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Crisis numbers in the United Kingdom
- Samaritans, 116 123, answered day and night: Tel: 116 123
- HOPELINE247, PAPYRUS, 0300 102 2470: Tel: 0300 102 2470 | Text: 88247, texting the word HOPE
- Shout, text 85258, the national text crisis line: Text: 85258, texting the word SHOUT
- National Domestic Abuse Helpline, 0808 2000 247: Tel: 0808 2000 247
- All crisis lines in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has 1,028 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including psychotherapists, counsellors and psychotherapists (registered).
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 1,028 (Psychotherapists 227, Counsellors 160, Psychotherapists (Registered) 69, Clinical Psychologists 50, Registered Counsellors 50, Counselling Psychologists 35, Professional Counsellors 35, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists 33). Professions given by 917 of them.
- How they see clients
- in person 142 (14%), online 46 (5%), online and in person 833 (82%).
- Languages
- English 98%, Hindi/Urdu 5%, Spanish 5%, Italian 4%, French 4%.
- Who they work with
- Adults, Individuals, Couples, Adolescents, Elderly, Organisations, Parents.
- Session fees
- Across the United Kingdom: £40 to £60 for a session with a counsellor, per our United Kingdom fee guide. Those are advertised prices, not official rates.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across the United Kingdom differ from one another. If you know where you want to be seen, the city pages below each carry that place's own list. Filtering for practitioners who work online shows everyone in the United Kingdom available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in the United Kingdom with therapists listed
- London (353)
- Birmingham (27)
- Brighton (27)
- Edinburgh (26)
- Manchester (22)
- Bristol (21)
- Glasgow (15)
- Norwich (13)
- Nottingham (13)
- Cornwall (12)
- Northallerton (12)
- Wallsend (12)
- Walsall (12)
- West Malling Kingshill Kent (12)
- Willenhall (12)
- East Sussex (10)
- Exeter (9)
- Surrey (9)
- Colchester (8)
- Kent (8)
- Liverpool (8)
- Cambridge (7)
- Oxford (7)
- Plymouth (7)
Every other city in the United Kingdom with a therapist listed (322)
A (6 cities)
B (37 cities)
- Banbury (2)
- Banstead (1)
- Barnet (1)
- Barnet Greater London (1)
- Barrhead (1)
- Basildon (1)
- Basingstoke (1)
- Bath (2)
- Battle (1)
- Beaconsfield (2)
- Bedford (5)
- Bedfordshire (1)
- Bedlington (1)
- Belfast (3)
- Berkhamsted (1)
- Berkshire (2)
- Betchworth (1)
- Biddulph (1)
- Billericay (1)
- Bishops Stortford (2)
- Bognor Regis (1)
- Borehamwood (1)
- Bournemouth (1)
- Bradford (2)
- Brentford (2)
- Brentwood (1)
- Bridgnorth (1)
- Bridlington (1)
- Bromley (3)
- Bromsgrove (3)
- Brough (1)
- Buckhurst Hill (1)
- Burnham Market (1)
- Burnley (1)
- Burton on Trent (1)
- Burton upon Trent (1)
- Bury St Edmunds (3)
C (33 cities)
- Canterbury (3)
- Capel le Ferne (1)
- Cardiff (2)
- Cardigan (1)
- Carlisle (1)
- Carlton (1)
- Caterham (2)
- Chelmsford (2)
- Cheltenham (2)
- Chertsey (1)
- Chesham (1)
- Cheshire (1)
- Cheshunt (1)
- Chester (1)
- Chesterfield (2)
- Chichester (2)
- Chinnor (1)
- Chippenham (1)
- Chorley (1)
- Clevedon (1)
- Co Tyrone (1)
- Coatbridge (1)
- Corby (1)
- Coulsdon (1)
- Coulsdon Croydon (1)
- County Down (1)
- Coventry (1)
- Craigavon (1)
- Crewe (1)
- Cringleford (1)
- Cromer (2)
- Cumbria (1)
- Cupar (1)
D (19 cities)
E (10 cities)
F (6 cities)
G (8 cities)
H (23 cities)
- Hailsham (2)
- Halesworth (2)
- Hampshire (1)
- Harrogate (1)
- Hastings (2)
- Haywards Heath (1)
- Hebden Bridge (2)
- Hendon (1)
- Hereford (1)
- Hertford (2)
- Hertfordshire (3)
- High Peak (1)
- High Wycombe (3)
- Higham Ferrers (1)
- Hitchin (2)
- Holywood (1)
- Hornchurch (3)
- Hove (2)
- Huddersfield (1)
- Hull (1)
- Hungerford (1)
- Huntingdon (2)
- Hythe (1)
I (3 cities)
K (6 cities)
L (20 cities)
M (14 cities)
N (14 cities)
O (4 cities)
P (13 cities)
R (15 cities)
S (48 cities)
- Salford (1)
- Saltash (1)
- Sandbach (1)
- Sandwich Kent (1)
- Scarborough (1)
- Seaton (1)
- Sevenoaks (1)
- Sg3 (1)
- Shanklin (2)
- Sheerness (1)
- Sheffield (3)
- Shoreham By Sea (1)
- Shrewsbury (2)
- Shropshire (1)
- Sittingbourne (1)
- Slough (4)
- Solihull (1)
- Somerset (2)
- South Lanarkshire (1)
- Southampton (7)
- Southend (1)
- Southend on Sea (2)
- Southgate North London (1)
- Southwell (1)
- Speen (1)
- St Albans (4)
- St Andrews (2)
- St Neots (1)
- Stafford (1)
- Stansted Mountfitchet (1)
- Stiling (1)
