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Online Trauma Counselling · Dover
Online Trauma Counselling in Dover
Online trauma counselling for Dover, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Dover, from the seafront and the town to the streets around the white cliffs, 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 Dover
Trauma Counselling for Dover, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Dover: from the seafront and the town to Tower Hamlets, Buckland and River
- Known for
- The white cliffs, the castle and the harbour
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Dover
What brings people in Dover to counselling?
A port town sees things. Accidents on the road network, incidents at sea, and the ordinary private catastrophes that happen everywhere. Trauma does not sort itself by cause. Afterwards the pattern is recognisable: broken sleep, a body that will not come off alert, and a shrinking list of places you are willing to go. Some people here carry something from work at sea, some from years in a frightening household, some from an event a long way from Dover and a long time ago. Self-harm admissions to hospital ran at 116.3 per 100,000 across 2023/24, marginally under the England figure of 117 per 100,000, and that counts only what reached a hospital.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Dover
Tower HamletsBucklandRiverMaxtonAycliffeWhitfieldCharltonElms Vale
Wherever you are in Dover, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Dover
Official figures for Dover, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 116.3 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below 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 everything on trauma counselling for the methods, session lengths and fees for fees and session lengths, and my credentials and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
What do I need for 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.
Trauma work with people in Dover is done online by secure video. Staying put is part of what makes it manageable. You are in your own place, with the door and the light as you want them, and the session ends with you already home instead of facing a drive while everything is still near the surface. For some that is a room upstairs; for others it is a cab or a car parked somewhere quiet.
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 Dover
Why people in Dover come for trauma counselling
This kind of counselling gets postponed mainly because of an assumption about what it involves. People imagine being walked back through the worst of it and made to describe every part, and quite reasonably decide they would rather not. That is not how it goes. The work is led by you and paced to what you can hold, and no detail is required from you. Where it fits, the Human Givens Rewind Technique can be used, and it needs no retelling of the event whatsoever; you stay relaxed, awake and in charge, and you can end it whenever you decide to. The first stage is not the memory but your ability to bring yourself back to steady, and we stay with that until it is dependable. Self-referral to NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway is open, and they can advise on trauma-focused NHS options.
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 Dover
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Dover, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway 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.
Dover questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Dover: common questions
Will you make me go over it?
No, and it is worth being direct about that, because the fear of it keeps a great many people away. You choose what gets said. The Rewind Technique in particular needs no account of the event, and some people complete the work without ever putting it into words.
What does it cost, and how many appointments will I need?
An hour is £80 / 60 min, with £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min if you want a longer stretch. Nothing is booked in blocks. This work is often shorter than expected, and the free 15-minute conversation is the place to ask what is likely for you.
Is there NHS help for trauma in this part of Kent?
Yes. NHS Talking Therapies in Kent and Medway takes self-referrals without a GP appointment and can advise on trauma-focused NHS options, although waits vary. If tonight is bad, contact your GP, and Samaritans are there through the night. Both routes can run together.
Something happened at sea years ago and I never reported it. Does that matter here?
Not for this work. Counselling asks nothing about reports, statements or whether anybody believed you at the time. What we deal with is how it is affecting you now. Whether you ever tell anyone officially stays a separate decision, and entirely your own.
I would rather nobody around here knew I was doing this. Is that possible?
It is. Nothing is shared with your GP, your employer or anyone else without your agreement, and confidentiality holds within the usual professional limits, which get explained at the start. Because the counselling is online and not local, there is nowhere for you to be seen.
I'd rather not make a fuss about the past. Is trauma counselling still for me?
Yes. There is nothing to make a fuss about: sessions are private and online, held from home, and we go entirely at your pace. We build safety before approaching anything difficult, so working through the past stays manageable and never feels forced.
How soon can I start trauma counselling online in Dover?
Often within a week of a free consultation. Bradley works online with Dover clients, so there is no clinic to reach across town. Trauma work from your own private space, in Buckland or River, can feel steadier and safer.
What do trauma sessions cost, and can the NHS help in Dover?
Trauma counselling is £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, with the longer sessions often suiting it. NHS Talking Therapies Kent and Medway is free but can be oversubscribed, so many in Dover begin privately sooner.
Is online trauma counselling as good as in person in Dover, and are evenings available?
Many Dover clients find online trauma work just as steadying, with familiar surroundings between sessions. Bradley offers some evening slots for shift workers, and the Hove room is a coastal train ride away if meeting in person would help.
Online Trauma Counselling in Dover, 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 London & South East: Folkestone, Canterbury. See all of London & South East.
Also available in Dover: anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
Within reach of Sussex? trauma counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.