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Online Trauma Counselling · Dundee
Online Trauma Counselling in Dundee
Online trauma counselling for Dundee, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Dundee, from the waterfront and the centre to the streets around the V&A, 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 Dundee
Trauma Counselling for Dundee, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Dundee: from the waterfront and the centre to Lochee, Broughty Ferry and the Hilltown
- Known for
- The V&A, the Tay and the design quarter
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Dundee
What is going on for people in Dundee?
Dundee has had a lot of sudden loss, and much of it goes unspoken. A friend who did not come through a bad year. A death in the family that nobody in the house has mentioned since. Something violent that happened in a street you still walk down. This is a city that gets on with it, and the getting on can hold for years before it starts costing. What surfaces afterwards is rarely dramatic: sleep that breaks at the same time every night, a jump at a raised voice, a route through Maryfield or Douglas that you have quietly stopped using. You may feel oddly outside your own life, watching it rather than living it.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Dundee
LocheeBroughty FerryHilltownStobswellWest EndMenzieshillMaryfieldDouglasFintry
Wherever you are in Dundee, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Dundee
Official figures for Dundee, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Dundee City, 5.3% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Scotland average of 6.1%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
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.
The method travels; only the geography changes. the trauma counselling page explains it properly, the practical side answers the practical questions, and how to check my registration shows how the practice is held to account.
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 for people in Dundee is done online by secure video, from Bradley's room in Hove. That distance turns out to help. Nobody involved in what happened is anywhere near, and you are not walking through a building where you might be recognised. You stay in your own space for the whole session, which is worth a lot when safety is what got shaken, and afterwards there is no journey to manage while you are still settling.
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 Dundee
Why people in Dundee come for trauma counselling
People come because of what is still running, not because of the event itself: a body permanently ready, the same fragments arriving at night, a life narrowed around things that must be avoided. You set the pace entirely. Nothing difficult is approached until you have dependable ways to steady yourself, and building those is treated as the work rather than the preamble. The Human Givens Rewind Technique can be used where it fits, and it asks nothing of you in the way of retelling; you stay relaxed, you stay in charge, and you can halt it at any moment. Bereavement is a common route in here, and National Records of Scotland put the age-standardised drug-misuse death rate in Dundee City at 35.6 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, far above the Scotland average of 22.5. Grief of that kind often carries shock alongside it. For NHS support, a GP referral leads to psychological therapies, NHS inform carries trustworthy information, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 Dundee
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Dundee, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Dundee questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Dundee: common questions
Do I need to describe what happened?
You do not. How much you say is your decision throughout, and some people say very little about the event itself. The Rewind Technique is designed to work without any retelling. Nothing is drawn out of you, and there is no stage where that changes.
What do trauma sessions cost in Dundee?
Trauma sessions are priced like everything else: £80 an hour, £100 for ninety minutes, £120 for two. Longer slots suit some people for this work because there is time to arrive and time to settle again. The 15-minute consultation beforehand is free, and there is no obligation after it.
Is there an NHS route for trauma in Dundee?
It starts at your GP, who can refer you into NHS psychological therapies. Waits vary between boards, so asking early helps. NHS inform explains trauma reactions in plain terms, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87 when the nights are hard.
I lost someone suddenly and I cannot stop replaying it. Is that trauma?
It can be, yes. A sudden death often leaves shock sitting on top of grief, and the replaying is the shock rather than a failure to accept it. That part frequently settles with the right pacing, and grief itself is given room rather than hurried.
What if talking about any of it makes things worse?
Then we stop and steady you, that session. Pacing is the method here, not a courtesy. You decide the speed each time, and choosing to stop early is treated as a sign that you are reading yourself accurately rather than a setback.
I do not want to be seen going to a local counselling service, what are my options?
That is a common concern, and online work solves it neatly. There is no local building to be seen entering and no waiting room. Sessions happen privately by secure video from your own home in Dundee, so trauma work can stay entirely between us, at a pace you set.
How soon can trauma counselling start online in Dundee?
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation and usually arrange a first session within a week or two. Trauma work moves at your pace, with no local waiting list. You start from your own space in Dundee rather than a clinic across town.
How do trauma counselling fees compare with Dundee services?
NHS Tayside and some charities offer free trauma support, though waits are common. My private fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, with a free 15-minute consultation first and no queue before we begin.
Can trauma sessions be held privately by video in Dundee?
Yes. Many people prefer to process trauma from the safety of home rather than a local service where they might be recognised. Secure video sessions, evenings included, reach a quiet room in the West End or Menzieshill, with nothing to travel to.
Online Trauma Counselling in Dundee, 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 Scotland: Perth, Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy. See all of Scotland.
Close to this in Dundee, there is anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same trauma counselling is available in person, in Brighton, or see every area I cover.