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Online Trauma Counselling · Aberdeen
Online Trauma Counselling in Aberdeen
Online trauma counselling for Aberdeen, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Aberdeen, from the granite centre and the harbour to the streets around the granite architecture, 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 Aberdeen
Trauma Counselling for Aberdeen, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Aberdeen: from the granite centre and the harbour to Old Aberdeen, Torry and Bridge of Don
- Known for
- The granite architecture, the harbour and the North Sea
- 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 Aberdeen
What is going on for people in Aberdeen?
Aberdeen holds a lot of things people have never said out loud. An accident at work. Something that happened at sea, or on the long roads in and out of the city. A sudden death in the family that everyone dealt with by carrying on. This is a place where the response to a hard thing is often to be back on shift the following week, and that works until it stops working. Afterwards you may find sleep goes first, then the flinching at a noise, then a route through Old Aberdeen you no longer take for reasons you would rather not explain. None of that is weakness. It is a nervous system that has not been given the chance to finish.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Aberdeen
Old AberdeenTorryBridge of DonRosemountFerryhillMannofieldFootdeeDyceCultsKincorth
Wherever you are in Aberdeen, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Aberdeen
Official figures for Aberdeen, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Aberdeen City, 5.0% 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 does trauma counselling involve?
Trauma counselling here is gentle and led by you, drawing on methods designed for trauma including the Human Givens Rewind Technique, so a difficult memory is returned to ordinary recall.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the trauma counselling page for the methods, how I work for fees and session lengths, and how to check my registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
Trauma work with people in Aberdeen is done online by secure video, from Bradley's room in Hove. The distance is genuinely useful here. Talking to somebody several hundred miles away, who will never appear at your work or in your street, makes honesty easier. You also stay in your own space from start to finish, which counts for a great deal when safety is the thing that got shaken, and when the session ends you are already home.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does trauma counselling help with?
Hypervigilance
Help when your nervous system is stuck on high alert.
Numbness and avoidance
For when you cope by shutting down.
Trauma behind addiction
Healing the wound that drives the habit.
Sub-threshold trauma
Reaching the quieter, accumulated hurts.
Feeling safe again
Working always at a pace that is led by you.
Trauma Counselling in Aberdeen
Why people in Aberdeen come for trauma counselling
What brings people to trauma counselling is usually not the event itself but everything it left running. A body that will not stand down. Sleep broken by the same fragments. A week arranged around avoiding one road, one building or one conversation. The pace belongs to you here, and nothing moves until you have solid ways to steady yourself. Where it fits, the Human Givens Rewind Technique can be used, and it does not ask you to describe what happened; you stay relaxed, you stay in charge, and you can stop it at any point. Some people come after a bereavement rather than an accident, and Aberdeen carries its share of those: the age-standardised drug-misuse death rate in Aberdeen City averaged 23.3 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, slightly above the Scotland average of 22.5, according to National Records of Scotland. For NHS support, your GP can refer you on to psychological therapies, NHS inform lists trusted resources, and Breathing Space answers free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 Aberdeen
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Aberdeen, 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.
Aberdeen questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Aberdeen: common questions
Do I have to tell you what happened?
No. You can say as much or as little as you choose, and some people never describe the event at all. The Rewind Technique in particular is done without retelling it aloud. What matters is that you decide what gets said, and when, all the way through.
What does it cost and how long might it take?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours. Longer appointments sometimes suit this work better, though the choice is yours rather than a rule. The free 15-minute consultation is a good place to ask about pacing before committing to anything.
Is there an NHS route for trauma up here?
In Scotland it begins with your GP, who can refer you into NHS psychological therapies; waits differ between boards and it is worth asking early. NHS inform carries trusted information on trauma reactions, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87 in the meantime.
Something happened at work offshore. Will this affect my medical or my job?
Not through me. Nothing is reported to an employer or to occupational health, and no record goes anywhere without your written say-so. What you bring here stays here, within the usual professional limits we go over in the first session.
What if we start and I cannot handle it?
Then we slow right down, or stop, that day. Pacing is not politeness in trauma work, it is the method itself. You set the speed every session, and saying that is enough for today is treated as good judgement rather than a step backwards.
Does something that happened at work count as trauma?
It certainly can. Frightening or dangerous experiences on the rigs, at the harbour or anywhere else can leave a genuine mark, whether or not anyone was hurt. If it is still affecting your sleep, mood or sense of safety, it is worth talking through, and we can do that entirely online.
How soon can trauma counselling start online in Aberdeen?
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation and usually arrange a first session within a week or two. Trauma work goes at your pace, with no local waiting list and no long drive for specialist help, which matters on the cold edge of the North Sea.
How do trauma counselling fees compare with Aberdeen services?
NHS Grampian and some charities offer free trauma support, though waits and distance are real barriers here. My private fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, with a free 15-minute consultation and no queue first.
Can trauma sessions be held privately by video in Aberdeen?
Yes. Many prefer to process trauma from the safety of home rather than travel far for a clinic. Secure video sessions, evenings included, reach a quiet room in Torry or Footdee, or wherever you have signal and privacy, with nothing to travel to.
Online Trauma Counselling in Aberdeen, 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, Perth. See all of Scotland.
Related work in Aberdeen: anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
Within reach of Sussex? trauma counselling is offered in the room in Hove, where the room is as well as online; see the full list of areas.