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Online Relationship Counselling · Swansea
Online Relationship Counselling in Swansea
Online relationship counselling for Swansea, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Swansea, from the centre and the marina to the streets around the bay, 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 Swansea
Relationship Counselling for Swansea, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Swansea: from the centre and the marina to Uplands, Sketty and Morriston
- Known for
- The bay, the marina and the Gower beyond
- Region
- Wales (Wales)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Wales)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Swansea
Why people in Swansea reach out
Swansea curves around its bay beside the Gower peninsula, a city of real beauty that also carries the marks of industrial decline. A large student population, insecure work and pockets of deep deprivation all shape what people here carry, beneath the easy access to wild coast.
Swansea, Abertawe in Welsh, was once known as Copperopolis, the world's leading centre for copper smelting, and the heritage of that industry still lines the Lower Swansea Valley. The city curves around its bay towards Mumbles and the Gower peninsula, designated the very first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Britain. It was here, in the Uplands, that Dylan Thomas was born, and the city keeps his memory in its festivals and trails. Modern Swansea blends a working port and a marina with two university campuses at Singleton and on the seafront. Districts such as Morriston, home of the famous male voice choir, and Sketty each hold their own identity, while Wind Street, the market and the Kardomah keep the city sociable.
Where work follows shifts and the rhythm of the docks, online sessions bend around unsociable hours rather than asking you to fit your life around them.
Swansea is home to Swansea University (Singleton and Bay campuses) and Morriston Hospital under Swansea Bay University Health Board; the DVLA's headquarters is based at Morriston in the city.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Swansea
UplandsSkettyMorristonMumblesBrynmillTownhillSt ThomasLandoreGorseinonClydachKillayBonymaen
Wherever you are in Swansea, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The relationship counselling itself
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 is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods, what each session covers and fees, on the main relationship counselling page and on how I work.
How online sessions work
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop, no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
There are counsellors and NHS services within Swansea itself, and if you live out towards Gower or the western valleys, specialist face-to-face help can be a fair drive away. My practice is in Hove, on the south coast of England, so I do not see people in Swansea in person. I do offer confidential sessions by secure video across the whole of Wales and the UK, which removes the journey entirely and often makes it easier to keep going week to week.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online relationship counselling in Swansea can help
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 Swansea
Why people in Swansea come for relationship counselling
Around Swansea Bay, couples juggle a lot: shift patterns at Morriston Hospital or the port, term-time pressures for those tied to the university, and the long drives that valley and Gower life can involve. It is easy for a partnership to run on practicalities and lose the thread of real conversation. I offer relationship counselling by secure video from my Hove practice, so you and your partner can talk together from home in Sketty, Uplands or out on Gower, with no journey into the city to arrange. For many couples, meeting on a shared screen makes it easier to slow down and listen.
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 Swansea
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Swansea, you can access NHS psychological therapies through your GP or local primary mental health support service. You can find support through the CALL Mental Health Helpline for Wales, free and confidential on 0800 132 737.
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 press 2 for urgent mental health support. The CALL Helpline for Wales is free on 0800 132 737, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Swansea questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Swansea: common questions
Can I get online relationship counselling if I live in Swansea?
Yes. I work with people right across Swansea, from the centre and the marina outwards, and anywhere else in Wales, by secure video, no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
Can I come on my own, without my partner?
Yes. A great deal can change when one person shifts the pattern; you do not need to attend as a couple to do useful work.
Can we join the session from different locations?
Yes. Online makes it easy for couples in different places, or juggling childcare, to attend together.
Will you take sides?
No. We look at the pattern the two of you create together and where it gets stuck, not at who is to blame.
We live out towards Gower - can we still do couples work?
Yes. Because sessions are by secure video, the distance from the city makes no difference. You and your partner can join together from home along the Gower coast or from the city itself, without either of you facing a drive to an appointment.
How soon can my partner and I start relationship counselling in Swansea?
Usually within a week or two. I am not in Swansea in person, my room is in Hove, but I work with couples right across the bay by secure video. We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, then set up your first full session at a time that suits you both.
What are your couples fees, and how do they compare with NHS support in Swansea?
Couples sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes or £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute chat. Relationship help through Swansea Bay health board can mean a wait, so many couples prefer to begin privately and promptly online.
Can we join couples sessions separately if one of us is out on Gower?
Yes. Sessions run by secure video, so you can sit together or join from different places when one of you is on Gower or in Mumbles and the other in town. I also offer evening appointments, which helps couples working around Swansea's docks and campuses.
I live out on Gower, can we still work together?
Yes. Because sessions are held by secure video, where you live in relation to Swansea makes no difference. People along the Gower coast and in the villages work with me online just as easily as those in the city centre.
Are you based in Swansea?
No, my practice is in Hove. I am not able to meet anyone in Swansea face to face, but I work with people right across the bay and the wider region by video, wherever in Wales you happen to be.
Online Relationship Counselling in Swansea, 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 Wales: Neath, Llanelli, Cardiff. See all of Wales.
All counselling & therapy in Swansea: Addiction · Substance Use · Drinking Problems · Anxiety · Depression · Trauma · Counselling & Therapy · Psychotherapy.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same relationship counselling is available in person in Brighton & Hove, or see all in-person areas.