Online Trauma Counselling · Norwich

Online Trauma Counselling in Norwich

Online trauma counselling for Norwich, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Norwich, from the cathedral and the centre to the streets around the castle, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

Online across the UKSecure videoFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, BACP-registered counsellor offering online trauma counselling for Norwich, introducing his approach
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Norwich

Trauma Counselling for Norwich, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Norwich: from the cathedral and the centre to the Golden Triangle, Mile Cross and Thorpe Hamlet
Known for
The cathedral, the castle and the medieval lanes
Region
East of England (England)
Local NHS / support route
Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies
Format
Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.

Life in Norwich

Why do people in Norwich reach out?

Trauma in Norwich is often carried a long way from wherever it happened. People arrive for a degree at the University of East Anglia, for work, or to be somewhere quieter, and bring with them things they have never once described. Others carry something local: an assault in the lanes, a collision on a rural road, an emergency that ended at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm across the area ran at 129.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. What such a measure misses is the ordinary version, months of poor sleep in Eaton or Sprowston and a startle response that has never reset.

the University of East AngliaNorwich Cathedralthe Norfolk and Norwich University HospitalAviva and the city's insurance sector

Areas covered

Neighbourhoods in and around Norwich

the Golden TriangleMile CrossThorpe HamletEatonHeighamLakenhamCattonSprowstonThorpe St AndrewCostessey

Wherever you are in Norwich, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.

The local picture

The local picture in Norwich

Official figures for Norwich, for context rather than as a description of you.

Reviewed June 2026.

What actually happens 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. everything on trauma counselling explains it properly, the practical side answers the practical questions, and my BACP registration shows how the practice is held to account.

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.

Everything happens online by secure video, from Hove. Trauma makes unfamiliar buildings and unknown corridors much harder than they sound, and this arrangement removes both from the picture. You are in your own space with the door as you want it, and you can stop a call yourself without explaining why. Continuity matters here as well: if you leave the city at the end of a course or a contract, the work does not restart with somebody new.

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What I help with

Which difficulties does trauma counselling address?

Intrusive memories

Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.

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 Norwich

Why people in Norwich come for trauma counselling

Trauma counselling is client-led and paced, and it never requires you to relive the event. Bradley uses the Human Givens Rewind Technique, which works with the memory itself rather than with your description of it, and which is carried out while you stay calm rather than distressed. No detailed account is needed, and there is no pressure whatever to disclose. What comes first is stabilisation: sleep, a dependable way of returning to the present, and a clear look at what the week is currently costing you. Only then, and only by agreement, is the memory approached at all. Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies takes self-referrals through NHS Talking Therapies and covers trauma symptoms at assessment, and Norfolk and Waveney Mind offers local support between appointments. Neither route excludes the other, and holding an NHS referral while working privately is perfectly ordinary.

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 call

Finding support in Norwich

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Norwich, you can refer yourself directly to Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies 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.

Norwich questions

Online Trauma Counselling in Norwich: common questions

I do not want to talk about it. Is there any point in me being here?

There is, because talking about it is not what this depends upon. The method used works with how the memory is held rather than with an account of it. You can work on sleep, startle, avoidance and concentration while keeping the content entirely to yourself.

Local self-harm admissions were 129.9 per 100,000. Is that relevant to me?

Only as background. The 2023/24 figure sits above the England average of 117 per 100,000 and counts admissions across this area rather than the reasons behind them. It is included because it is verified. Your own situation is not described by any area statistic.

Does the NHS route here cover trauma, or only anxiety and depression?

Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies assesses trauma symptoms as part of a self-referral, which needs no GP letter in England, and directs onward where more specialised help is called for. Waits vary. Running private work alongside that referral is common and creates no conflict.

What are the fees for trauma sessions?

They are identical to any other work here: £80 an hour, £100 for ninety minutes, £120 for two hours. Some people prefer ninety minutes so a piece of work can be finished unhurried. Everything starts with a free 15-minute conversation before any booking is made at all.

I moved here to get away from where it happened. Why has it followed me?

Because distance changes the surroundings and not the way a memory is stored. Moving often reduces the reminders enough to feel like progress, which makes the return of symptoms more confusing when it comes. Nothing has gone wrong. It means the memory itself has not yet been dealt with.

Does online trauma work suit somewhere as rural as Norfolk?

Yes. It removes the long journey that specialist support can otherwise mean here, and lets you do difficult work from a familiar, safe space. We go gently, at your pace, and I make sure each session settles before we close, wherever in Norfolk you are.

How soon can I start online trauma counselling in Norwich?

We can begin gently and at your pace. I work online from Hove with people across Norwich and rural Norfolk, so distance and waiting rooms stop mattering. A free 15-minute consultation comes first, then we set a start time that feels right rather than rushed.

What do trauma sessions cost in Norwich, and can I get this on the NHS?

The NHS offers trauma-focused therapy through your GP, though referral routes and waits vary across Norfolk. My private sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, with a free 15-minute consultation, so you need not wait on a referral to start.

Is online trauma counselling as good as travelling to Norwich for it?

Online spares you the long Norfolk drive and lets you stay in a private space you trust, which many find steadying with difficult material. There is no waiting room. We can use longer 90 or 120-minute sessions and evening times to give the work more room.

Online Trauma Counselling in Norwich, 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 East of England: Cambridge, Ipswich, King's Lynn. See all of East of England.

If trauma counselling is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy may fit better in Norwich.

If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brightonall in-person areas are listed here.