Online Relationship Counselling · Stoke-on-Trent

Online Relationship Counselling in Stoke-on-Trent

Online relationship 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.

Online across the UKSecure videoFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, counsellor in Brighton & Hove, introducing his approach to therapy
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Stoke-on-Trent

Relationship 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

Why people in Stoke-on-Trent reach out

Stoke-on-Trent grew as the Potteries, six towns knitted into one, and the long decline of the pottery and mining industries has left real hardship behind. Insecure work, money worries and a sense of being overlooked all shape the pressures people here carry, often quietly.

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.

Stoke-on-Trent is home to Staffordshire University, the Royal Stoke University Hospital, and the bet365 headquarters, alongside its surviving ceramics firms such as Steelite and Portmeirion.

The relationship counselling itself

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.

How online sessions 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 call

What I help with

How online relationship counselling in Stoke-on-Trent can help

Communication and conflict

Breaking the cycle of the same argument.

Trust and repair

Rebuilding safety after betrayal or addiction.

Distance

Finding your way back to closeness.

Long-distance couples

Sessions you can join from different places.

Anxiety and reassurance

Working with people-pleasing and the need for control.

Individual work

You do not need to come as a couple to change the dynamic.

Finding 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 Relationship Counselling in Stoke-on-Trent: common questions

Can I get online relationship counselling if I live in Stoke-on-Trent?

Yes. I work with people right across Stoke-on-Trent, from across the six towns, Hanley and Stoke outwards, and anywhere else in Midlands, by secure video — no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.

Can I come on my own, without my partner?

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.

Can we join the session from different locations?

Yes. Online makes it easy for couples in different places, or juggling childcare, to attend together.

Will you take sides?

No. We look at the pattern the two of you create together and where it gets stuck, not at who is to blame.

Online Relationship 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.

Other online support from Stoke-on-Trent: Addiction, Substance Use, Drinking, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma.