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Online Trauma Counselling · Portsmouth
Online Trauma Counselling in Portsmouth
Online trauma counselling for Portsmouth, by secure video, wherever you are. For many people in Portsmouth, online sessions are not a compromise but the thing that finally makes therapy possible: flexible, private and fitted around your life.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
Trauma Counselling for Portsmouth, without the journey
Known for the Spinnaker Tower, the harbour and the seafront, Portsmouth is a place of real character, with clients coming to me from across Portsea Island, from Southsea and Old Portsmouth to Fratton, Cosham and Copnor. Wherever you are across it, online counselling means experienced support without the travel, fitted around work, family and everything else.
My room is in Hove, but the work reaches a great deal further. By secure video I support people throughout the UK, Portsmouth included, with the same care and attention as an in-person session.
I also work online with people elsewhere in London & South East, including Southampton, Chichester, London.
If you would still prefer to meet in person and can travel to the Sussex coast, you are welcome to, but for most clients in Portsmouth online trauma counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Portsmouth
Why people in Portsmouth reach out
Portsmouth is the most densely populated city outside London and a historic naval base, and the forces connection runs deep. Long deployments, frequent moves and the strain on families left behind leave their mark, and on a tightly packed island city privacy can feel in short supply. Reaching out here often means doing so quietly, without anyone needing to know.
The pace and scale of a busy urban area can be isolating even when you are never really alone. A session you join from your own space keeps the focus on you, not on the journey there.
What I help with
How online trauma counselling can help
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.
Why online works in Portsmouth
Why people in Portsmouth choose online counselling
Around shift work
If your hours follow the rhythm of the port, online sessions bend around shifts rather than the other way round.
Human, even on a screen
The technology fades within minutes. What remains is a real, attentive conversation, the same one we'd have sitting in the room together.
Gentle when leaving home is hard
If anxiety, low mood or avoidance make leaving the house feel like too much right now, starting online from Portsmouth can be the gentlest possible way in.
Less time lost from work
An online hour rarely costs you a half-day, which is what makes regular sessions realistic for busy lives in Portsmouth.
How online sessions work
Once the practical side is sorted, this is what the work looks like. I am integratively trained and draw on approaches designed specifically for trauma, including the Human Givens Rewind Technique, a calm, non-intrusive method that returns a memory to ordinary recall. You do not have to relive the detail or even speak it aloud for this to work.
Practically, it couldn't be simpler: a quiet room, a device with a camera, and a steady internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call to check the fit, you'll get a private link to join at our agreed time.
Read more about online counselling, about trauma counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationFinding support in Portsmouth
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Portsmouth, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed. You can also find your nearest service through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner, stay with the same counsellor throughout, and work at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I'm glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
If you need urgent help now
This practice is not a crisis service. If you or someone else 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.
Portsmouth questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Portsmouth: common questions
Can I have online trauma counselling if I live in Portsmouth?
Absolutely. Portsmouth is well within reach, because we meet by secure video rather than in person. You'll get exactly the same specialist support as someone sitting in my Hove room.
How does online trauma counselling work from Portsmouth?
We meet over a secure, private video link at a time that suits you. You'll need a quiet space, a device with a camera and a steady connection. We always begin with a free fifteen-minute call so you can ask questions and check the fit.
Is online trauma counselling as effective as meeting in person?
For most people, yes. Online therapy can be just as effective as meeting face to face, and many find it easier to open up from home. Everything is held with the same strict confidentiality as in-person work.
Is online counselling private and confidential?
Yes. Sessions run on a secure, encrypted video link, and everything we discuss is held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as work done in person. All you need at your end is a private space.
Online Trauma Counselling in Portsmouth, whenever you are ready
When you're ready, book a free fifteen-minute call. It costs nothing, commits you to nothing, and is the simplest way to find out if I'm the right counsellor for you in Portsmouth.
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Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about trauma counselling in depth.