Panic attacks
Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.
Online Anxiety Counselling · Liverpool
Online anxiety counselling for Liverpool, by secure video, wherever you are. For many people in Liverpool, online sessions are not a compromise but the thing that finally makes therapy possible: flexible, private and fitted around your life.
From the heart of Liverpool, near the waterfront, the two cathedrals and the music heritage, out to its edges, from the waterfront and the centre to Toxteth, Anfield, Allerton and Walton, online sessions make it possible to get the right support without rearranging your whole day around a single appointment.
From my base in Hove, I see clients all over the country by video. For someone in Liverpool, that opens up an experienced, BACP-registered specialist without the need to find one on your own doorstep.
I also work online with people elsewhere in North West, including Warrington, Preston, Chester.
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 Liverpool online anxiety counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Liverpool
Liverpool's warmth, humour and strong sense of community are famous, but the city has also weathered real hardship and disinvestment over the years. Insecure work and money pressure remain part of life for many, and the expectation to stay strong for everyone else can make it hard to admit you are struggling.
Port towns run on shifts and movement, and that constant churn can make it hard to feel settled or to keep a regular appointment. Online counselling flexes around unsociable hours rather than asking you to fit your life around it.
What I help with
Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.
Help with confidence, self-consciousness and fear of judgement.
Support for overthinking, catastrophising and decision paralysis.
Working with the need for control and approval.
Calming a nervous system stuck on high alert.
Tools for when anxiety starts to take hold.
Why online works in Liverpool
Sessions flex around the academic calendar and shift work, so support holds steady through the busiest weeks.
If you move, travel for work or split your time between places, online counselling carries on uninterrupted wherever you happen to be.
From Liverpool, there's no journey across town and no waiting room. You join from wherever feels safe, and the rest of your day simply carries on around the session.
Working online means people in Liverpool aren't limited to whoever practises locally. You can choose the counsellor who genuinely fits the issue you're facing, not just the nearest one.
Beyond the practicalities, this is the heart of how the work goes. I take a solution-focused, practical approach that works on the problems actually affecting your day-to-day life. We cover simple, deliberate exercises that help calm your nervous system and respond differently when anxiety shows up.
The setup is light: somewhere quiet, a phone, tablet or laptop, and a workable connection. We open with a free fifteen-minute call, and after that each session is a secure link you click when the time comes.
Read more about online counselling, about anxiety counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationMy online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Liverpool, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Talking Therapies Liverpool 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.
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.
Liverpool questions
Absolutely. Liverpool 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.
Very little: a private space where you won't be interrupted, a laptop, tablet or phone, and a reasonable internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call, I send a secure link you click at our agreed time.
Online and in-person therapy are similarly effective for most people, and clients usually settle quickly once the screen fades into the background and the conversation takes over.
Yes, and many people do both. You can access support from NHS Talking Therapies Liverpool alongside our work; private counselling simply means you can usually start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout. I'm happy to work alongside any NHS support you're receiving.
The simplest first step from Liverpool is a free fifteen-minute call. There's no obligation, just a chance to ask anything and see how it feels.
Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about anxiety counselling in depth.