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Online Trauma Counselling · Cardiff
Online Trauma Counselling in Cardiff
Online trauma counselling for Cardiff, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Cardiff, from the bay and the centre to the streets around the castle, 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 Cardiff
Trauma Counselling for Cardiff, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Cardiff: from the bay and the centre to Cathays, Roath, Canton and Grangetown
- Known for
- The castle, the bay and the Principality Stadium
- Region
- Wales
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Wales)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Cardiff
Why do people in Cardiff reach out?
In a city the size of Cardiff, life closes over an event very fast. The buses run, the offices fill, people you know carry on asking about the weekend. Meanwhile something in you has stayed exactly where it was. You keep going through Canton or Roath and function well enough that nobody asks twice. The signs are quiet ones: sleep that breaks at the same hour, a jolt at a sound behind you, a street or a stop you have started to route around without admitting it. Capital cities are also smaller than they look. Professional circles overlap, students share houses, and the fear of being recognised somewhere can keep a person from asking anybody at all.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Cardiff
CathaysRoathCantonGrangetownSplottAdamsdownButetownLlandaffWhitchurchCyncoedRiversidePontcanna
Wherever you are in Cardiff, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Cardiff
Official figures for Cardiff, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Cardiff, 8.5% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Wales average of 6.9%, 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 is trauma counselling, in practice?
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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: trauma counselling in detail sets out the methods, the practical side covers the practicalities, and my credentials and registration covers accountability.
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.
This work is done online by secure video from Hove, and for trauma the distance is part of what makes it possible. You are speaking to someone who is not in your circles, will not turn up at your workplace or your lecture, and will not appear in a queue behind you. You stay in a place you know for the whole session, which matters when safety is the thing that has been shaken.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
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 Cardiff
Why people in Cardiff come for trauma counselling
Most people come because of what is still happening now, not because of what happened then. Sleep that will not hold. A body braced for something. Days quietly reorganised around one place or one memory. How fast this goes is your decision, and that is a working rule rather than a kindness. The first part of the work is making sure you have dependable ways of settling yourself, and nothing else begins until those are reliable. Where it is appropriate, the Human Givens Rewind Technique can be offered. The point worth knowing is that it does not ask you to talk through the event. You remain calm and in control, and you can stop at any moment. There is no local trauma count; the ONS put Cardiff's anxiety rating at 3.55 out of 10 for the year ending March 2023, above a Wales average of 3.3. For NHS support the route is a GP referral to the local primary mental health support service, and Cardiff Mind covers the city.
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 Cardiff
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Cardiff, 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, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Cardiff questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Cardiff: common questions
Can I do trauma work online if I share a house in Cathays?
Yes, and many people do. Headphones and a closed door are usually enough, and we can pick an hour when the house is quietest. If a housemate is always around, some people take the session from a car or a study room instead, which works perfectly well.
How much are sessions and how long do they take?
The hour costs £80, the 90-minute session £100, and the two-hour session £120. Some people prefer 90 minutes for trauma work so there is space to arrive and space to settle again at the end. The free 15-minute call is there to ask about that.
What is available on the NHS for trauma here?
Your GP is the referral point for the local primary mental health support service, and waiting times differ across Wales. Some people join that list and start privately in the meantime. CALL, the mental health helpline for Wales, is free and confidential on 0800 132 737.
Do I have to put what happened into words?
No, and this is worth being clear about. You choose what is said and what stays unsaid, and the Rewind Technique in particular works without you narrating the event. Nobody here needs the details in order to take what you are carrying seriously.
Cardiff feels big but my world in it is small. Will anyone find out?
Counselling is confidential within the professional limits we go through at the start, and working with someone in Hove keeps this entirely away from your local networks. Nothing goes to a GP, an employer or a university unless you ask for it to.
Is it safe to do trauma work over video?
For many people it is, and being in your own home can actually help you feel more in control. We go carefully, at a pace you set, with grounding built in. From Hove I work with people across Cardiff and all of Wales this way.
How soon can trauma counselling start online for a Cardiff client?
We usually begin within a week or two, after a free 15-minute consultation to check the approach suits you. Trauma work is paced carefully. Sessions run by secure video from Hove, so you can start from somewhere that feels safe, whether in Cathays, Roath or out at Llandaff.
What does trauma counselling cost against NHS trauma help in Cardiff?
NHS Wales trauma care through Cardiff and Vale is free but may involve assessment and a wait. Privately I charge £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation, so you can begin at a time and pace that feel right.
Is online trauma counselling for Cardiff available in the evenings?
Yes. Trauma counselling can be held by secure video, with some evening times available. Staying in your own safe space in Canton or Cyncoed, rather than a clinic across the capital, often helps you feel steadier. We move only at the pace that stays manageable for you.
Online Trauma Counselling in Cardiff, 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: Newport, Barry, Pontypridd. See all of Wales.
If trauma counselling is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy may fit better in Cardiff.
For anyone near the coast, the same trauma counselling runs in person in Hove, where the room is. Every area covered is listed separately.