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Online Trauma Counselling · Leicester
Online Trauma Counselling in Leicester
Online trauma counselling for Leicester, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Leicester, from the centre and the Cultural Quarter to the streets around the market, 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 Leicester
Trauma Counselling for Leicester, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Leicester: from the centre and the Cultural Quarter to Belgrave, Highfields and Clarendon Park
- Known for
- The market, the King Richard III centre and the universities
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies (find via the NHS finder)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Leicester
What brings people in Leicester to counselling?
Trauma brought to counselling in Leicester is often old, and sometimes it came here from another country entirely. A journey nobody has heard the details of. An accident. A hospital ward. A childhood in a household where certain events were never named again. Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm here ran at 176 per 100,000 in 2023/24, well above the England average of 117 per 100,000, which points to a great deal of distress reaching crisis before it reaches anything else. What people describe more often is a body that will not settle, sleep that repairs nothing, and one street in Highfields or Braunstone they take the long way round.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Leicester
BelgraveHighfieldsClarendon ParkEvingtonKnightonAylestoneBraunstoneStoneygateWestcotesOadby
Wherever you are in Leicester, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Leicester
Official figures for Leicester, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 176 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: everything on trauma counselling sets out the methods, the practical side covers the practicalities, and my BACP registration covers accountability.
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.
Work is online by secure video, because Bradley is in Hove and no venue exists here. With trauma that suits most people. You stay somewhere you already trust, decide what is visible on screen, and can end a call yourself without giving a reason for it. Nobody sees you arriving anywhere or leaving afterwards, which counts if privacy in your community is limited. The camera can stay off, and appointments can be spaced further apart when that helps.
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 Leicester
Why people in Leicester come for trauma counselling
You will not be asked to recount what happened. Trauma counselling here is paced and led by you, and the Human Givens Rewind Technique is used precisely because a memory can be dealt with without a spoken account of it. That is not a lesser version of the work; it is what makes the work possible for many people. The opening stage is entirely about the present: what your body does now, what triggers it, how sleep, startle and temper have been behaving, and where a moment of calm already exists. Only once that footing holds does anything approach the memory, at a pace you set, with stopping respected as good judgement. With no separately named local service, the NHS route is the national NHS Talking Therapies finder, which takes self-referrals across England and can assess and route trauma. Where symptoms are severe your GP is a sensible early call.
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 Leicester
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Leicester, you can refer yourself directly to NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression, with no GP referral needed. You can find support through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
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.
Leicester questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Leicester: common questions
Do I have to talk about what happened for this to work?
No. The Human Givens Rewind Technique is used so a memory can be processed without being described, and you keep control of every word that is spoken. Some people say almost nothing about the event itself, and the work still proceeds perfectly properly.
How do I reach NHS trauma support when no local service is named?
Through the national NHS Talking Therapies finder, the England-wide self-referral route, which identifies the team covering your postcode. They assess and direct people onwards, trauma included. Where symptoms are severe, contact your GP at the same time rather than waiting on a list.
Self-harm admissions here are 176 per 100,000. Does that mean people leave it too late?
It suggests a lot of distress reaches hospital before it reaches anything else, which is a fair reading of that 2023/24 rate against the England average of 117 per 100,000. Help earlier is available to anybody, and nothing has to reach crisis point first.
What does trauma work cost, and how long are sessions?
Sixty minutes runs to £80, ninety to £100 and two hours to £120. Some people prefer the ninety for this work, so there is space to arrive and space to settle before finishing. The free 15-minute consultation covers practicalities only, nothing more than that.
What I went through happened before I came to this country. Does that make a difference?
Not to whether it can be worked with. What counts is how much it still intrudes on your present, rather than where or when it took place. If English is not your first language we can go slower and check meaning as we go.
Will what I say stay completely private?
Yes. Sessions are confidential, and meeting online means you can speak from a space of your own choosing. Discretion often matters most where trauma is concerned, and nothing you share is passed on. You remain in control of the pace throughout.
How do I start online trauma counselling in Leicester?
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, held online, so you can get a feel for the work before committing. Leicester is served by video from Hove, meaning no travel and no local waiting list, and we then agree a private, steady time together.
What does trauma counselling cost in Leicester, and is there an NHS route?
This is private work: £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Trauma often needs unhurried time, which the longer sessions give. NHS help is available through a Leicester GP referral, though waits vary.
Would online trauma sessions suit me in Leicester, and can we meet in the evening?
Many people find video steadier and more private for trauma, joining from their own space rather than travelling. The room is in Hove, so Leicester is online only. Evening and out-of-hours times can often be arranged when daytime is taken up by work or family.
Online Trauma Counselling in Leicester, 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 Midlands: Nottingham, Coventry, Derby. See all of Midlands.
Close to this in Leicester, there is anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
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.