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Online Trauma Counselling · Liverpool
Online Trauma Counselling in Liverpool
Online trauma counselling for Liverpool, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Liverpool, from the waterfront and the centre to the streets around the two cathedrals, 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 Liverpool
Trauma Counselling for Liverpool, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Liverpool: from the waterfront and the centre to Toxteth, Anfield, Allerton and Walton
- Known for
- The waterfront, the two cathedrals and the music heritage
- Region
- North West (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 Liverpool
Why people in Liverpool get in touch
This is a city with a long memory and a strong sense of what happened to it, and that can make individual histories harder to raise, because your own difficulty seems small next to a shared one. Trauma does not scale that way. A childhood, an assault, an accident on the docks, a loss handled by keeping busy, something at home never spoken of again. Emergency admissions for self-harm here ran at 123.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. That describes pressure across a population rather than any one person in Allerton or Woolton carrying something old and unmentioned.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Liverpool
the city centre and waterfrontToxtethAnfieldAllertonWaltonAigburthWavertreeWooltonKensingtonthe Baltic Triangle
Wherever you are in Liverpool, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Liverpool
Official figures for Liverpool, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 123.8 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 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.
The method travels; only the geography changes. the full trauma counselling page explains it properly, how I work answers the practical questions, and my credentials and 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.
Trauma sessions are online by secure video, run from Hove, so no local room is involved and nothing requires you to travel while feeling exposed. The format gives you several things that matter here. You stay in your own surroundings, you control what is visible on camera, and you can end the call yourself immediately, with no explanation asked for. That authority over how and when something stops is often exactly what was missing before. The camera can stay off.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does trauma counselling address?
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 Liverpool
Why people in Liverpool come for trauma counselling
Nobody is going to ask you to go through it. That is the ground rule everything else stands on, and it is worth saying plainly because the fear of being made to describe it is what keeps most people away. The Human Givens Rewind Technique, used regularly in this work, allows the memory to be processed without you putting it into words. We begin with the present instead: what your body does now, what triggers it, how sleep, temper and concentration are behaving, and what already settles you. The memory is only approached once that footing is reliable, at a pace you set, and stopping is honoured without argument. From Liverpool, NHS access runs through the national NHS Talking Therapies finder, which takes self-referrals in England and can assess and route trauma cases, with your GP a sensible parallel call where 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 Liverpool
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Liverpool, 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.
Liverpool questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Liverpool: common questions
Will you make me talk about the worst part?
No. There is no point in this work where detail is extracted, and the rewind method is used precisely so the memory can be dealt with without narration. You decide what is said. A rough outline is normally all that is needed for us to proceed.
Something happened to me years ago in the city and I still avoid whole areas. Is that treatable?
It is a very common reason people get in touch. Avoiding streets, stations or a particular district is a nervous system doing its job too enthusiastically. Working on it does not require revisiting the event in detail, and the avoidance itself often loosens early on.
Which NHS service covers trauma here, and do I need my GP first?
You do not. The national NHS Talking Therapies finder takes self-referrals anywhere in England and can assess and point you towards trauma-focused help. If sleep or safety is badly affected, seeing your GP as well is a reasonable additional step rather than a duplication.
My family lived through the same thing. Does that make my reaction less valid?
Not at all. Shared events land differently on different people, and comparing your response with a sibling's or a parent's tends to produce guilt rather than clarity. What matters is how it is affecting you now, not how it ranks within your household.
How many sessions is this likely to take?
Honestly, it depends on what you are bringing. A single bounded memory frequently needs far fewer sessions than people expect. Long-running difficulty takes longer and moves more slowly, with more time spent steadying first. Nothing is booked as a block and you can pause whenever you choose.
Will anyone find out I'm having counselling?
No. We meet by a secure, confidential video link, and nothing is shared with anyone. For people who value keeping things private, particularly where family and community are close, being able to speak from your own home, at a time you choose, often makes reaching out feel far more possible.
Is trauma counselling available for Liverpool, and when could I begin?
We begin carefully, with a free 15-minute call to talk about what you need. Because trauma counselling for Liverpool is online, wherever you are near the two cathedrals and the waterfront, there is no local waiting list to sit on, and we can arrange your first session once you feel ready to start.
How much is trauma counselling, and how does that compare with the NHS in Liverpool?
A 60-minute trauma session is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and two hours is £120, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Your Liverpool GP can point you to free NHS trauma services, but there is often a wait, whereas starting privately with me does not depend on a referral.
Would trauma sessions from Liverpool be online or face to face, including evening times?
Because I am based in Hove, trauma counselling for Liverpool is online by secure video or phone, so you can stay in a place where you feel safe near the two cathedrals and the waterfront. Being at home rather than in a waiting room often helps, and I keep some evening appointments free around work.
Online Trauma Counselling in Liverpool, 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: Warrington, Preston, Chester. See all of North West.
Also available in Liverpool: anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
Within reach of Sussex? trauma counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.