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Online Relationship Counselling · Perth
Online Relationship Counselling in Perth
Online relationship counselling for Perth, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Perth, from the centre and the Inches to the streets around the Tay, 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 Perth
Relationship Counselling for Perth, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Perth: from the centre and the Inches to Craigie, Letham and Scone
- Known for
- The Tay, the two Inches and the Fair City heritage
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Perth
Why people in Perth get in touch
Perth looks comfortable and much of it is, but the city sits at the edge of a wide rural hinterland where wages are low and neighbours are far apart. Couples get in touch from Letham and Muirton, and from villages beyond Scone where the nearest anything is a drive. What they describe is a partnership with no witnesses. Nobody drops in, nobody notices, and the two of you have become each other's entire social world. That can be lovely and it can be airless. Along the River Tay in February, with the evenings dark and the diary empty, a small resentment has a great deal of room to grow.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Perth
CraigieLethamSconeBridgendMuirtonTullochKinnoullFriarton
Wherever you are in Perth, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Perth
Official figures for Perth, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Perth and Kinross, 11.7% of adults reported a low happiness score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 9.1%, 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 Perth and Kinross, 23.8% of adults reported a high anxiety score (6 or above out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Scotland average of 24.1%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
In Perth and Kinross, 7.1% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 6.1%, 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 is relationship counselling, in practice?
Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: relationship counselling in detail sets out the methods, how I work, sessions and fees covers the practicalities, and my credentials and registration covers accountability.
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.
There is no room in Perth and Bradley is in Hove, so relationship sessions run by secure video. For couples spread across this area that is the difference between attending and not attending. Nobody drives forty minutes in the dark to sit in front of a stranger and then drives forty minutes home again. You can take the hour at your own kitchen table, together at one screen, or separately when one of you is working away from home.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does relationship counselling address?
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 Perth
Why people in Perth come for relationship counselling
Distance and quiet are the two conditions people describe. Distance from other people, so that a marriage carries all the weight; quiet, so that nothing gets said until it has been silently rehearsed for months. What we work on is the practical business of a conversation: how a difficult subject gets opened, what each of you does when it becomes uncomfortable, and how you find your way back rather than waiting it out. Money, drink and a partner's low mood all get room, because in a rural area those things are lived with privately for a very long time. Coming on your own is entirely normal here. Your GP can refer you into NHS psychological therapies, NHS inform holds trusted self-help, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87 whenever the evening is worst.
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 Perth
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Perth, 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, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Perth questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Perth: common questions
We live outside Perth and the drive puts us off everything. Does online really work?
It works well, and for couples in rural areas it is often the only realistic option. There is no journey at either end, so an appointment costs you an hour rather than most of an evening. Where the connection is weak we can switch to audio for that session.
What do you charge for seeing us both?
The fee is per session: £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, and it does not double because there are two of you. Ninety minutes tends to suit couples. The first conversation is a free 15-minute consultation with nothing at all to pay.
What does the NHS offer in Perth and Kinross?
Your GP is the way in and can refer you to NHS psychological therapies. Ask what the wait looks like locally, since a rural service may be stretched. NHS inform has trusted self-help meanwhile, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87 in the evenings and overnight.
We are the only people we ever see. Is that behind our arguments?
It very often is. When a couple provides all of each other's company, support and perspective, ordinary friction has nowhere else to go and grows out of proportion. Naming that as an effect of where you live, rather than a fault in either of you, usually helps immediately.
My wife's drinking has become the third person in this marriage. What now?
Relationship sessions can work on what it has done to the two of you, and you can start that whether or not she is ready. For the drinking, Tayside Council on Alcohol offers counselling and support in Perth, and the Perth and Kinross alcohol and drug partnership can point you further.
We live out in rural Perthshire, can we both join?
Yes. As long as you have a steady connection and a private room, secure video reaches you wherever you are in Perthshire. You can sit together at home, which is far more practical than both driving into Perth for a shared appointment.
How soon can relationship counselling start in Perth?
Usually within a week or two. We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, then book a first session to suit you both. Everything runs by secure video across Perth and rural Perthshire, so there is no waiting list and no drive into the Fair City to manage.
What does couples counselling cost against NHS help in Perth?
Sessions are £80 for an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Tayside seldom offers dedicated couples work and waits can be long, so many Perth couples choose private online sessions to be seen sooner and at their own pace.
We live out in rural Perthshire, can couples sessions still work?
Yes. With a steady connection and a private space, secure video reaches you both wherever you are in Perthshire, and you can even join from two different places. Evening slots are available too, so the distances of a wide rural county no longer keep a Perth couple from support.
Online Relationship Counselling in Perth, 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: Dundee, Stirling, Kirkcaldy. See all of Scotland.
Related work in Perth: counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: the Imago dialogue for couples.
For anyone near the coast, the same relationship counselling runs in person in Hove, where the room is. Every area covered is listed separately.