- Stockport (2)
- Stockton on Tees (1)
- Stoke on Trent (1)
- Stour Row (1)
- Stourbridge (2)
- Strabane (1)
- Stratford upon Avon (1)
- Strood Kent (1)
- Stroud (1)
- Suffolk (3)
- Sunbury on Thames (1)
- Surbiton (2)
- Sutton (1)
- Sutton Coldfield (1)
- Sutton in Ashfield (1)
- Swansea (5)
- Swindon (1)
T (16 cities)
U (1 city)
W (25 cities)
- Wadebridge (1)
- Wakefield (1)
- Waltham Cross (1)
- Wareham (1)
- Warrington (3)
- Warwick (1)
- Warwickshire (2)
- Watford (3)
- West Sussex (1)
- Westcliff on Sea (1)
- Whaley Bridge (1)
- Whitstable (2)
- Wickford (1)
- Winchester (1)
- Windsor (1)
- Wisbech (1)
- Witham (1)
- Woking (3)
- Wokingham (1)
- Wolverhampton (6)
- Woodbury (1)
- Worcester Park (2)
- Worcestershire (4)
- Worthing (3)
- Wrexham (1)
Y (1 city)
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (145)
These are recorded against a therapist on TherapyRoute and have no listing page yet, so there is nothing to send you to and no count we can stand behind.
Abbey Cwmhir, Addlestone, Aldwick, Alfold, Alfriston, Anstruther, Ards and North Down, Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon, Arne, Arnold, Astley Abbotts, Atherton, Auchtermuchty, Barnsley, Barton Stacey, Barton Under Needwood, Bathgate, Bearsden, Beeston, Bexhill on Sea, Binfield, Blackburn, Bolsover, Borough of Torbay, Bosham, Braintree, Brewood, Bridgwater, Brompton, Buxton, Chalgrave, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Christchurch, Clacton on Sea, Clyro, Coleford, Conwy, Crowborough, Dalkeith, Dartington, Dodderhill, Dover, Droitwich, Dronfield, Dubai, Dunkeld, Dwyriw, Eastleigh, Edinbugh, Egloshayle, England, Esher, Eton, Evesham, Fareham, Felsted, Fermanagh and Omagh, Filton, Fittleworth, Flitwick, Folkestone, Grange Park, Great Broughton, Great Yarmouth, Greenham, Hadlow Down, Halifax, Hanbury, Harkstead, Havant, Hemel Hempstead, Hennock, Hethersett, Honiton, Hook, Hook Norton, Ilkeston, Kelling, Kendal, Kingston Near Lewes, Kingston upon Hull, Kintbury, Kintore, Langham, Lapworth, Letchworth Garden City, Leyland, Lisburn, Little Milton, Little Missenden, Llanddewi Brefi, Lockerbie, Lugwardine, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Maybole, Mid Ulster, Morden, Nayland, Nettleton, Newark and Sherwood District, Newcastle Under Lyme, Newport on Tay, Newton Mearns, Nuneaton, Patchway, Pattishall, Pelynt, Penn, Piddletrenthide, Port of Menteith, Radford Semele, Redcar, Ripley, Rossendale, Royal Leamington Spa, Rushcliffe District, Rushden, Saint Andrews, Saint Neots, Sapcote, Sea Palling, Shinfield, Smallwood, Sonning Common, South Shields, St Dogmaels, St Endellion, Staines, Stirling, Stoneleigh, Strathaven, Swaffham, Templeton, Thirsk, Toddington, Torpoint, Welton, West Lindsey District, West Malling, Weston Super Mare, Wigton, Wilmslow, Worksop, Wymondham
The United Kingdom has no single register for talk therapy. The practitioner psychologist titles, clinical psychologist and counselling psychologist among them, are protected by law, and a person using one must appear on the Health and Care Professions Council register. Psychiatrists are doctors, held on the General Medical Council register.
Counsellor, psychotherapist and therapist are not protected titles. The check there is membership of a voluntary register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority, a body that accredits registers of practitioners not regulated by law.
You can check a psychologist on the HCPC register and check a doctor on the General Medical Council register. Verify with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Medical Council (GMC).
In the UK there are two routes to therapy and the cost differs sharply between them. NHS talking therapy is free, and in England you can refer yourself without seeing your GP first. In Scotland and Northern Ireland the route runs through your GP, and Wales runs a free online service that needs no referral either.
Waiting times vary by area and the choice of therapist is limited. Private therapists set their own fees, and the fee tracks a therapist's seniority and qualification rather than their postcode. Ask what the fee is and how long the session runs, whether a lower-fee or trainee place exists, and whether online sessions are charged differently.
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TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics, not to investors or corporate interests. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
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