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Online Relationship Counselling · Torquay
Online Relationship Counselling in Torquay
Online relationship counselling for Torquay, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Torquay, from the harbour and seafront to the streets around the English Riviera, 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 Torquay
Relationship Counselling for Torquay, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Torquay: from the harbour and seafront to Babbacombe, St Marychurch and Chelston
- Known for
- The harbour, the seafront and the English Riviera
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- TALKWORKS, Devon's NHS Talking Therapies service
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Torquay
What brings people in Torquay to counselling?
A relationship built around the season has two entirely different halves to it. From spring the English Riviera tourism and hospitality sector takes every hour one of you has, and the other runs the household alone through the busiest months. Then the visitors go, the work thins out, and suddenly there is a great deal of time together and not much money in it. Couples in Ellacombe and Torre know that swing well. Winter here is long and quiet, and the arguments that were postponed all summer tend to arrive in January. Behind the palm trees on the seafront, plenty of households are managing on far less than the setting suggests.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Torquay
BabbacombeSt MarychurchChelstonEllacombeWellswoodCockingtonShiphayTorreWatcombe
Wherever you are in Torquay, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Torquay
Official figures for Torquay, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 201.3 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above 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 16.1% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
27.4% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the full relationship counselling page, with the practical side for the practical questions and professional standards and registration for registration and ethics.
What do I need for 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.
There is no room in Torquay. Bradley works by secure video from Hove, and for couples on hospitality hours that flexibility matters more than a shared address would. A session can be taken late, after service, or in the flat afternoon gap that a split shift leaves. Neither of you needs to travel or explain an absence. Coming by yourself is entirely acceptable if that is where things stand.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does relationship counselling help with?
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 Torquay
Why people in Torquay come for relationship counselling
The reason couples give is often the season and what it does to them. Six months of barely overlapping, then six months of being under each other's feet with the income down. Money arguments in the quiet stretch tend to be about more than money. Drink is sometimes woven through it, given how many jobs here finish late in places that are still serving, and the partner who watches for it carries a particular strain. Low mood in one person makes a whole household careful. Local pressure is high: 27.4% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Sessions look at how the two of you speak, what got broken and whether both of you want it mended. The NHS route in this county is TALKWORKS, the Devon NHS Talking Therapies service, which you can contact yourself.
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 Torquay
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Torquay, you can refer yourself directly to TALKWORKS, Devon's NHS Talking Therapies service 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.
Torquay questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Torquay: common questions
Our hours are all over the place in season. Can appointments fit?
Usually. A regular weekly slot helps the work build, but hospitality rotas rarely hold still, and sessions can move when yours does. Bring your pattern of shifts to the free 15-minute call so the timing gets sorted before anything is booked.
Is a couples session charged twice?
No. The price is attached to the appointment: £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes, £120 for a two-hour session. Two people usually need more than sixty minutes to get anywhere, so ninety is the common choice. The first call is free.
Where would we go on the NHS with this?
TALKWORKS is the NHS Talking Therapies service for Devon and it takes self-referrals, so no GP appointment is needed and there is no charge. It works with anxiety and depression rather than couples specifically. Devon Mind is a local source of support too.
The winter is when everything falls apart between us. Why is that?
Because the pressure changes shape rather than lifting. In season there is no time to argue; out of season there is time and less money, and everything that was postponed surfaces at once. Knowing that pattern is coming makes it considerably easier to handle.
Can we start now and stop when the season begins?
You can, though it is better to plan the break than to drift out of it. Some couples do a concentrated run of sessions in the quiet months and return the following winter. The work resumes from where it stopped rather than starting over.
Our hours in Torquay are seasonal. Can relationship counselling adapt?
Yes. Because we meet by secure video, sessions can be arranged around shifting hospitality hours and carried on through the quieter winter months. You both join from home. The counselling room is in Hove, so Torquay couples are seen online rather than in person.
How soon can couples in Torquay start online relationship counselling?
Couples across Torquay, from Babbacombe through to St Marychurch, can usually begin within a week or two. We start with a free 15-minute consultation to check the fit, then agree a regular slot. The room is in Hove, so Torquay couples are seen online by secure video.
What does couples counselling cost in Torquay, and is it available on the NHS?
Relationship work here is private rather than NHS funded. Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Torquay couples can also seek NHS Talking Therapies in Torbay through a GP, though many prefer to start privately without a wait.
Can partners in Torquay join from different places, and are evening slots offered?
Yes. Because sessions are online, one partner can join from Babbacombe and the other from work or away, which suits Torquay couples juggling hospitality and tourism workers on the English Riviera. Some evening appointments help those tied up in the day. The room is in Hove, so we meet by secure video wherever you both are.
Online Relationship Counselling in Torquay, 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 South West: Exeter, Plymouth. See all of South West.
Related work in Torquay: 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.
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.