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Online Trauma Counselling · York
Online Trauma Counselling in York
Online trauma counselling for York, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across York, from within the walls and the centre to the streets around the Minster, 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 York
Trauma Counselling for York, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of York: from within the walls and the centre to Clifton, Acomb and Heworth
- Known for
- The Minster, the city walls and the Shambles
- Region
- Yorkshire & North East (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 York
Why people in York get in touch
Emergency hospital admissions for self-harm in York ran at 91.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000. A comparatively low figure in a comparatively calm-looking city can make private distress feel even more out of place. Trauma is here all the same: assaults, collisions, difficult births at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals, and childhoods that nobody outside the household knew anything about. In a small city with a public reputation for gentleness, people become very good at keeping such things off the surface. It shows years afterwards in sleep, in temper, and in the streets that never get walked down.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around York
CliftonAcombHeworthBishopthorpeFulfordFishergateHolgateDringhousesHuntingtonHeslington
Wherever you are in York, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in York
Official figures for York, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 91.8 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.
The method travels; only the geography changes. everything on trauma counselling explains it properly, how I work, sessions and fees answers the practical questions, and my BACP registration shows how the practice is held to account.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
We work online by secure video, since I am in Hove and there is nothing here to visit. For trauma that arrangement carries real advantages. You are somewhere your body already accepts as safe, you decide about the door and the light, and there is no walk back through the centre while still unsettled. No one in the city sees you going anywhere. Before we approach anything difficult, we agree the signal you use to slow the session down or stop it.
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 York
Why people in York come for trauma counselling
Hardly anyone books using the word trauma. They book because something ordinary produces a reaction that makes no sense to them, or because sleep has gone, or because they cannot get near a particular road. That reaction is not irrational; it is a nervous system responding to old information as though it were current. The work here is paced and client-led, and there is no requirement to retell the event. Where it suits, the Human Givens Rewind Technique reduces the emotional charge attached to a memory without you describing what happened, which matters for the many people who ruled out counselling because they could not face saying it. Groundwork comes first: sleep, steadiness, and knowing what your body is doing and why. Self-referral runs through the NHS Talking Therapies finder for England, and York Mind is available for wider support.
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 York
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In York, 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.
York questions
Online Trauma Counselling in York: common questions
Will I be asked to describe it?
No. That is built into how this is done rather than being an exception made for you. The Rewind Technique settles a memory without a spoken account, and the rest of the work is about the present. You decide what is said and what stays yours.
Is it strange to be struggling with this in a city like York?
Not remotely, though it can certainly feel that way. Somewhere with a gentle public reputation makes private difficulty feel conspicuous, and people delay for years as a result. What happened to you is not made smaller or stranger by where you happen to live now.
How much would this kind of work cost me?
Following a free 15-minute consultation, sessions are £80 / 60 min. Many people choose £100 / 90 min for this work so there is space to settle before the end, and £120 / 120 min exists if you want it. You are never tied into a fixed number.
Can I get NHS trauma help in York without going to a GP first?
You can, without any GP appointment first. The NHS Talking Therapies finder allows self-referral throughout England, and they will assess what suits, occasionally directing people towards another NHS team depending on what they hear. Combining that with private sessions creates no problem whatsoever.
Something happened decades ago. Is it too late to do anything?
It is not. Memories that still reach into sleep, relationships or temper are unfinished rather than harmless, however old they are. Many people wait a very long time before deciding it still matters, and the waiting does not make the work less likely to help.
Can trauma really be worked on over video?
It can. We move at your pace and keep grounding techniques to hand, and being in your own space often helps you feel more in control. If additional in-person support were ever needed, I'd help you find suitable local options alongside our work.
How soon can I start trauma counselling online in York?
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, usually within a week, then a first video session at a gentle pace. Working from Hove across York means no waiting list and no walk through the crowds when you're feeling raw; the session simply comes to you.
How much is trauma counselling, and why not use the NHS in York?
You can; York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals and talking therapies are free, though often with a wait. My fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours. Longer sessions can suit trauma work, and privately you would start sooner and set the pace.
Is trauma work safe to do online instead of in person in York?
For many people, yes. Being in your own quiet space in York, rather than an unfamiliar room reached through the crowds, can feel steadier. I work from Hove by secure video, and we can use 90-minute or evening sessions so there's time to settle and close gently.
Online Trauma Counselling in York, 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 Yorkshire & North East: Leeds, Hull, Harrogate. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
Also available in York: anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same trauma counselling is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.