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Online Trauma Counselling · Southampton
Online Trauma Counselling in Southampton
Online trauma counselling for Southampton, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Southampton, from the city centre and Ocean Village to the streets around the waterfront, 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 Southampton
Trauma Counselling for Southampton, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Southampton: from the city centre and Ocean Village to Portswood, Shirley and Bitterne
- Known for
- The waterfront, the docks and the Common
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire (italk)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Southampton
What is going on for people in Southampton?
Trauma in Southampton often belongs to somewhere else. People move here for study or work and bring things with them that nobody in the new city knows about, which can feel like relief at first and isolation later. There is also what happens here: an incident on a shift, a night that went wrong, the accumulation carried by staff at Southampton General Hospital. The signs tend to be physical before they are anything else. Sleep breaks apart. A sound in the street lands harder than it should. Particular roads get avoided without much thought about why. Living around all that becomes normal long before anybody thinks to mention it to another person.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Southampton
PortswoodShirleyBitterneWoolstonSt DenysBevois ValleyHighfieldMillbrookFreemantle
Wherever you are in Southampton, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Southampton
Official figures for Southampton, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 261.7 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the main trauma counselling page sets out the methods, the practical side covers the practicalities, and my credentials and registration covers accountability.
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.
Trauma work is done online by secure video; Bradley is in Hove and there is nothing here to travel to. That serves this work particularly well. You stay in a place you have chosen, you know exactly who is in the building, and the hour ends where you already are instead of out on a street. Nothing is timetabled beyond your consent, and a session spent settling rather than working is not a wasted one.
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 Southampton
Why people in Southampton come for trauma counselling
People get in touch when the past has begun showing up in the present uninvited: broken sleep, flinching, blankness in the middle of a shift or a seminar. The first thing to say is that you will not be asked to go through what happened. Bradley uses the Human Givens Rewind Technique, which processes a memory without requiring a spoken account, and you keep control of the pace from the first session onwards. We settle the nervous system before anything else, so nothing is left open between appointments. Emergency admissions for self-harm here ran at 261.7 per 100,000 in 2023/24, well above the England average of 117 per 100,000, which points to a great deal of unspoken distress in this city. NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire offers trauma-focused therapy on self-referral, and Solent 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 Southampton
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Southampton, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire (italk) 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.
Southampton questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Southampton: common questions
Will you make me go through it?
No, and that is not how this works. The Rewind Technique processes a memory without a spoken account being given, so what you describe is entirely up to you. Some people say a great deal, others almost nothing, and both are perfectly workable.
What are the fees here?
Fees are £80 for the hour, £100 for ninety minutes, and £120 for the two-hour session. Some people choose the longer appointment for this work so the ending is unhurried. Everything begins with a free 15-minute call that commits you to nothing at all.
Does NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire handle trauma?
Yes. Trauma-focused therapy is part of what italk provides, and you can refer yourself without a GP appointment. Waits vary with demand. Holding a place there while working privately is common enough, and there is nothing to lose by doing both together.
I share student accommodation. How do people manage privacy?
With headphones and a little timing, mostly. Sessions can be booked when flatmates are in lectures or at work, and this work does not need you to say anything at volume. Some people use a quiet room during the day, others a parked car.
Something happened on a night shift and I still have to go back. Can this run alongside work?
Yes, and the pacing is built around exactly that. Things are steadied first so nothing follows you onto the next shift, and difficult material is only approached when the week can take it. Returning to work does not have to wait until this is finished.
My hours here are all over the place. Can trauma counselling still work?
Yes. Because sessions are online with nothing to travel to, we can set them around a rotating shift pattern or the university term and adjust as your hours change. We also pace the work carefully, building safety before approaching anything difficult.
How soon can I start trauma counselling online in Southampton?
Often within a week of a free consultation. Bradley works online with Southampton clients, so there is no clinic to reach across the city. Trauma work from your own private space, in Portswood or Bitterne, can feel steadier when memories are difficult.
What do trauma sessions cost, and can the NHS help in Southampton?
Trauma work is £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, with longer sessions often suiting it. NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire is free but frequently oversubscribed, so many Southampton people begin privately to be seen sooner.
Is online trauma counselling as effective as in person in Southampton, and are evenings available?
Many Southampton clients find online trauma work just as containing, with their own surroundings to steady them afterwards. Bradley offers some evening slots for those on port or hospital shifts, and the Hove room is reachable by train if meeting in person would help.
Online Trauma Counselling in Southampton, 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: Portsmouth, Basingstoke. See all of London & South East.
If trauma counselling is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy may fit better in Southampton.
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.