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Online Relationship Counselling · Oxford
Online Relationship Counselling in Oxford
Online relationship counselling for Oxford, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Oxford, from the city centre and Jericho to the streets around the dreaming spires, 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 Oxford
Relationship Counselling for Oxford, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Oxford: from the city centre and Jericho to Cowley, Headington and Summertown
- Known for
- The dreaming spires, the Cherwell and the colleges
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Oxford
What brings people in Oxford to counselling?
Oxford runs on somebody else's calendar. Term arrives and one of you disappears into it, working evenings and weekends because the deadline is not negotiable, and by the time the vacation comes you are both too depleted to enjoy it. That rhythm belongs to the University of Oxford and to Oxford Brookes University alike, and shift patterns at the John Radcliffe Hospital and the Mini plant at Cowley cut across a household in much the same way. Then there is the rent, which keeps couples in a shared flat in Jericho or Cowley long after they would have wanted separate breathing space. What wears down first is not affection. It is the unhurried talk that used to hold it in place.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Oxford
JerichoCowleyHeadingtonSummertownBotleyMarstonIffleyRose HillWolvercote
Wherever you are in Oxford, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Oxford
Official figures for Oxford, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 97.3 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 14.2% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
18.1% 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 actually happens 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.
The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on the main relationship counselling page, alongside how I work and my credentials and registration.
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.
Everything takes place online by secure video. Bradley works from one room in Hove, so nothing depends on cycling across the city in the dark or finding an hour when neither of you is teaching or on a ward. A slot between term-time commitments is easier to protect than a journey. You can sit together at home in Marston, or join separately when one of you is away at a conference. The weekly hour holds through the vacation as well as the term.
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 Oxford
Why people in Oxford come for relationship counselling
Couples here often present the problem as a scheduling one, and it rarely stays that way for long. Underneath the diaries sit the ordinary questions: who is allowed to be tired, whose work counts as real work, and what happens to the person whose career moved second. Recorded depression on GP registers reached 14.2% of adults aged 18 and over in 2024/25, almost exactly the England average of 14.3%, and low mood in one partner reorganises a household long before anyone gives it a name. The work concentrates on the pattern that runs between you rather than on settling who is at fault, and on repair, which is usually where things actually break. Where drinking has become the way one of you gets through a demanding stretch, that can be looked at without judgement. Attending together is not a condition of any of it. NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies takes self-referrals for free, and Oxfordshire Mind runs support across the county.
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 Oxford
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Oxford, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Oxfordshire 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.
Oxford questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Oxford: common questions
Can we start mid-term or should we wait for the vacation?
Starting mid-term is usually better. Waiting for a quieter stretch tends to mean waiting several months, and the pressure you would be describing is happening now. The free 15-minute consultation can normally be arranged within a few days, with a first session soon after that.
How much is a session, and does it cost more for two of us?
The price is the same for one person or two. An hour is £80, ninety minutes £100, and two hours £120, with the initial 15-minute conversation free of charge. Couples frequently choose ninety minutes so that both of you get proper room rather than half an hour each.
Is there anything free locally if we cannot pay for this?
NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies is free and you can refer yourself without seeing a GP first, which is the quickest route in. Oxfordshire Mind provides low-cost and free wellbeing support around the county, and both are worth approaching whatever else you decide to do.
One of us works nights at the John Radcliffe Hospital. Do sessions have to be evenings?
No. Early morning appointments exist precisely for people coming off or going onto nights, and the weekly time can be moved as a rota changes. What matters is that the hour is consistently protected, not that it always falls in the evening.
My partner's job is the reason we moved here and I gave up mine. How do we talk about that?
Carefully, and usually with some help. Resentment about a sacrificed career is one of the harder things for a couple to raise on their own, because it sounds like an accusation the moment it is said aloud. In sessions it can be put into words without becoming a verdict.
Our schedules barely overlap in term time. Can that work for couples sessions?
Yes. Online sessions let us find the narrow windows when you are both free, and if you are in different buildings one of you can join from home and the other from an office. We hold a regular slot so it does not slip when term gets busy.
How soon can we start relationship counselling online in Oxford?
Usually within a week. There is no waiting list, and after a free 15-minute consultation we find a slot that fits between terms, college deadlines and hospital rotas. Sessions are held securely online, joined from home in Jericho, Headington, Cowley or Summertown, with nothing to arrange but the time.
What are your fees compared with NHS couples support in Oxford?
Sessions cost £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Talking Therapies in Oxfordshire is free but often involves a wait, whereas private work with Bradley lets the two of you decide when to begin.
Our term-time schedules barely overlap. Can we join from different places in the evening?
Yes. Online sessions let us find the narrow windows when you are both free, and if you are in different buildings one can join from home and the other from an office. Early-evening slots work well, and we hold a regular time so it does not slip when term gets busy.
Online Relationship Counselling in Oxford, 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 London & South East: Reading, Aylesbury, High Wycombe, London. See all of London & South East.
Close to this in Oxford, there is 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.