Intrusive memories
Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.
Online Trauma Counselling · Craigavon
Online Trauma Counselling in Craigavon
Online trauma counselling for Craigavon, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Craigavon, from Lurgan and Portadown to the streets around the lakes, 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 Craigavon
Trauma Counselling for Craigavon, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Craigavon: from Lurgan and Portadown to Brownlow and the linked centre
- Known for
- The lakes, the linen heritage and the Lough Neagh shore
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Northern Ireland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Craigavon
What is going on for people in Craigavon?
Lurgan and Portadown are old towns with long memories, and the new town built between them did not leave the past behind. Families here carry things from years of division that were rarely discussed afterwards, alongside the traumas any community holds: accidents, assaults, sudden losses, childhoods that nobody stepped into. What is striking is how normal it is to say nothing. People get on with the shift, the school run and the linen-town routine handed down through generations, and the memory stays where it was put. Then sleep gets thin, temper gets short, or something ordinary triggers a reaction that makes no sense, and it becomes clear the thing was never actually closed.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Craigavon
LurganPortadownBrownlowBlearyLegahoryMandevilleDrumgaskTullygally
Wherever you are in Craigavon, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Craigavon
Official figures for Craigavon, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, 4.0% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Northern Ireland average of 5.2%, 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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see everything on trauma counselling for the methods, how sessions run and what they cost for fees and session lengths, and professional standards and 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.
This work is delivered online, by secure video. There is no room in the borough, since Bradley is in Hove, and for trauma that arrangement often suits people better. You are in your own house, with your own door, and when the hour ends you stay where you are instead of driving home unsettled along the ring road. Choose a time when nobody else is about if you can. Any session can be slowed, paused or ended early at your say-so.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does trauma counselling address?
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 Craigavon
Why people in Craigavon come for trauma counselling
Most people arrive years late, not because they did not need help but because talking about it was the exact thing they could not face. That is worth knowing before you start, because this approach does not require the story. The Human Givens Rewind Technique allows a difficult memory to be processed without you describing what happened, and nothing about your background, your family or your community will be asked for in order to make it work. We begin with stability instead: sleep, grounding, and a week that holds together. Only then, and only at your pace, do we go near the material. Some of what people carry here was inherited rather than lived, absorbed from parents who never explained, and that is workable too. Your GP can refer you for talking therapies through Health and Social Care, Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000, and Inspire Wellbeing offers support you can approach 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 Craigavon
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Craigavon, your GP can refer you to talking therapies and counselling through Health and Social Care. You can find support through Lifeline, Northern Ireland's crisis helpline, free on 0808 808 8000.
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 Lifeline free on 0808 808 8000. Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Craigavon questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Craigavon: common questions
Will I be asked what happened in detail?
No. You control what is said and what is left unsaid, and the Rewind Technique is used partly because it does not depend on a full account. Some people work for weeks without giving specifics. There is no pressure to disclose anything to anybody.
What do sessions cost and how often would I come?
Sixty minutes is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and 120 minutes is £120. Weekly is typical at the start, though some prefer a longer session less often, especially early on. The first 15-minute call is free and is a good place to ask about pace.
What is available locally besides private counselling?
Your GP can refer you for talking therapies through Health and Social Care. Craigavon Area Hospital serves the area for medical needs, though counselling itself is arranged through your GP. Lifeline is free at any hour on 0808 808 8000 and Inspire Wellbeing takes direct contact.
Is this suitable if what I carry involves things that happened around here?
Yes, and it is handled without politics and without taking any view on the past. What is worked with is the effect on you now: the sleep, the reactions, the sense of being on alert. Nothing requires you to name people or places.
Can trauma work be done properly over a screen?
It can, provided it is paced well, and pacing rather than proximity is what makes trauma work safe. Being at home gives you control over the room and a clean end to the session. If something needs to slow right down, it slows down just the same.
Will you understand the background someone here might be carrying?
Bradley works sensitively with people across Northern Ireland and takes care to follow your lead, never assuming and never rushing. Sessions are online by secure video from Hove, giving you a private, unhurried space to talk through difficult history when you are ready.
How soon can I start trauma counselling online in Craigavon?
After a free 15-minute consultation, usually within a week or two. Trauma work is paced with care, so early online sessions by secure video focus on safety first. You can take part from home anywhere in Craigavon, with no clinic visit to arrange.
How do trauma counselling fees compare with the NHS in Craigavon?
NHS trauma services in Craigavon are free but often carry waiting lists. Bradley charges £80 for 60 minutes, 100 for 90 and 120 for 120, following a free 15-minute consultation, so support need not wait for a list to move.
Is online trauma counselling suitable for people in Craigavon?
For many, yes. Working online by secure video lets you stay in your own private space, which can feel steadier for trauma than an unfamiliar room. Bradley is Hove-based and UK-wide, with some evening slots for Craigavon clients who prefer to talk after work.
Online Trauma Counselling in Craigavon, 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 Northern Ireland: Lisburn, Newry. See all of Northern Ireland.
Also available in Craigavon: 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.