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Online Trauma Counselling · Stockport
Online Trauma Counselling in Stockport
Online trauma counselling for Stockport, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Stockport, from the centre and the old town to the streets around the viaduct, 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 Stockport
Trauma Counselling for Stockport, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Stockport: from the centre and the old town to Heaton Moor, Reddish, Bramhall and Cheadle
- Known for
- The viaduct, the hat works and the river Mersey
- Region
- North West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Talking Therapies (find via the NHS finder)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Stockport
What brings people in Stockport to counselling?
A commuter town is a good place to keep moving and not look at anything for long. Days here are frequently full from before dawn until late, and something old can sit unattended for years because there has genuinely been no quiet hour in which it could surface. Trauma is wider than the obvious cases. A childhood, an assault, a road accident, a birth that went badly, a bereavement dealt with by returning to work on the Monday. Emergency admissions for self-harm ran at 107 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000, and being below an average changes nothing for the person in Heaton Moor or the old town carrying something unspoken.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Stockport
the town centre and old townHeaton MoorReddishBramhallCheadleCheadle HulmeMarpleEdgeleyHazel Grove
Wherever you are in Stockport, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Stockport
Official figures for Stockport, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 107 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 does trauma counselling involve?
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 how to check my 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 work is delivered online by secure video, with Bradley in Hove and nothing local to attend. That suits this particular work well. You stay in your own space, you control what the camera shows, and you can end the session yourself at any moment without explaining why. Holding the off switch matters when the difficulty being addressed involved having no control over when things stopped. Beginning with the camera off is a perfectly reasonable way to work.
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 Stockport
Why people in Stockport come for trauma counselling
You are never asked to tell the story. That is the ground everything else stands on, and it is worth saying at once, since the assumption that counselling means recounting the worst thing is what keeps most people from ever enquiring. The Human Givens Rewind Technique, a central part of this work, lets a memory be processed without you putting it into words at all. The early sessions stay in the present: what your body does now, what triggers it, how sleep, concentration and temper are behaving, and what already brings the level down. The memory is approached only once that footing is solid, at a pace you set entirely, and stopping is respected the moment you say so. NHS access is via the national NHS Talking Therapies finder, which takes self-referrals in England and can assess and route trauma cases, with your GP a sensible parallel step where symptoms are severe.
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 Stockport
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Stockport, you can refer yourself directly to NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression, with no GP referral needed. You can find support through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
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.
Stockport questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Stockport: common questions
Do I need to have told anyone about this before?
No. A great many people who get in touch have never said it out loud to anybody, and the approach used here does not require them to start. What is spoken about remains your decision, and the work does not depend on producing an account of events.
Something happened years ago and I have coped by staying busy. Is that a problem?
It is a strategy rather than a problem, and it usually works until it stops working. What tends to bring people in is a change of pace, an illness or a quiet period when the busyness runs out. Coping this long is not evidence that nothing needs attention.
Which NHS route covers trauma from Stockport?
The national NHS Talking Therapies finder takes self-referrals from anywhere in England, no GP letter needed, and can assess and direct you towards trauma-focused support. If sleep or safety is badly affected, seeing your GP as well is a sensible additional step.
Can I fit trauma work around a demanding job?
Yes, though placement in the week is worth thinking about. Sessions are contained deliberately, with time kept at the end to settle rather than finishing on difficult material. Where possible we avoid scheduling this immediately before something that requires you to perform.
How will I know whether it is working?
Usually through practical signs rather than feelings: sleeping through more often, reacting less to a sound or a smell, going somewhere you had been avoiding. We agree at the start what improvement would look like for you, and check against that as we go.
Do I have to go into everything that happened?
No. You stay in control of what you share and when, and trauma work doesn't depend on retelling every detail. A great deal of it is about feeling steadier in the present. We'd move only as far as feels manageable, at a pace you set.
I am in Stockport and need trauma support. How quickly can we start?
There is no rush and no queue. A free 15-minute consultation comes first, then we set a weekly time that feels safe. As I see Stockport clients online, from Heaton Moor to Bramhall, we avoid the NHS waiting list and can begin trauma sessions as soon as you are comfortable.
What are the fees for trauma work in Stockport, private versus NHS?
I charge £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, and the opening 15-minute call is free. People in Stockport can seek NHS trauma support through their GP at no cost, though waiting times are common; private sessions let us begin when you are ready.
Do you offer trauma counselling to Stockport online or in your Hove room, with evening slots?
Trauma work with Stockport clients is delivered online; the Hove consulting room is only for those who can travel, which is seldom practical from here. Doing the work from your own home in Heaton Moor or Cheadle can feel grounding, and I offer daytime and early-evening slots to suit you.
Online Trauma Counselling in Stockport, 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 North West: Manchester, Oldham. See all of North West.
People who come for trauma counselling in Stockport often also look at anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
Within reach of Sussex? trauma counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.