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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 (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
Why people in Craigavon reach out
Craigavon is a planned new town stitching together Lurgan and Portadown in County Armagh, and its dispersed, planned layout can make it harder to feel rooted. Insecure work, the legacy of division and the spread-out geography all shape what people here carry.
Craigavon was planned in the 1960s to join Lurgan and Portadown into a single new town, and its wide roads, roundabouts and two man-made lakes still give it that deliberate, spread-out shape. Oxford Island reaches out into Lough Neagh nearby, a nature reserve of reed beds and birdlife on the shore of the largest lake in the British Isles, while the City Park lakes and Lurgan Park offer green space between the estates. Rushmere draws shoppers to the centre that ties the two older towns together, and both Lurgan and Portadown keep their own markets, linen history and stations on the Belfast to Dublin line. It is a County Armagh place of scattered communities, motorway links and the quiet water of the lough.
In a fast-grown town where many people arrived for work or housing without family close by, online counselling offers a steady, confidential connection while you put down roots.
Craigavon is served by Craigavon Area Hospital, a major acute hospital of the Southern HSC Trust, and is home to the headquarters of pharmaceutical company Almac Group.
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 trauma counselling itself
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.
The approach is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods, what each session covers and fees, on the main trauma counselling page and on how I work.
How online sessions work
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop, no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
Support in Craigavon does not depend on reaching a service across its spread-out layout. Sessions are held online, by secure video, throughout Northern Ireland, so the dispersed roads and roundabouts are no barrier to getting help. The counsellor is based in Hove and works UK-wide by video rather than in person, meaning you can talk from home in Lurgan, Portadown or Brownlow without a journey across town.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online trauma counselling in Craigavon can help
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
In County Armagh, the legacy of division runs quietly through Craigavon's communities as it does across Northern Ireland, and difficult history can be carried long after the events that shaped it. Trauma may surface as watchfulness, tension or feelings that seem to come from nowhere. Trauma counselling offers a slow, careful space to make sense of what you hold, always at a pace that stays yours. Bradley Riddell works online by secure video from Hove, so this gentle work can begin from home in Lurgan or Portadown, with no journey across the town's spread-out roads.
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, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Craigavon questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Craigavon: common questions
Can I get online trauma counselling if I live in Craigavon?
Yes. I work with people right across Craigavon, from Lurgan and Portadown outwards, and anywhere else in Northern Ireland, by secure video, no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
Do I have to describe what happened in detail?
No. Methods like the Human Givens Rewind let us process a memory without you reliving it or even speaking the detail aloud.
Is it safe to do trauma work online?
Yes, when it is paced carefully. We go slowly, keep you grounded, and you stay in control of what we approach and when.
What if I get overwhelmed during a session?
We build in ways to settle and pause, and never move faster than feels safe. Being in your own space online can make that easier.
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 pounds 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.
Craigavon is so spread out - how do I reach support?
You do not have to travel across it at all. Sessions are online by secure video, so you can take part from home in Lurgan, Portadown or Brownlow. The counsellor is based in Hove and works across Northern Ireland by video, so the dispersed layout makes no difference.
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.
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Closer to the Sussex coast? The same trauma counselling is available in person in Brighton & Hove, or see all in-person areas.