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Online Trauma Counselling · Stoke-on-Trent
Online Trauma Counselling in Stoke-on-Trent
Online trauma counselling for Stoke-on-Trent, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Stoke-on-Trent, from across the six towns, Hanley and Stoke to the streets around the bottle kilns, 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 Stoke-on-Trent
Trauma Counselling for Stoke-on-Trent, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Stoke-on-Trent: across the six towns, from Hanley and Stoke to Burslem, Tunstall, Longton and Fenton
- Known for
- The bottle kilns, the Potteries and the canals
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Stoke-on-Trent
What is going on for people in Stoke-on-Trent?
This is a city that has learned to absorb hard things quietly. Working lives around the kilns and the mines were physical and often dangerous, and the ceramics firms that survived, Steelite among them, now sit alongside warehouse and care work carrying pressures of a quieter kind. People bring accidents, assaults, bereavements handled alone, and childhoods that were never described to anyone. Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm ran at 110.5 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000, which counts only what reached a hospital. Most of what trauma does happens at three in the morning, with nobody keeping score.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Stoke-on-Trent
HanleyBurslemTunstallLongtonFentonStokeMeirBentileeTrenthamBucknall
Wherever you are in Stoke-on-Trent, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Stoke-on-Trent
Official figures for Stoke-on-Trent, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 110.5 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.
The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on the full trauma counselling page, alongside how I work and qualifications, registration and ethics.
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.
Everything is online by secure video. Bradley practises from Hove, so there is no local building to attend, and for trauma work that is more help than hindrance. You stay somewhere familiar, in Trentham or Fenton or wherever you feel settled, and afterwards you are already home rather than out in public with everything close to the surface. The screen can be turned away, the session paused, the hour ended early. You keep hold of all of that.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does trauma counselling help with?
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 Stoke-on-Trent
Why people in Stoke-on-Trent come for trauma counselling
Trauma counselling here is paced and led by you, and there is no requirement to tell the story. That is the part people most need to hear before they will make contact. The Human Givens Rewind Technique settles a memory so it stops setting off the alarm, and it can be done without you saying aloud what happened; a detail-free version works just as well. We do groundwork first, so you are steadier before anything is touched, and we agree beforehand exactly what will happen. Nothing is sprung on you. People often notice sleep changing before anything else does. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Talking Therapies offers trauma-focused therapy on the NHS and accepts self-referrals, so that route is open at the same time. If a memory is currently making you unsafe, your GP or an urgent NHS service comes first.
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 Stoke-on-Trent
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Stoke-on-Trent, you can refer yourself directly to Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent 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.
Stoke-on-Trent questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Stoke-on-Trent: common questions
Do I have to relive it in the session?
No. Reliving is not the mechanism and it is not asked for. The Rewind Technique works at one remove, and many people finish it without ever describing the event to me. If you want to talk about it you can, but that is your choice, not a requirement.
How much are trauma sessions and is the first one free?
Fees run £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min. The first contact is a free 15-minute consultation, which is not a session but a chance to ask questions and see whether you want to go further. There is no charge for that conversation.
What does Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Talking Therapies provide for trauma?
It is the free NHS talking therapies service covering the city and offers trauma-focused work. You can put in a self-referral yourself without seeing a GP first. Some people start there, some start here, and some do the referral and begin privately while waiting.
I live in a small terrace with thin walls. How do I keep sessions private?
Headphones make more difference than anything else, because they cut what carries through a wall by half. Beyond that, people use a car, a quiet hour when the house is empty, or a room at the back. We can plan the practicalities in the consultation.
Something happened a long time ago and I have never told anybody. Where would we even start?
We start with now: sleep, triggers, what daily life is like. Not with the event. Many people who have held something for decades find the first sessions are almost entirely about the present, and that on its own already takes some of the pressure off.
Will I have to relive everything in detail?
No. Trauma counselling does not force you to relive anything. Early sessions focus on safety and trust, and you decide what to share and when. Working from your own space can help you feel more grounded as you go at a pace that suits you.
How do I start online trauma counselling in Stoke-on-Trent?
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, held online, so you can get a feel for the work before committing. Stoke-on-Trent is served by video from Hove, meaning no travel and no local waiting list, and we then agree a steady, private time together.
What does trauma counselling cost in Stoke-on-Trent, and is there an NHS route?
This is private work: £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Trauma often needs unhurried time, which the longer sessions give. NHS help is available through a Stoke-on-Trent GP referral, though waits vary.
Would online trauma sessions suit me in Stoke-on-Trent, and can we meet in the evening?
Many people find video steadier for trauma, joining from a place that already feels safe rather than travelling. The room is in Hove, so Stoke-on-Trent is online only. Evening and out-of-hours times can often be arranged when daytime is taken up by work.
Online Trauma Counselling in Stoke-on-Trent, 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 Midlands: Derby, Telford, Tamworth. See all of Midlands.
If trauma counselling is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy may fit better in Stoke-on-Trent.
Within reach of Sussex? trauma counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.