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Online Trauma Counselling · Gloucester
Online Trauma Counselling in Gloucester
Online trauma counselling for Gloucester, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Gloucester, from the historic docks and the city centre to the streets around the cathedral, 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 Gloucester
Trauma Counselling for Gloucester, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Gloucester: from the historic docks and the city centre to Barton, Tredworth and Quedgeley
- Known for
- The cathedral, the historic docks and the quays
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Let's Talk, the Gloucestershire NHS Talking Therapies service
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Gloucester
Why do people in Gloucester reach out?
A difficult history does not need a name to keep affecting somebody. In Gloucester it often stays inside the family, unmentioned for years, surfacing instead as temper, broken sleep, or a wariness that looks out of proportion to whatever set it off. Emergency admissions for self-harm here were 92.2 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000, and a figure under the average still covers a great deal of private pain. Gloucestershire Royal Hospital meets some of it. The rest is carried around Abbeymead, Hucclecote and Barton by people who have never described it to anybody and have half decided that they never will.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Gloucester
BartonTredworthQuedgeleyKingsholmLonglevensHucclecotePodsmeadMatsonAbbeymeadTuffley
Wherever you are in Gloucester, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Gloucester
Official figures for Gloucester, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 92.2 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 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the full trauma counselling page sets out the methods, the practical side covers the practicalities, and how to check my registration covers accountability.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
This is online work, by secure video, from Hove, and there is no room in this city. With trauma the arrangement is often a real advantage. You stay somewhere you already know, you decide what the camera shows, and the call ends the second you want it to. There is no reception, no shared corridor, nobody to walk past. For anyone who has learned to watch the exits, being able to close a laptop is worth more than it sounds.
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 Gloucester
Why people in Gloucester come for trauma counselling
You are not going to be asked to describe what happened. That is not a kindness offered at the start and quietly withdrawn later; it is how the work is built. The pace belongs to you from beginning to end. We start with the present-day picture: sleep, startle, temper, the situations you steer around, and anything that already helps even slightly. The Human Givens Rewind Technique processes a memory without you speaking it aloud, and we reach it only once the ground is steady enough to stand on. If you say stop, we stop, and that counts as sound judgement rather than a setback. Let's Talk, the Gloucestershire NHS Talking Therapies service, takes self-referrals in England and can assess and route trauma-focused help, and where symptoms are severe your GP should be part of 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 Gloucester
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Gloucester, you can refer yourself directly to Let's Talk, the Gloucestershire NHS Talking Therapies service 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.
Gloucester questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Gloucester: common questions
I have never talked about it and do not want to start now. Is that a problem?
It is not. The Human Givens Rewind Technique was designed so a memory can be processed without being narrated, and much of the work happens before we go anywhere near it. You can bring the effects instead of the events. What gets said, and when, remains yours to decide.
Self-harm admissions here are 92.2 per 100,000, below the England average of 117. Does a lower figure mean less support?
No. That rate is for 2023/24 and counts emergency admissions and nothing else. Let's Talk takes self-referrals across the county whatever the local figures happen to look like. If you are hurting yourself, tell your GP, and Samaritans will answer through the night.
Would Let's Talk take on something like trauma?
It would assess it and route trauma-focused work accordingly. In England you refer yourself, so no GP letter is needed to make a start. If symptoms are severe, or sleep and safety are badly affected, involve your GP at the same time. Private sessions can run alongside while you wait.
Everyone in my family knows everyone. How do I do this without it getting back?
There is no local building, no receptionist and no appointment letter arriving at the house. Sessions are confidential under the BACP Ethical Framework, and the limits to that are explained clearly at the start. Nothing goes to your GP unless you specifically ask for it to.
How long will this take and what does it cost?
One clearly bounded event usually needs fewer sessions than people fear; something that went on for years needs more, and neither is booked as a block. Sixty minutes is £80, ninety is £100, two hours is £120. We review the pace as we go, starting with the free 15-minute call.
Something from my past keeps surfacing but I'm used to just getting on. Is counselling worth it?
Yes. Pressing on alone with difficult memories is exhausting, and there is real relief in working through them gently, at your own pace. Sessions are confidential and held online by secure video. The counselling room is in Hove.
How do I begin trauma counselling online from Gloucester?
Trauma counselling for Gloucester is delivered online, so support is not held up by finding a local space. After a free 15-minute consultation we set a steady pace, and secure video sessions can usually begin within a week. The consulting room is in Hove; Gloucester is served by video.
What are the fees for trauma work, and how does the NHS compare in Gloucester?
NHS trauma support in Gloucester comes through Let's Talk and is free, though the wait can be hard. Privately, I charge £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, with a free 15-minute consultation. Longer sessions often suit trauma work.
For trauma, is online suitable, and are Gloucester evenings possible?
For trauma, many Gloucester clients value staying in their own private space rather than travelling. We work by secure video at a pace you control, with evening slots around shift patterns where possible. In-person appointments are only for those able to reach Hove.
Online Trauma Counselling in Gloucester, 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 South West: Cheltenham, Worcester, Swindon. See all of South West.
Related work in Gloucester: anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.