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Online Trauma Counselling · Oxford
Online Trauma Counselling in Oxford
Online trauma counselling for Oxford, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Oxford, from the city centre and Jericho to the streets around the dreaming spires, 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 Oxford
Trauma Counselling for Oxford, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Oxford: from the city centre and Jericho to Cowley, Headington and Summertown
- Known for
- The dreaming spires, the Cherwell and the colleges
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Oxford
What is going on for people in Oxford?
Trauma sits oddly in a city that prizes articulacy. The instinct here is to explain, analyse and put things well, and the memories that need this work are usually the ones that resist all three. What people describe is more physical than verbal: waking at four, avoiding one street in Jericho, going somewhere else entirely in the middle of a tutorial or a ward round. Clinical staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital accumulate difficult shifts. Students arrive carrying things from home that nobody around them knows about. Short terms leave little room to fall apart and less to put yourself back together, so it gets postponed, sometimes for years.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Oxford
JerichoCowleyHeadingtonSummertownBotleyMarstonIffleyRose HillWolvercote
Wherever you are in Oxford, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Oxford
Official figures for Oxford, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 97.3 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 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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see trauma counselling in detail for the methods, how I work for fees and session lengths, and my credentials and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
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 run online by secure video from Hove, with nothing to travel to at either end. That matters for this work. You are in a familiar place, you know who else is in the building, and afterwards you shut the laptop rather than walking out into a busy street feeling exposed. The pace is set by you and nobody else, and slowing down or missing a week is a normal part of it rather than a setback.
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 Oxford
Why people in Oxford come for trauma counselling
People come when the past has stopped keeping to itself: sleep breaking up, a physical jolt at a sound, a numbness that arrives in the middle of ordinary work. What matters most is that no retelling is required. Bradley uses the Human Givens Rewind Technique, which lets a memory be processed without you giving a detailed account of it, and nothing goes faster than you allow. The early part of the work is about steadying the nervous system, so you are not left exposed between sessions and can still function during the week. Emergency admissions for self- harm in the city ran at 97.3 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000. NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies offers trauma-focused therapy on self-referral, and Oxfordshire Mind provides support alongside it.
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 Oxford
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Oxford, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Oxfordshire 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.
Oxford questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Oxford: common questions
Do I have to explain what happened before we can do anything?
No. The Rewind Technique was designed so a memory can be processed without a spoken account of it, which is the whole reason it suits people who cannot bear describing things. You choose what to say, and what you keep to yourself does not hold the work back.
How much is a trauma session?
£80 buys 60 minutes, £100 buys 90 minutes and £120 buys two hours. Some people prefer the longer appointment for this work so there is space to settle at the end. It begins with a free 15-minute call, and there is no obligation to book anything after it.
Does NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies deal with trauma?
Yes. Trauma-focused therapy is part of the service and self- referral is open to anyone registered with a GP in England. Waits differ across the county. Being on that list while working privately is perfectly normal, and often the sensible thing to do.
Can this fit around clinical shifts or a teaching timetable?
It can. The slot is set with your rota or timetable in front of us, and it can move when nights, on-calls or an exam week make a fixed hour impossible. Steady contact matters more than an unbroken pattern, particularly for work of this kind.
I am worried that starting will unravel me during term. Will it?
That risk is exactly what the pacing is for. Nothing is opened up without first making sure you can put it down again, and a session can be spent entirely on steadiness if that is what the week needs. You keep control of the speed throughout.
Can trauma counselling fit around the Oxford term and my responsibilities?
Yes. Sessions are online with nothing to travel to, so we can work around lectures, clinical rotas or research commitments, including quieter parts of the day. We also pace the work carefully, building safety before approaching anything difficult, which matters during a demanding term.
How soon can I start trauma counselling online in Oxford?
Often within a week of a free consultation. Bradley works online with Oxford clients, so there is no clinic to reach across the city. Doing trauma work from a private space of your own, in Jericho or Headington, can feel steadier and safer.
What do trauma sessions cost, and can the NHS help in Oxford?
Trauma work is £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, with longer sessions often suiting it. NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies is free but frequently oversubscribed, so many Oxford people begin privately in order to be seen sooner.
Is online trauma counselling as effective as in person in Oxford, and are evenings available?
Many Oxford clients find online trauma work just as containing, with their own surroundings to steady them between sessions. Bradley offers some evening slots around college and hospital hours, and the Hove room can be reached by train if meeting in person would help.
Online Trauma Counselling in Oxford, 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 London & South East: Reading, Aylesbury, High Wycombe, London. See all of London & South East.
People who come for trauma counselling in Oxford often also look at anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.