from Hove, there is no long drive into the city for either partner, which often makes couples work possible when it otherwise would not be. You both join from home, or from wherever each of you can speak freely.

How soon can couples counselling start in Norwich?

Usually within a week or two. I work online across Norwich and rural Norfolk, from the Golden Triangle to a village near the Broads, so there is no waiting list. We begin with a free fifteen-minute call to check the fit, then book your first session together at a suitable time.

Is couples work available on the NHS in Norwich, and what are your fees?

NHS Talking Therapies in Norfolk and Waveney are free but rarely offer dedicated couples work, and waits vary. I work privately, so we can start sooner: £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, with couples often choosing a longer session.

We live apart, one in Norwich and one away. Can you still see us together?

Yes. Because sessions are online from Hove, you can both join the same secure video call from different places, which suits couples split by work or distance across Norfolk. There is no drive into the city, no waiting room, and I keep some evening times free.

Online Relationship Counselling in Norwich, 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 East of England: Cambridge, Ipswich, King's Lynn. See all of East of England.

Related work in Norwich: 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 Brightonall in-person areas are listed here.