Online Trauma Counselling in Manchester

No, and the method used here is chosen partly for that reason. The rewind technique works without narration, so a memory can be processed while the details stay yours. Most people give a short outline at most, and nothing more is required for the work to proceed.

It often can. A body rerouting itself around a street is doing something protective that has outstayed its usefulness. We settle the alarm response first and approach the memory carefully, and for many people the practical avoidance is the part that eases earliest.

They assess and route people towards trauma-focused support, and because it is a self-referral service you do not need a GP letter to approach them. Where sleep or safety is badly affected, involving your GP alongside them is a sensible addition rather than a duplication.

That is anticipated and built into how sessions are run. Difficult material is contained rather than left open at the end, and time is always kept to settle before you close the laptop. Sessions can also be placed where you have a clear hour afterwards.

It is not. A nervous system that learned to brace very early can learn something different later, and long histories are simply worked with more slowly and with more attention to steadiness first. Age affects the pacing rather than whether anything can shift.

No. You're always in control of what you share and when. Trauma work doesn't depend on retelling everything; much of it is about feeling safer in the present. We'd go at a pace you set, and you'd never be pushed to revisit more than feels manageable.

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 Manchester, from the Northern Quarter to Chorlton, which means no NHS waiting list stands between you and starting.

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 Manchester the NHS can offer trauma support through your GP or Talking Therapies, though waits vary; privately we can begin sooner.

For Manchester, 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 the Northern Quarter or Didsbury. I offer daytime and some evening times, and we always go at a pace that feels manageable.