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Online Trauma Counselling · Coventry
Online Trauma Counselling in Coventry
Online trauma counselling for Coventry, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Coventry, from the city centre and the two cathedrals to the streets around the cathedral ruins, 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 Coventry
Trauma Counselling for Coventry, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Coventry: from the city centre and the two cathedrals to Earlsdon, Foleshill and Tile Hill
- Known for
- The cathedral ruins, the transport museum and the two universities
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Coventry
Why do people in Coventry reach out?
Some of what people bring to trauma counselling in Coventry is very old and some of it happened last year. A collision. A hospital admission. A childhood in Radford or Foleshill where something went on and was never once mentioned afterwards. Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm here ran at 79.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, well under the England average of 117 per 100,000, and a low figure of that kind conceals everyone who never came near a hospital in the first place. This is a city that knows about being flattened and carrying on regardless, and the instinct to rebuild quickly can leave a great deal unattended underneath.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Coventry
EarlsdonFoleshillTile HillChapelfieldsCheylesmoreRadfordCoundonStokeCanleyBinley
Wherever you are in Coventry, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Coventry
Official figures for Coventry, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 79.8 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).
Reviewed June 2026.
What would we do together in trauma counselling?
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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the trauma counselling page, with how sessions run and what they cost for the practical questions and professional standards and registration for registration and ethics.
What happens in 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.
Work is done online by secure video, as Bradley is in Hove and there is nowhere here to attend in person. With trauma, distance is frequently an advantage. You remain in your own space, decide what appears on camera, and can end the call yourself without explaining why. Having that control handed back to you is part of the point. Some people keep the camera off at first, and appointments can be spaced further apart when a gap is what helps.
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 Coventry
Why people in Coventry come for trauma counselling
You are not going to be asked to relive anything in detail. Trauma counselling here is paced and client-led, and the Human Givens Rewind Technique exists so that a memory can be worked through without you describing it aloud. That is not a compromise, it is the method. We start with how things stand at present: the startle, the broken nights, the sudden temper, the places you have quietly stopped going. Steadiness is built before anything else is attempted. Only then, and only at a speed you choose, do we approach the memory itself, and saying stop is treated as good sense rather than failure. NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies takes self-referrals and can assess trauma and route it onwards, with Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind as another local option. Where symptoms are severe, your GP is a sound early call alongside anything arranged privately.
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 Coventry
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Coventry, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies 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.
Coventry questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Coventry: common questions
Will I have to go through the details before any of this can help?
No. The Human Givens Rewind Technique is used precisely so a memory can be processed without being told. You set how much detail is spoken, and for many people that comes to a sentence or two. Nothing is drawn out of you to prove that it counts.
Does NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies deal with trauma too?
It assesses people and routes trauma towards appropriate help, and self-referral means your GP does not have to open the door for you. Waits move around. Where symptoms are severe, seeing your GP alongside a self-referral is sensible, and neither closes off private counselling.
How many sessions is this likely to take, and what is the cost?
For one clearly bounded memory it is often fewer than people expect; where difficult things went on for years it takes longer. Nothing is sold as a fixed course. Sessions are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, and the first 15-minute consultation is free.
Something happened at work on a production line and I still have to go back there. Can that be worked on while it is ongoing?
Yes, carefully. When the setting is still part of daily life, the early work concentrates on getting your body through a shift without being overwhelmed, and the memory itself is approached later. Nothing is hurried along to meet a deadline set by your rota.
I live in a house share in Canley. How do I keep this private?
Sound is the main issue and headphones solve most of it, since the other voice never enters the room at all. Beyond that, you choose the hour. Where the house is never empty, we can work in ways that ask very little aloud, using writing or agreed signals instead.
I've never spoken about what happened, is that a problem?
Not at all. Many people come to trauma counselling having never put their experience into words. There is no pressure to share more than you want to, and sessions move entirely at your pace, building trust before anything difficult is approached.
How do I begin online trauma counselling in Coventry?
We start with a free 15-minute consultation, held online, so you can sense how we might work before deciding. Coventry is served by video from Hove, meaning no travel and no local waiting list, and we then agree a steady, private time that feels manageable.
What does trauma counselling cost in Coventry, and can I use the NHS?
This is private work: £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Trauma often needs unhurried time, which the longer sessions allow. NHS help is available through a Coventry GP referral, though waits vary.
Would online trauma sessions work for me in Coventry, and can we meet in the evening?
Many people find video steadier for trauma, joining from a place that already feels safe rather than travelling. The room is in Hove, so Coventry is online only. Evening and out-of-hours times can often be arranged if daytime is taken up by study or work.
Online Trauma Counselling in Coventry, 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 Midlands: Birmingham, Leicester, Solihull. See all of Midlands.
Related work in Coventry: anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.