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Online Trauma Counselling · Derby
Online Trauma Counselling in Derby
Online trauma counselling for Derby, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Derby, from the Cathedral Quarter and the centre to the streets around the Silk Mill, 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 Derby
Trauma Counselling for Derby, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Derby: from the Cathedral Quarter and the centre to Littleover, Mickleover and Allenton
- Known for
- The cathedral, the Silk Mill and the river Derwent
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Derby and Derbyshire Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Derby
Why do people in Derby reach out?
Trauma work in Derby covers a wide range. An industrial accident. A crash. A bereavement dealt with by carrying on. A childhood in Normanton or Allenton that nobody discussed once everyone had grown up. Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm here ran at 133.1 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000, which measures one particular kind of crisis rather than how many people are struggling. Most of what comes into this work never reaches a hospital at all. It appears instead as flinching at a noise on the shop floor, avoiding one stretch of road, or a temper that arrives from nowhere and frightens you as much as anyone else.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Derby
Cathedral QuarterLittleoverMickleoverAllentonChaddesdenAlvastonNormantonSpondonOakwoodSinfin
Wherever you are in Derby, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Derby
Official figures for Derby, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 133.1 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 does trauma counselling involve?
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 full trauma counselling page, with session lengths and fees for the practical questions and my credentials 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.
Sessions run online by secure video, since Bradley is in Hove and there is nothing to travel to here. For trauma the arrangement carries real advantages. You stay somewhere familiar, you set what is visible on screen, and ending a call sits entirely within your control. Nobody stands between you and the door. The camera can stay off for as long as you like, and the gap between appointments can be widened whenever the work needs more space around it.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does trauma counselling help with?
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 Derby
Why people in Derby come for trauma counselling
Nothing here depends on you telling the story. Trauma counselling is paced, client-led and built so that a memory can be processed without a narration of events, which is what the Human Givens Rewind Technique is for. It is not a shortcut. It is the reason people who could never talk about a thing are able to do this work at all. The early stage is entirely about the present: what your body is doing, what sets it off, how sleep, startle and irritability have been behaving, and where you already find a moment of calm. Only when that footing is firm do we go near the memory, at the pace you set, and stopping is always the right answer if it is your answer. Derby and Derbyshire Talking Therapies accepts self-referrals and can assess and route trauma work. Where symptoms are severe, your GP is a reasonable early call alongside anything private.
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 Derby
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Derby, you can refer yourself directly to Derby and Derbyshire 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.
Derby questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Derby: common questions
Can this be done without me describing what happened?
Yes, and that is the ordinary way of working rather than an exception being made. The Human Givens Rewind Technique processes a memory without requiring a spoken account of it. You control the level of detail throughout, and nothing is asked in order to establish that it was bad enough.
What can Derby and Derbyshire Talking Therapies do about trauma?
It assesses people and directs them towards trauma-focused help, and self-referral means you approach them yourself rather than waiting on a GP letter. Waiting times vary. Where symptoms are severe, or sleep and safety have deteriorated badly, speaking to your GP at the same time is a sound step.
Is a longer session better for this kind of work?
Often, yes. Ninety minutes at £100 leaves time to settle at both the beginning and the end rather than finishing abruptly, though the hour at £80 works perfectly well for many people. Two hours is £120. What suits you can be discussed in the free 15-minute consultation.
Something happened at the works years ago and I have never mentioned it. Is it too late now?
No. Memories left untouched for decades still respond to this work, and elapsed time is not the deciding factor. What counts for more is how much the thing still intrudes on your present, and that is what we would look at first rather than the calendar.
I get a jolt of panic every time I drive past one particular junction. Can that be worked with online?
It can, and being at home is an advantage rather than a limitation. We work with the real junction, the real approach and the real moment it hits, building steadiness before going anywhere near the memory attached to it. A screen makes no difference to how a body learns.
Something happened at work that I can't shake, can this help?
Yes. Difficult events, including workplace accidents, can leave a lasting mark, and trauma counselling offers a careful space to process them. There is no pressure to relive anything before you are ready; sessions move entirely at the pace that feels manageable for you.
How do I start online trauma counselling in Derby?
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, held online, so you can get a feel for the work before committing. Derby is served by video from Hove, meaning no travel and no local waiting list, and we then agree a steady, private time that suits your pattern.
What does trauma counselling cost in Derby, and is there an NHS route?
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 give. NHS help is available through a Derby GP referral, though waits vary.
Would online trauma sessions suit me in Derby, and can we meet in the evening?
Many people find video steadier for trauma, joining from home rather than travelling. The room is in Hove, so Derby is online only. Evening and out-of-hours times can often be arranged around shift work at Rolls-Royce, Toyota or the engineering supply chain.
Online Trauma Counselling in Derby, 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: Nottingham, Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent. See all of Midlands.
If trauma counselling is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy may fit better in Derby.
For anyone near the coast, the same trauma counselling runs in person in Hove, where the room is. Every area covered is listed separately.