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Online Trauma Counselling · Perth
Online Trauma Counselling in Perth
Online trauma counselling for Perth, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Perth, from the centre and the Inches to the streets around the Tay, 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 Perth
Trauma Counselling for Perth, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Perth: from the centre and the Inches to Craigie, Letham and Scone
- Known for
- The Tay, the two Inches and the Fair City heritage
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS psychological therapies (Scotland)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Perth
Why do people in Perth reach out?
Something frightening does not stay behind just because life carries on. In Perth people describe going back to work on the Monday because the job would not wait, and a family who never mentioned it again. A crash on a rural road. A hospital night. Something in childhood that everyone remembers differently. Later it surfaces sideways: sleep breaking at the same time, a jolt at a noise in the house, a stretch near Bridgend or Muirton you drive round instead of through. Some people are watchful all the time now. Others feel oddly absent from their own life. None of that means you are weak or that you have failed to move on.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Perth
CraigieLethamSconeBridgendMuirtonTullochKinnoullFriarton
Wherever you are in Perth, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Perth
Official figures for Perth, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Perth and Kinross, 7.1% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 6.1%, 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 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the full trauma counselling page sets out the methods, how sessions run and what they cost covers the practicalities, and professional standards and registration covers accountability.
What happens in 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 for people in Perth and the surrounding countryside take place online by secure video, from Bradley's room in Hove. Distance helps here rather than hindering. Nobody involved in what happened is anywhere nearby, there is no local waiting area, and you are not driving home along a dark road while still unsettled. Staying in your own space throughout counts when safety is the thing that was shaken.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
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 Perth
Why people in Perth come for trauma counselling
What brings people in is the aftermath, not the event: a body permanently on standby, the same fragments returning at night, a life gradually organised around avoidance. You set the pace here, completely. Nothing difficult is approached before you have dependable ways to steady yourself, and building those is the substance of the work rather than a wait before it starts. Where it fits, the Human Givens Rewind Technique can be used, and it requires no retelling of the event; you stay relaxed, you keep control, and it stops the moment you say. Sudden bereavement is another common route in, and the age-standardised drug-misuse death rate in Perth and Kinross averaged 18.0 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, below the Scotland average of 22.5, on the National Records of Scotland measure. For NHS support, your GP can refer you on to psychological therapies, NHS inform explains trauma reactions, and Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 Perth
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Perth, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.
Perth questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Perth: common questions
Am I going to have to describe what happened?
No. You decide what is said and how much detail is involved, throughout the work. Some people say very little about the event itself. The Rewind Technique is done without any retelling, so nothing has to be spoken to be worked with.
How much do trauma sessions cost here?
They are £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, the same wherever you live. A longer appointment suits some people for this work. The free 15-minute consultation beforehand is the place to ask about pacing.
Can I get NHS trauma help in this area?
Your GP can refer you into NHS psychological therapies, though waiting times differ and rural provision varies. NHS inform sets out common reactions after a frightening event in plain language, and Breathing Space answers free on 0800 83 85 87.
It happened a long time ago and nobody in my family talks about it. Is that a problem?
It is very common rather than a problem. Households often deal with something by not naming it, and that silence can keep it live for decades. You can begin without deciding how much you will ever tell anyone else about it.
What if I get upset and then have to go straight back to work?
We plan the ending of each session with that in mind. Sessions finish settled rather than mid-way through something difficult, and we can leave time at the end deliberately. If a particular day is a bad day for it, we do something lighter.
The nearest specialist help feels a long way off, can you help from a distance?
Yes. Working by secure video means where you live matters far less. Sessions reach you at home in Perth or anywhere across Perthshire, so there is no long drive for a confidential hour, and trauma work can go at the careful, unhurried pace it needs.
How soon can trauma counselling start online in Perth?
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation and usually arrange a first session within a week or two. Trauma work moves at your pace, with no waiting list and no drive into the city, reaching you at home in Perth or rural Perthshire.
How do trauma counselling fees compare with Perth services?
NHS Tayside and some charities offer free trauma support, though waits and rural distance are barriers. My private fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, with a free 15-minute consultation and no queue first.
Can trauma sessions be held privately by video across Perthshire?
Yes. Many prefer to process trauma from the safety of home rather than travel into the city for a clinic. Secure video sessions, evenings included, reach a quiet room in Perth or a village in the surrounding countryside, with nothing to travel to.
Online Trauma Counselling in Perth, 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 Scotland: Dundee, Stirling, Kirkcaldy. See all of Scotland.
Related work in Perth: 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.