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Online Trauma Counselling · Nottingham
Online Trauma Counselling in Nottingham
Online trauma counselling for Nottingham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Nottingham, from the centre and the Lace Market 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 Nottingham
Trauma Counselling for Nottingham, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Nottingham: from the centre and the Lace Market to Hyson Green, Sneinton and Beeston
- Known for
- The castle, the Old Market Square and the two universities
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Nottingham
What is going on for people in Nottingham?
Trauma does not care that the city around you is busy. Nottingham carries real inequality alongside its universities and the Lace Market creative quarter, and some of what people bring happened here: a night that ended badly, a crash, something much older that has waited years for a quiet moment. Others moved to the city precisely to put distance between themselves and where it happened, and found that distance does not finish the job on its own. Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm ran at 95.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000, and a figure like that only counts the moments that reached a hospital.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Nottingham
Lace MarketHyson GreenSneintonBeestonThe ParkSherwoodMapperleyWest BridgfordRadfordWollatonLenton
Wherever you are in Nottingham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Nottingham
Official figures for Nottingham, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 95.8 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 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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the trauma counselling page, with how I work for the practical questions and professional standards and registration for registration and ethics.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
Sessions are online by secure video, because Bradley practises from Hove and there is no consulting space anywhere in this city. For trauma work that has an advantage worth naming. You stay somewhere you already feel safe, in Wollaton or Beeston or wherever home is, and when the hour ends you close the laptop and are immediately in your own space rather than out on a bus with your defences down. You choose the setting, the lighting, and what happens next.
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 Nottingham
Why people in Nottingham come for trauma counselling
People come to trauma counselling when something that is over has not stopped happening. Sleep that will not settle. A smell or a sound that puts you straight back. A jumpiness that has quietly become normal. The work is paced and led entirely by you, and it does not require you to tell me what happened. The Human Givens Rewind Technique settles a memory so that it stops firing without you having to narrate it in detail, and most people are surprised how little they need to say out loud. We move at the speed you set. Stopping, slowing down or leaving something alone for now are all ordinary parts of it rather than setbacks. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies also offers trauma-focused work on the NHS and takes self-referrals. Some people want that; some want something private and unhurried first.
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 Nottingham
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Nottingham, you can refer yourself directly to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 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.
Nottingham questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Nottingham: common questions
Do I have to describe what happened to me?
No, and that is not a soft reassurance, it is how the method works. The Rewind Technique can settle a memory without you giving me the details of it. Plenty of people complete the whole piece of work having said very little about the event itself, and nobody is pushed to say more.
What are the fees, and does trauma work need the longer appointment?
The same as everything else here: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min, £120 / 120 min. Some people prefer the 90-minute slot for this work so there is room to arrive properly and settle again at the end. We begin with a free 15-minute consultation and no obligation after it.
Where does Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies fit into this?
It is the free NHS route in this area, it offers trauma-focused therapy, and you can refer yourself without a GP appointment first. Waiting times move about. Some people self-refer and start here in the meantime rather than sitting alone with it for months.
Is video really safe enough for something this raw?
For a good number of people it is safer. You are at home, with control over the door, the volume and when you look at the screen. If you need to break eye contact, or stop for a minute and come back, you can do that without it turning into an event in the room.
It happened years ago in another city and I moved to Nottingham to get away from it. Is it too late now?
It is not too late. Old memories respond as well as recent ones, because the brain does not file them by date. Moving away often quiets the reminders without changing what the memory does when something sets it off. That part can still be worked with.
Do I have to go into detail straight away?
No. Trauma counselling never rushes you into difficult material. Early sessions are about building a sense of safety and trust, and you decide what to share and when. Being in your own space can help you feel more grounded throughout.
How do I begin online trauma counselling in Nottingham?
We start with a free 15-minute consultation, held online, so you can sense how we might work before deciding. Nottingham is served by video from Hove, meaning no travel and no local waiting list, and we then agree a steady, private time that feels manageable.
What does trauma counselling cost in Nottingham, 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 Nottingham GP referral, though waits vary.
Would online trauma sessions work for me in Nottingham, and can we meet in the evening?
Many people find video steadier for trauma, joining from their room or a quiet spot rather than travelling. The room is in Hove, so Nottingham is online only. Evening and out-of-hours times can often be arranged around study or work.
Online Trauma Counselling in Nottingham, 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: Leicester, Derby, Sheffield. See all of Midlands.
Related work in Nottingham: 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.