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Online Trauma Counselling · Edinburgh
Online Trauma Counselling in Edinburgh
Online trauma counselling for Edinburgh, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Edinburgh, from the Old Town and New Town to the streets around the castle, 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 Edinburgh
Trauma Counselling for Edinburgh, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Edinburgh: from the Old Town and New Town to Leith, Morningside and Portobello
- Known for
- The castle, Arthur's Seat and the Royal Mile
- 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 Edinburgh
What is going on for people in Edinburgh?
A capital city holds a lot of things that were never spoken about afterwards. An assault walking home. A crash. A hospital night that ended fine and still left something behind. Edinburgh is full of people who moved here for work or study and have no one nearby who knew them before, so there is often nobody to tell. You go back to the office on the Monday because that is what everyone does. Later the effects surface sideways: broken sleep, a jump at a sound behind you, a street in Stockbridge or the Old Town you no longer walk after dark. You may feel oddly outside things, watching rather than living.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Edinburgh
Old TownNew TownLeithMorningsidePortobelloStockbridgeBruntsfieldMarchmontCorstorphineNewington
Wherever you are in Edinburgh, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Edinburgh
Official figures for Edinburgh, for context rather than as a description of you.
In the City of Edinburgh, 4.0% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 6.1%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
Reviewed June 2026.
What actually happens 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.
The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on everything on trauma counselling, alongside the practical side and my BACP registration.
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.
Trauma work with people in Edinburgh is done online by secure video, from Bradley's room in Hove. The distance is an advantage. There is no waiting area in your own city where you might see a colleague, no building to be observed entering, and nobody involved in what happened is within hundreds of miles. You also stay in your own space throughout, which counts for a lot when safety is the thing that has been shaken.
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 Edinburgh
Why people in Edinburgh come for trauma counselling
Almost nobody comes because of the event. They come because of what is still running afterwards: a body permanently ready, the same images arriving unbidden, a life quietly organised around avoidance. The pace belongs to you here without exception. Nothing difficult is approached until you have reliable ways to steady yourself, and building those is the work rather than a preliminary to it. Where it suits, the Human Givens Rewind Technique can be used, and it does not require you to describe what happened; you stay relaxed, you remain in charge, and it stops the moment you say so. People also come after a sudden death, and the age-standardised drug-misuse death rate in the City of Edinburgh averaged 20.6 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, below the Scotland average of 22.5, according to National Records of Scotland. On the NHS side, your GP can refer you into psychological therapies, with NHS inform for trusted information and Breathing Space 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 Edinburgh
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Edinburgh, 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.
Edinburgh questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Edinburgh: common questions
Will you ask me to talk through the details?
Not unless you want to. You control what is said and how much, throughout. The Rewind Technique works without you retelling the event at all, and plenty of people never describe it in full. There is no point at which that expectation changes.
How much does a trauma session cost?
Sixty minutes is £80, ninety minutes £100, and two hours £120. For this work some people prefer the longer appointment so there is time to arrive properly and time to settle at the end. The 15-minute consultation before that is free.
What is the NHS route for trauma in Edinburgh?
It runs through your GP, who can refer you into NHS psychological therapies; waits vary and asking early is sensible. NHS inform explains common reactions after a frightening event, and Breathing Space takes calls free on 0800 83 85 87.
I moved here alone and have never told anyone what happened. Is that a problem?
It is a common position rather than a problem, and it is often part of why things have stayed stuck. Having nobody who knew you before makes silence easy. Starting with someone entirely outside your life is frequently easier than starting with a friend.
Can something that happened abroad or long before I came here be worked with?
Yes. Where or when it happened makes no difference to how the nervous system holds it. We work with what is happening in your body and sleep now, at a pace you set, and you decide how much of the story is ever put into words.
I have kept going for years, why would past events surface now?
It is common for old experiences to resurface when life finally slows or when the pressure of holding everything together eases. That does not mean anything has gone wrong. We would go at your pace, safely and privately, by secure video from your own home in Edinburgh.
How soon can trauma counselling start online in Edinburgh?
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation and usually arrange a first session within a week or two. Trauma work needs to move at your pace, so there is no rush, but there is also no local waiting list, and you start from home.
How do your trauma counselling fees compare to services in Edinburgh?
NHS Lothian and some charities offer free trauma support but often with waits, while private practice varies. My fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, with a free 15-minute consultation, and no queue to begin.
Can trauma sessions be held privately by video from home in Edinburgh?
Yes. Many people prefer processing trauma in the safety of their own space rather than a clinic across the city. Secure video sessions, including evenings, let you work from a quiet room in Newington or Leith, with the door closed and no journey afterwards.
Online Trauma Counselling in Edinburgh, 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: Glasgow, Dunfermline, Falkirk. See all of Scotland.
If trauma counselling is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy may fit better in Edinburgh.
Within reach of Sussex? trauma counselling is offered in the room in Hove, where the room is as well as online; see the full list of areas.