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Online Trauma Counselling · Lincoln
Online Trauma Counselling in Lincoln
Online trauma counselling for Lincoln, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Lincoln, from the historic Bailgate and the cathedral 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 Lincoln
Trauma Counselling for Lincoln, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Lincoln: from the historic Bailgate and the cathedral to Ermine, St Giles and the city centre below the hill
- Known for
- The cathedral, the castle and Steep Hill
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Lincolnshire Talking Therapies (steps2change)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Lincoln
What brings people in Lincoln to counselling?
Trauma work in Lincoln takes in a wide spread. A farming accident. A road that took somebody. A hospital admission. A childhood in a village where everyone knew and nobody said. The county's RAF heritage means there are also people here whose difficulties began in service, sometimes decades ago now. Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm ran at 101.7 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000, and in a rural county a lower rate can reflect distance from a hospital quite as easily as anything else. What people describe is sleep that never gets deep, a startle that has not eased, and places they route around without thinking about it.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Lincoln
BailgateErmineSt GilesUphillBracebridgeBoulthamBirchwoodHartsholmeMonks RoadCarholme
Wherever you are in Lincoln, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Lincoln
Official figures for Lincoln, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 101.7 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 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. trauma counselling in detail explains it properly, how I work answers the practical questions, and my BACP 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.
This is online work by secure video, as Bradley is in Hove and there is nothing here to attend. For trauma the distance helps in several ways at once. You stay in your own space rather than an unfamiliar building, you decide what the camera shows, and you can end the call yourself without explaining. In a county where everybody recognises the cars, not being seen going anywhere matters. The camera can stay off and the gaps between appointments can be widened.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can trauma counselling in Lincoln 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 Lincoln
Why people in Lincoln come for trauma counselling
Nothing in this asks you to describe what happened. Trauma counselling is paced and client-led, and the Human Givens Rewind Technique is used because a memory can be worked through without you narrating it. For people who have never once been able to say it aloud, that is the whole difference between possible and impossible. We begin in the present: what your body does, what triggers it, how sleep, startle and temper have been running, and what already steadies you even briefly. Only when that is reliable does anything move towards the memory, at your pace, and choosing to stop is treated as sound judgement. Lincolnshire Talking Therapies (steps2change) accepts self-referrals and can assess trauma and route it onwards. Where symptoms are severe, or sleep and safety have deteriorated, your GP is a reasonable call alongside anything private.
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 Lincoln
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Lincoln, you can refer yourself directly to Lincolnshire Talking Therapies (steps2change) 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.
Lincoln questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Lincoln: common questions
Do I need to give an account of what happened?
No. The Human Givens Rewind Technique allows a memory to be processed without a spoken account, which is exactly why it forms part of this work. You decide what gets said aloud, and for many people that is remarkably little. Nothing is required to establish that it counts.
Can Lincolnshire Talking Therapies (steps2change) help with trauma?
It assesses people and routes trauma towards appropriate support, and self-referral means approaching it without your GP writing first. Waits vary through the year. Where symptoms are severe, or safety is affected, contacting your GP at the same time is sensible rather than an overreaction.
What would this cost me over a few months?
That depends entirely on how often you come. Each session is £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min or £120 / 120 min, with nothing paid in advance and no minimum number of them. Some people come weekly for a while, others fortnightly, and we review the pattern as we go.
What I carry started during service years ago. Is that too old to work on?
No. Memories from service life often sit untouched for decades and still respond, and the age of something is not what decides it. What we look at is how much it interrupts your present. You would not be asked to go through operational detail.
The nearest town is miles away and I have no transport. Does that limit what I can do?
Not for this. Everything happens over a connection rather than a road, so distance stops mattering to whether you are seen. Where the signal is weak, audio alone works, and sessions can be arranged for times when the household is out.
The nearest help feels miles away, is online a real alternative?
Yes. Online trauma counselling is a genuine, effective option, especially where distance would otherwise be a barrier. You work from your own space at your own pace, and being somewhere familiar can help you feel more grounded through difficult material.
How do I begin online trauma counselling in Lincoln?
We start with a free 15-minute consultation, held online, so you can sense how we might work before deciding. Lincoln is served by video from Hove, meaning no travel and no local waiting list, and we then agree a steady, private time together.
What does trauma counselling cost in Lincoln, and can I use the NHS?
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 allow. NHS help is available through a Lincoln GP referral, though waits vary.
Would online trauma sessions suit me in Lincoln, and can we meet in the evening?
Many people find video steadier for trauma, joining from home rather than driving across a rural county. The room is in Hove, so Lincoln is online only. Evening and out-of-hours times can often be arranged where distance and isolation make travel hard.
Online Trauma Counselling in Lincoln, 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, Peterborough. See all of Midlands.
Related work in Lincoln: anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same trauma counselling is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.