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Online Trauma Counselling · Newry
Online Trauma Counselling in Newry
Online trauma counselling for Newry, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Newry, from the city centre and the canal to the streets around the cathedral, 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 Newry
Trauma Counselling for Newry, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Newry: from the city centre and the canal to Bessbrook, Meadow and the Fathom
- Known for
- The cathedral, the Newry canal and the Mourne mountains nearby
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Northern Ireland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Newry
What is going on for people in Newry?
A border city holds a complicated past. Newry sat at the frontier through decades of conflict, and families here carry things from those years that were seldom spoken about afterwards, sometimes not even at home. Around it are the ordinary traumas that any place accumulates: crashes on the roads out of the city, sudden deaths, assaults, childhoods that went badly wrong behind a normal front door. The mixture is quiet rather than dramatic. Somebody works, raises a family and keeps going for thirty years, and then finds sleep failing, or reacts to a sound in the street in a way that leaves them shaken and embarrassed. The past does not always ask permission before it returns.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Newry
BessbrookBallybotDerrybegMeadowFathomDrumalaneCarnagatBarcroft
Wherever you are in Newry, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Newry
Official figures for Newry, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Newry, Mourne and Down, 6.3% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Northern Ireland average of 5.2%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
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: the trauma counselling page sets out the methods, how sessions run and what they cost covers the practicalities, and my credentials and registration covers accountability.
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, with nowhere in the city to attend since Bradley is based in Hove. For trauma that arrangement has advantages. You remain in your own home, in surroundings you already trust, and there is no journey back through familiar streets while you are still raw from the hour. Pick a time when the house is at its quietest, and use headphones if that is not possible. Any session can be slowed right down or ended early.
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 Newry
Why people in Newry come for trauma counselling
What usually brings people is the present rather than the past: sleep that will not settle, a temper that surprises them, a numbness with people they love, a body that reacts before the mind has caught up. Some carry one event, some a long stretch of years, and some carry what a parent or grandparent lived through and never described. None of that has to be recounted here. The Human Givens Rewind Technique allows a memory to be processed without a spoken account of what happened, which is exactly what makes it possible for people who have kept it to themselves for decades. The early work is about steadiness, sleep and a manageable week, and nothing moves on until that is in place. Talking therapies through Health and Social Care are reached by a GP referral, Inspire Wellbeing offers support directly, and Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000.
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 Newry
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Newry, your GP can refer you to talking therapies and counselling through Health and Social Care. You can find support through Lifeline, Northern Ireland's crisis helpline, free on 0808 808 8000.
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 Lifeline free on 0808 808 8000. Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Newry questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Newry: common questions
Would I need to describe what happened?
No, and that is the reason many people are able to begin at all. The Rewind Technique works without the event being told, and everything else in the sessions is led by what you choose to say. Nobody will press you for names, places or detail.
What do you charge for trauma sessions?
The rate is £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes. A longer session is sometimes helpful here so there is space to settle at the end. The 15-minute introductory call costs nothing and can be used to ask about pacing.
What support exists locally alongside counselling?
Talking therapies are accessed through a GP referral into Health and Social Care, which is the route in Northern Ireland. Lifeline answers free at any hour on 0808 808 8000, and Inspire Wellbeing provides mental health and wellbeing support that you can approach on your own.
Living on the border, I grew up around things nobody discussed. Does that count?
It counts. Growing up in a place where certain subjects were closed, and around adults who stayed alert, leaves its own mark even without a single identifiable event. We would work with what shows up in your life now rather than with history.
Will I feel worse before I feel better?
That is not how this is designed to go. The pacing exists specifically to avoid leaving you carrying more than you arrived with, and stability comes before anything difficult is approached. If a session starts to feel like too much, it slows or stops there.
Is video counselling private enough for difficult conversations?
Many people find the privacy of their own home makes hard conversations feel safer rather than harder. Sessions are held over secure video and the pace is always yours. Bradley Riddell is Hove-based and works with people across Newry and Northern Ireland online.
How soon can I start trauma counselling online in Newry?
After a free 15-minute consultation, usually within a week or two. Trauma work moves at a careful pace, so early online sessions by secure video focus on safety and steadiness. You can take part from home anywhere in Newry, with no clinic to attend.
How do trauma counselling fees compare with NHS help in Newry?
NHS trauma services in Newry are free but often have waiting lists. Bradley charges £80 for 60 minutes, 100 for 90 and 120 for 120, following a free 15-minute consultation, so support in this border city need not wait for a place.
Is online trauma counselling suitable for people in Newry?
For many, yes. Meeting online by secure video lets you stay in a familiar, private space, which can feel safer for trauma than an unfamiliar room. Bradley is Hove-based and UK-wide, with some evening slots for Newry clients who prefer to talk after work.
Online Trauma Counselling in Newry, 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 Northern Ireland: Craigavon, Lisburn. See all of Northern Ireland.
People who come for trauma counselling in Newry often also look at 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.