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Online Relationship Counselling · Woking
Online Relationship Counselling in Woking
Online relationship counselling for Woking, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Woking, from the town centre and Horsell to the streets around the canal, 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 Woking
Relationship Counselling for Woking, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Woking: from the town centre and Horsell to Knaphill, Goldsworth Park and Sheerwater
- Known for
- The canal, Horsell Common and the centre
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Mind Matters Surrey
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Woking
What brings people in Woking to counselling?
Half an hour from Waterloo turns out to be a twelve-hour day. The commuter line to Waterloo shapes a great many households here: out before the children are properly awake, back after they are down, and a weekend spent recovering rather than being together. Others keep the long hours that engineering and the McLaren Technology Centre expect, which produces the same shortage by a different route. Meanwhile one partner has been holding the house in Goldsworth Park or Knaphill single-handed all week and has stopped expecting help. Nothing dramatic occurs. The two of you simply become an efficient arrangement, and then one day it is obvious that neither of you has said anything real for months.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Woking
HorsellKnaphillGoldsworth ParkSheerwaterSt John'sMayburyOld WokingByfleetMount Hermon
Wherever you are in Woking, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Woking
Official figures for Woking, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 94.2 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 13% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
27.3% 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 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 method travels; only the geography changes. everything on relationship counselling explains it properly, how I work, sessions and fees answers the practical questions, and qualifications, registration and ethics shows how the practice is held to account.
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.
Because everything is online by secure video, the hour does not need a journey on top of the one you already make. Bradley works from Hove, so there is nowhere in Woking to get to, and a session can begin as soon as the front door closes. You can attend together on one screen, or one of you can join from a desk near the terminus while the other is at home. Weekend mornings are possible too.
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 Woking
Why people in Woking come for relationship counselling
Couples here usually arrive describing time, and the real material is what the shortage of it has been covering. Who is allowed to be tired. Whose day counts as the demanding one. What happened to the two people who existed before the commute did. Recorded depression on GP registers stood at 13% of adults aged 18 and over in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%, and low mood in one partner alters a household well before it is ever recorded or named. Family expectations can add another layer, particularly where relatives hold clear views about how a marriage should be conducted. Sessions look at the pattern running between you rather than settling blame, and give particular attention to repair. Attending alone is completely workable. Mind Matters Surrey is the free NHS talking therapies service and takes self-referrals, and Woking Mind runs support in the town.
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 Woking
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Woking, you can refer yourself directly to Mind Matters Surrey 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.
Woking questions
Online Relationship Counselling in Woking: common questions
My partner is never home before eight. Are there late sessions?
Yes, and they are the ones commuting couples book most. A session can start after the train gets in, and a weekend morning is an alternative if weekday evenings are genuinely impossible. The free 15-minute consultation can be arranged around the same constraints.
What is the fee for two of us?
It does not change when both of you attend. An hour is £80, ninety minutes is £100 and two hours is £120, and the initial 15-minute conversation costs nothing. Many couples prefer ninety minutes, because two people each need proper room in the hour.
Is there anything free for couples in Surrey?
Mind Matters Surrey is the free NHS service for this area, takes self-referrals without a GP appointment and includes couple-focused work for depression in some cases. Woking Mind also runs local support. Starting a referral while you consider private work costs you nothing.
We have young children and no childcare. How would this work?
Sessions after bedtime are common for exactly this reason, and an early morning slot before the school run also works for some couples. Since there is no travel involved, the hour only has to cover the hour rather than an evening either side of it.
My wife says we do not have a problem, only a schedule. Is she right?
Sometimes the schedule genuinely is the problem, and it is a solvable one. More often it is where a couple puts everything else, because a diary is easier to argue about than disappointment. Both of those can be looked at, and it usually becomes clear quickly which it is.
Nothing dramatic has happened, we have just drifted. Is counselling still for us?
Yes. Slowly drifting apart under the weight of the commute and long days is one of the most common reasons Woking couples come. You do not need a crisis. An online session gives you both a regular, unhurried hour to reconnect and understand what has quietly changed.
How soon can we start relationship counselling online in Woking?
Usually within a week. There is no waiting list, so after a free 15-minute consultation we book a first session around the Waterloo timetable. It is held securely online, joined from home in Horsell, Knaphill or Goldsworth Park, so the train that shapes the day need not shape this too.
What are your fees, and how do they compare with the NHS in Woking?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Talking Therapies in Surrey is free but can involve a waiting list, whereas private work with Bradley lets the two of you choose when to begin.
Our life is organised around the commute. Can couples join separately in the evening?
Yes. When much of the day runs to the timetable, online sessions are joined from home, or from two places if one of you is still in London, with early-evening slots available. We set a regular time that fits a fast commuter town rather than adding another journey to it.
Online Relationship Counselling in Woking, 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: Guildford, London. See all of London & South East.
People who come for relationship counselling in Woking often also look at counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.
There is more on this in my writing: the Imago dialogue for couples.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same relationship counselling is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.