Online Trauma Counselling · Blackpool

Online Trauma Counselling in Blackpool

Online trauma counselling for Blackpool, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Blackpool — from the Golden Mile and the Tower to the streets around the Pleasure Beach — 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 Blackpool

Trauma Counselling for Blackpool, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Blackpool: from the Golden Mile and the Tower to Bispham, Marton and Layton
Known for
The Tower, the Pleasure Beach and the illuminations
Region
North West (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 Blackpool

Why people in Blackpool reach out

Blackpool is Britain's best-known seaside resort and also home to some of the most acute deprivation in the country. Seasonal and insecure work, transient housing and the long quiet winters once the crowds have gone leave real and lasting strain, and good support is badly stretched.

A seaside town can feel cut off once the season ends and the front goes quiet, so online support that does not depend on who happens to practise nearby matters here.

Blackpool's economy centres on seaside tourism, including the Blackpool Tower and the Pleasure Beach, and its main hospital is Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The town has among the most acute deprivation in England.

The local picture

The local picture in Blackpool

These figures are local context from official sources — not a description of you — but they show the scale of what people in and around Blackpool are living with, and why local support matters.

Local data last reviewed June 2026. Each figure shows the year and links to the official source it was read on.

The trauma counselling itself

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 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 trauma 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 trauma counselling in Blackpool can help

Intrusive memories

Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.

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.

Finding support in Blackpool

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Blackpool, 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.

Blackpool questions

Online Trauma Counselling in Blackpool: common questions

Can I get online trauma counselling if I live in Blackpool?

Yes. I work with people right across Blackpool, from the Golden Mile and the Tower outwards, and anywhere else in North West, by secure video — no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.

Do I have to describe what happened in detail?

No. Methods like the Human Givens Rewind let us process a memory without you reliving it or even speaking the detail aloud.

Is it safe to do trauma work online?

Yes, when it is paced carefully. We go slowly, keep you grounded, and you stay in control of what we approach and when.

What if I get overwhelmed during a session?

We build in ways to settle and pause, and never move faster than feels safe. Being in your own space online can make that easier.

Online Trauma Counselling in Blackpool, 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 North West: Preston, Lancaster. See all of North West.

Other online support from Blackpool: Addiction, Substance Use, Drinking, Anxiety, Depression, Relationship.