Communication and conflict
Breaking the cycle of the same argument.
Online Relationship Counselling · Derby
Online relationship counselling for Derby, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Derby — from the Cathedral Quarter and the centre to the streets around the Silk Mill — with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.
In and around Derby
Life in Derby
Derby is an engineering city built around firms like Rolls-Royce and the railways, and so much of its wellbeing is tied to a few big employers and the security of skilled work. The pressure of shift patterns, restructuring and a city on the edge of the Peak yet far from the coast can leave people stretched.
Where the old industries have gone and there is a strong culture of just getting on with things, online keeps support discreet and within reach however stretched the week.
Derby is a major aerospace and rail engineering city: Rolls-Royce has a large civil aerospace presence here, the University of Derby and the Royal Derby Hospital are based in the city, and Toyota's UK car plant is nearby at Burnaston.
Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.
The approach is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full — the methods, what each session covers and fees — on the main relationship counselling page and on how I work.
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop — no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Breaking the cycle of the same argument.
Rebuilding safety after betrayal or addiction.
Finding your way back to closeness.
Sessions you can join from different places.
Working with people-pleasing and the need for control.
You do not need to come as a couple to change the dynamic.
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Derby, you can refer yourself directly to Derby and Derbyshire 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:
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.
Derby questions
Yes. I work with people right across Derby, from the Cathedral Quarter and the centre outwards, and anywhere else in Midlands, by secure video — no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
Yes. A great deal can change when one person shifts the pattern; you do not need to attend as a couple to do useful work.
Yes. Online makes it easy for couples in different places, or juggling childcare, to attend together.
No. We look at the pattern the two of you create together and where it gets stuck, not at who is to blame.
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: Nottingham, Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent. See all of Midlands.
Other online support from Derby: Addiction, Substance Use, Drinking, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma.