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Online Trauma Counselling · Lancaster
Online Trauma Counselling in Lancaster
Online trauma counselling for Lancaster, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Lancaster, from the city centre and the castle to the streets around the Ashton Memorial, 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 Lancaster
Trauma Counselling for Lancaster, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Lancaster: from the city centre and the castle to Bowerham, Scotforth and nearby Morecambe
- Known for
- The castle, the Ashton Memorial and the river Lune
- Region
- North West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Lancaster
Why people in Lancaster get in touch
A small city keeps its records in people's heads. Lancaster is old, tightly held and quietly aware of its own history, and in that kind of place something difficult can go unmentioned for a very long time. Trauma has no minimum threshold. A childhood, an assault while at university, a road accident on the way in from the coast, a hospital night that everyone agreed not to discuss. Self-harm admissions here ran at 114 per 100,000 in 2023/24, slightly below the England average of 117 per 100,000, and a figure below average is still a figure describing a lot of quiet distress in Marsh, Bowerham and beyond.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Lancaster
the city centreBowerhamScotforthSkertonMarshFreeholdHaltonnearby Morecambe
Wherever you are in Lancaster, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Lancaster
Official figures for Lancaster, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 114 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 the full trauma counselling page for the methods, how sessions run and what they cost for fees and session lengths, and how to check my 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 counselling is delivered online by secure video, with no room in the north of the county and Bradley working from Hove. For this work the format is an advantage rather than a substitute. You stay somewhere your body already recognises as safe, you decide what appears behind you, and the call ends when you end it. That last point matters more than it sounds when the original experience involved having no say. The camera can stay off throughout the early weeks.
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 Lancaster
Why people in Lancaster come for trauma counselling
You are not required to tell the story, and that is the first thing worth establishing. The Human Givens Rewind Technique, which is central to how trauma is worked with here, allows a memory to be processed without a spoken account, so the dread of having to describe it does not have to be overcome before anything can begin. We work first on what is happening in the present: sleep, startle, concentration, temper, the places and situations you steer around, and whatever already brings you back down. Only once that is dependable is the memory approached, at a pace set by you and paused whenever you want. NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Talking Therapies takes self-referrals in England and can assess and route trauma cases, with your GP a sensible parallel step if symptoms are severe.
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 Lancaster
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Lancaster, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria 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.
Lancaster questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Lancaster: common questions
Does trauma work mean going back through everything in detail?
No. The rewind approach is used specifically because it does not require you to narrate what happened. You decide what is said and when. Most people give a very brief outline and no more, and that is entirely sufficient for the work.
Something happened during my time at Lancaster University. Can I get help without involving the university?
Yes. This is completely separate from any institution, and nothing is reported to a university, a department or anyone else. Whether you also use student support is your decision alone, and many people prefer to keep counselling entirely outside the place where it happened.
Can NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Talking Therapies deal with trauma?
They assess and direct people towards trauma-focused support, and self-referral means no GP letter is needed to approach them. Where sleep or safety is significantly affected, speaking to your GP at the same time is a sensible addition rather than a contradiction.
How long does this take and can I pause?
You can pause at any stage and it is treated as sound judgement about pacing. One clearly bounded event often needs fewer sessions than expected; difficulties spread across years take longer and go more slowly. Nothing is sold as a set course, and we review openly throughout.
What if what happened to me was not bad enough to count?
That belief is extremely common and it keeps people away for years. There is no severity test to pass. If something still shapes your sleep, your temper or the routes you take, it is worth attention, whatever comparison you have been making in your head.
The nearest specialist help feels a long way off. Can online reach me?
Yes. Wherever you are in Lancaster or the surrounding countryside, the session comes to you by secure video, with no long drive involved. Distance is precisely where meeting online helps most, bringing steady, confidential support to your own home whenever you need it.
How soon can I start trauma counselling in Lancaster?
Trauma work needs to move at your pace, so we open with a free 15-minute consultation to see if we fit, then agree a regular time. I work online with people throughout Lancaster, from Bowerham to nearby Morecambe, which means no NHS waiting list stands between you and starting.
What do you charge for trauma counselling, and is there an NHS route in Lancaster?
For trauma counselling my fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, and the first 15-minute call is free. In Lancaster the NHS can offer trauma support through your GP or Talking Therapies, though waits vary; privately we can begin sooner.
For Lancaster, is trauma counselling online or in person, and can I book evenings?
For Lancaster, trauma sessions are held online rather than at my Hove room, and many people find it steadying to do this difficult work from a safe, familiar space in Bowerham or Scotforth. I offer daytime and some evening times, and we always go at a pace that feels manageable.
Online Trauma Counselling in Lancaster, 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 North West: Preston, Blackpool, Carlisle. See all of North West.
Close to this in Lancaster, 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.