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Online Trauma Counselling · Cwmbran
Online Trauma Counselling in Cwmbran
Online trauma counselling for Cwmbran, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Cwmbran, from the town centre to the streets around the canal, 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 Cwmbran
Trauma Counselling for Cwmbran, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Cwmbran: from the town centre to Croesyceiliog, Fairwater and Pontnewydd
- Known for
- The shopping centre, the canal and the Torfaen hills
- 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 Cwmbran
What is going on for people in Cwmbran?
Something frightening does not need to be recent to still be running. In Cwmbran you might be living streets away from where it happened, or a long way from anyone who was there at the time. Either can be difficult. The town gets on with itself, the precinct fills on a Saturday, the canal path stays green through Pontnewydd, and you keep pace with all of it while a part of you never quite settles. It shows up in ordinary places. A car door slamming. A particular time of night. A route you have quietly stopped taking, without ever explaining to anybody why the long way round suits you better.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Cwmbran
CroesyceiliogFairwaterPontnewyddSt DialsCoed EvaTwo LocksLlanyravonOakfieldGreenmeadowHenllys
Wherever you are in Cwmbran, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Cwmbran
Official figures for Cwmbran, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Torfaen, the council area covering Cwmbran, 6.5% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Wales average of 6.9%. 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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the main trauma counselling page, with how I work for the practical questions and my credentials and registration for registration and ethics.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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 of this kind is done online by secure video, from Hove, and that suits it well. You are talking to somebody wholly outside your area, with no chance of meeting in a queue or at the school gate. You also stay in your own surroundings for the whole hour, which matters a great deal when the thing that was damaged is your sense of being safe anywhere. Afterwards you are already home.
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 Cwmbran
Why people in Cwmbran come for trauma counselling
People rarely come because of the memory itself. They come because of the nights, the startle, the temper that arrives from nowhere, the sense of standing slightly outside their own life. Everything here moves at the speed you set, and that is the method rather than a courtesy. The opening part of the work is entirely about steadiness: reliable ways to bring yourself back down, tested until you trust them. Only then does anything else follow. Where it is suitable, the Human Givens Rewind Technique may be used, and it does not require you to narrate what happened. You stay calm throughout, you keep control of the process, and stopping is always available. Trauma goes unmeasured in local data. The ONS anxiety rating for Torfaen was 3.13 out of 10 in the year ending March 2023, below the Wales figure of 3.3. On the NHS side, a GP can refer you to the local primary mental health support service, and Mind in Gwent covers Torfaen alongside it.
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 Cwmbran
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Cwmbran, 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.
Cwmbran questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Cwmbran: common questions
Will you make me talk about the worst of it?
No. Nothing here depends on you giving an account of what happened. The Rewind Technique is done without describing the event out loud at all, and in ordinary sessions you say only what you choose to. Being believed does not require details.
What are the costs for trauma sessions?
£80 covers an hour, £100 a 90-minute session and £120 two hours. A longer appointment can be helpful for this work because there is time to arrive properly and time to settle before finishing. The initial 15-minute consultation does not cost anything.
Is there NHS help for this in Torfaen?
Your GP is the referral point for the local primary mental health support service, and how long you wait varies. People often join that route and begin privately at the same time. Mind in Gwent covers Torfaen, and CALL is free on 0800 132 737.
I have never said it out loud to anyone, not even family. Can I still do this?
Yes. Many people who come have never said it aloud before, sometimes for decades. There is no expectation that you tell anyone else, then or ever. What happens in the sessions stays confidential within the usual professional limits we go through at the start.
What happens if I get upset and cannot carry on that day?
Then we stop and steady things, and that is a normal part of the work rather than a problem with it. Sessions are built so they can be paused. Ending early, or spending a whole hour on settling instead, is a legitimate use of the time.
Does trauma counselling mean going over the worst parts again and again?
No. Good trauma work is not about forcing you to relive things. We build safety and steadiness first, and approach difficult memories only when and as far as you choose. The aim is relief, not re-traumatising. Everything is at your pace, by secure video.
How soon can trauma counselling start online for a Cwmbran 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 with care. Sessions run by secure video from Hove, so you can start from somewhere safe, whether in Croesyceiliog, Pontnewydd or out towards Henllys.
What does trauma counselling cost against NHS trauma help in Cwmbran?
NHS Wales trauma care through Aneurin Bevan 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 Cwmbran 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 Llanyravon or Oakfield, rather than travelling to a clinic, often helps you feel steadier. We move only at the pace that stays manageable for you.
Online Trauma Counselling in Cwmbran, 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, Pontypridd, Cardiff. 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 Cwmbran.
Within reach of Sussex? trauma counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.