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Online Trauma Counselling · Crewe
Online Trauma Counselling in Crewe
Online trauma counselling for Crewe, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Crewe, from the town centre and the station to the streets around the railway heritage, 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 Crewe
Trauma Counselling for Crewe, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Crewe: from the town centre and the station to Nantwich Road, Wistaston and Coppenhall
- Known for
- The railway heritage, the works and the surrounding Cheshire plain
- Region
- North West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies (find via the NHS finder)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Crewe
Why do people in Crewe reach out?
Railway towns hold their history close and their difficulties closer. Crewe is small enough that people are known, and being known makes an old injury harder to speak about rather than easier. Trauma covers more ground than most people assume. A childhood, an industrial accident, a death that everyone moved on from too quickly, something at home that was never given a name. Emergency admissions for self-harm here reached 180.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, well above the England average of 117 per 100,000. That is a statement about pressure across a town, and it says nothing about the person quietly managing something near Nantwich Road.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Crewe
the town centre and station areaNantwich RoadWistastonCoppenhallHaslingtonShavingtonWillastonLeighton
Wherever you are in Crewe, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Crewe
Official figures for Crewe, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 180.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above 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.
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 my credentials and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
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.
This work is done online by secure video from Hove, so there is no local room and no journey. For trauma, the arrangement gives you things that matter. Your own surroundings stay familiar, you decide what the camera includes, and you can end the call yourself without permission or explanation. Being able to stop something instantly is significant when the original difficulty involved not being able to. Working with the camera off at first is entirely acceptable.
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 Crewe
Why people in Crewe come for trauma counselling
There is no requirement to describe what happened, at any stage. That principle governs everything else. The Human Givens Rewind Technique, a core part of how trauma is approached here, lets the memory be processed without you putting it into words aloud, so the fear of being made to relive it in front of a stranger can be set aside. We start with what is happening now: your sleep, your startle response, the things you steer around, the situations that flip you into alarm, and whatever already helps you come back down. The memory is approached only after that is steady, at a pace you control entirely. NHS access from Crewe is via the national NHS Talking Therapies finder, which takes self-referrals in England and can assess and route trauma cases, and your GP is a sensible parallel step where symptoms are severe.
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 Crewe
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Crewe, you can refer yourself directly to NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression, with no GP referral needed. You can find support through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
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.
Crewe questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Crewe: common questions
Do I have to relive it to get past it?
No, and that assumption stops a lot of people from ever asking. The rewind technique is used because it does not depend on retelling or reliving. You keep control of what is spoken about, and a minimal outline is enough for the work to proceed properly.
Something happened at work on the railway and I have never told anyone. Where would I start?
You would start with how it affects you now, not with the event. Sleep, concentration, the shifts you dread, the places you avoid. That is enough to work with, and what you choose to say about the incident itself remains entirely yours to decide.
Is there NHS trauma support I can reach without a GP first?
Yes. The national NHS Talking Therapies finder takes self-referrals across England and can assess you and point towards trauma-focused help. If sleep or safety is badly affected, seeing your GP as well is a reasonable step and does not cancel out the self-referral.
What if I fall apart in a session and then have to go straight in to work?
It is a fair concern, and it shapes how sessions are run. Difficult material is contained deliberately, and time is always kept at the end to settle before you close the laptop. We can also avoid scheduling this work immediately before a shift.
Does it matter that this happened a very long time ago?
Not in the way people fear. Old material is not fixed material, and a nervous system that learned to brace at eight can learn something else later on. Age tends to affect how slowly we go and how much steadying comes first, not whether the work can be done.
My shifts make regular appointments hard. Can trauma work still be consistent?
Yes. Because we meet online, we can use daytime or evening slots to suit your rota, aiming for a steady time where possible and adjusting when shifts change. Trauma work benefits from that consistency, and working online makes it far easier to keep sessions going around changing hours.
Is trauma counselling available for Crewe, and when could I begin?
We begin carefully, with a free 15-minute call to talk about what you need. Because trauma counselling for Crewe is online, wherever you are near the railway heritage and the Cheshire plain, there is no local waiting list to sit on, and we can arrange your first session once you feel ready to start.
How much is trauma counselling, and how does that compare with the NHS in Crewe?
A 60-minute trauma session is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and two hours is £120, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Your Crewe GP can point you to free NHS trauma services, but there is often a wait, whereas starting privately with me does not depend on a referral.
Would trauma sessions from Crewe be online or face to face, including evening times?
Because I am based in Hove, trauma counselling for Crewe is online by secure video or phone, so you can stay in a place where you feel safe near the railway heritage and the Cheshire plain. Being at home rather than in a waiting room often helps, and I keep some evening appointments free around work.
Online Trauma Counselling in Crewe, 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 North West: Chester, Stoke-on-Trent, Warrington. See all of North West.
Related work in Crewe: 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.