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Online Relationship Counselling · Solihull
Online Relationship Counselling in Solihull
Online relationship counselling for Solihull, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Solihull, from the town centre and Touchwood to the streets around the High Street, 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 Solihull
Relationship Counselling for Solihull, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Solihull: from the town centre and Touchwood to Shirley, Olton and Knowle
- Known for
- The High Street, Brueton Park and the NEC nearby
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Solihull
Why people in Solihull get in touch
Solihull runs on rotas that do not line up. One of you leaves for Birmingham Airport before five in the morning; the other gets in from the city at seven in the evening and the house has already gone quiet. Shifts at the Land Rover plant on Lode Lane move around the year. A big week at the NEC swallows a weekend that was supposed to be yours. Couples in Shirley, Olton and Monkspath end up running parallel timetables and calling it a marriage, and for a long while nobody says anything, because on paper it all works. The mortgage is paid, the garden is tidy, the school run is covered. It is only the talking that has stopped.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Solihull
ShirleyOltonKnowleDorridgeBlossomfieldHillfieldElmdonBickenhillMonkspathLyndon
Wherever you are in Solihull, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Solihull
Official figures for Solihull, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 104.4 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 12.9% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
21.6% 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 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.
The method travels; only the geography changes. the relationship counselling page explains it properly, how I work, sessions and fees answers the practical questions, and my credentials and registration shows how the practice is held to account.
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 is what makes them survivable around an airport roster or a shift pattern. Bradley works from Hove, so there is no drive into Touchwood and no car park at the end of a long day. Early mornings and evenings are possible, and if one of you is away with work you can still join from a hotel room while your partner sits at home. Nobody in Knowle or Dorridge sees you arriving anywhere.
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 Solihull
Why people in Solihull come for relationship counselling
Relationship work here is often about distance rather than conflict. Not shouting, just two people who have become efficient colleagues in a well-run household. It also comes up when one partner's mood has changed and the other has been quietly managing round it for a year. Recorded depression on GP registers in the borough stood at 12.9% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. A comfortable-looking statistic in a comfortable-looking town is small consolation when you are the household it does not describe. What we do is get the unspoken back into the open at a pace that is bearable: the resentment about who gave up what, the sex that stopped being mentioned, the drinking that has crept up on a Friday. You can come as a couple or on your own. NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies takes self-referrals for individual anxiety or low mood, and where alcohol or drugs are part of the picture, SIAS is the borough's addiction service.
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 Solihull
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Solihull, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull 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.
Solihull questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Solihull: common questions
We are not rowing, we have just gone flat. Is that really something to book counselling for?
It is one of the most common reasons couples come. Flatness is harder to raise than conflict because there is no incident to point at. Sessions give the two of you a structured hour to say what has quietly changed, before it hardens into something neither of you knows how to name.
What are the fees, and does it cost more if both of us attend?
It does not. The rate is £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min whether one or both of you is on the call. Couples often prefer 90 minutes so that both people get airtime. Nothing at all is charged for the opening 15-minute conversation.
Would NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies work with us as a couple?
That service is designed for individuals with anxiety or depression and takes self-referrals, which makes it well worth using for your own mood. Relationship work between partners sits outside it. A fair number of people here use both, for different parts of the same difficult year.
My partner works shifts at Lode Lane and I commute. Can the appointment time change week to week?
Yes. The time can be fixed or moved as rotas are published, including early morning and evening slots. What tends to matter is agreeing the time together rather than one person always fitting round the other, which is usually part of what brought you.
This is a small place and people know each other. How private is it?
Completely. There is no building here to be seen entering and no local waiting area. Sessions are confidential within the BACP Ethical Framework, notes are minimal and secure, and Bradley has no connection to anyone in Solihull, professionally or socially.
Our jobs are demanding and time is short, when could we meet?
Because sessions are online, appointments can often be arranged for evenings or other times that fit around demanding careers and commutes. You join together from home, so there is no travel to add, which for busy couples in Solihull usually makes fitting sessions in far more realistic.
How soon can we start online relationship counselling in Solihull?
Online relationship counselling in Solihull has no waiting list. We start with a free 15-minute consultation, and once you and your partner agree a weekly time, sessions can begin soon after. From Shirley to Knowle or Dorridge, the work is arranged entirely by video.
What does relationship counselling cost in Solihull, and is it available on the NHS?
Solihull couples can self-refer free to NHS Talking Therapies, though a wait is common. My private fees are £80 for an hour, 100 for 90 minutes and 120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. Many couples go private to start sooner.
Can my partner and I join from different places in Solihull, and are evening sessions available?
You and your partner need not be together. One might join from home in Olton while the other logs in from work near the NEC or Birmingham Airport, and evening slots outside standard hours are often available around a demanding commute into the city.
Online Relationship Counselling in Solihull, 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 Midlands: Birmingham, Coventry. See all of Midlands.
Also available in Solihull: counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.
You may also find it useful to read about the Imago dialogue for couples.
Within reach of Sussex? relationship counselling is offered in the room in Hove, where the room is as well as online; see the full list of areas.