OLIP Therapy · Counselling for Southampton
Counselling in Southampton
In person just off the M27, or online from anywhere in the city.
Counselling in Southampton, in person and online
Talk to someone who really listens.
Professional, BACP registered counselling for Southampton. Meet us in person just off Junction 9 of the M27, with parking on site, or work with us online from your own sofa anywhere in the city.
Counselling that fits around your life in Southampton
If you live or work in Southampton and you have been thinking about counselling, you have probably already discovered the problem. City centre therapists often mean city centre parking, long waiting lists, or choosing a name from a directory with no real sense of who you will be sitting opposite.
OLIP Therapy is different. We are an award-winning practice, named Practice of the Year 2025, and we have supported people across Southampton and the wider Solent area since 2003. You can meet your counsellor in person at our comfortable, private practice in Fareham, an easy drive along the M27, or work with us online without leaving your home in Shirley, Portswood, Bitterne or anywhere else in the city.
Every therapist at OLIP is pictured and profiled on our team page, so you know exactly who you will be talking to before you ever walk through the door.
Easy to reach from anywhere in Southampton
Getting to us from Southampton
Our practice is at Arena Office, Lancaster Court, 8 Barnes Wallis Road, Fareham, PO15 5TU, in the Segensworth business area just off Junction 9 of the M27.
From most of Southampton the drive takes around 20 to 30 minutes. From Bitterne, Woolston and Sholing on the east side of the city it is often closer to 15. There is parking on site, so there is no circling multistoreys or feeding a meter before a session, and the location is discreet. You will not bump into anyone you know in a waiting room on the high street.
Clients travel from Shirley · Portswood · Bitterne · Woolston · Sholing · Bassett · Highfield · Millbrook · Hedge End · Eastleigh · Chandler's Ford · Totton
Prefer not to travel? Work with us online
Not everyone wants to cross the Itchen after a day at work, and you do not have to. We offer the same counselling, delivered by the same experienced therapists, over secure video anywhere in Southampton and across the UK.
Online sessions suit shift workers at the hospital and the docks, students at the universities, parents working around the school run, and anyone who simply feels more comfortable talking from their own space.
Offering online therapy since 2012
Many of our Southampton clients tell us the short drive actually helps. The journey out of the city becomes a buffer, a bit of breathing space between everyday life and the work you do in the room, and again on the way home.
Support for whatever you are facing
Counselling at OLIP is not one size fits all. Our team includes counsellors, psychotherapists, clinical hypnotherapists and EMDR practitioners, so we match you to the right therapist and the right approach. Southampton clients come to us for help with:
Anxiety & panic
Racing thoughts, dread, panic attacks, and a mind that will not stand down.
Low mood & depression
When the colour has drained out of things and getting through the day feels heavy.
Stress & burnout
Work pressure, exhaustion, and running on empty for far too long.
Grief, loss & trauma
Bereavement, painful memories, PTSD, and experiences that will not stay in the past.
Relationships & couples
Conflict, distance, communication problems, and couples counselling together.
Low self-esteem
Harsh self-criticism, self-doubt, and never quite feeling good enough.
Alongside traditional talking therapy we offer CBT, EMDR, clinical hypnotherapy, and our integrated Hypno-CBT and Hypno-EMDR approaches, so Southampton clients looking for a hypnotherapist as well as a counsellor can find both in one place. Sophie works with children and young people from age 7, something very few practices in the Southampton area offer.
Why Southampton clients choose OLIP
Know your therapist before you meet them
Photos, backgrounds and specialisms are all on our team page. No anonymous rotas, no being assigned whoever has a gap.
The same therapist every time
The relationship you build is one of the strongest predictors of how well therapy works, so we protect it.
Serving the Solent since 2003
OLIP Therapy, formerly the Hampshire Hypnotherapy and Counselling Centre, has worked with Southampton clients for over two decades.
Award-winning care
Practice of the Year 2025, founded by the author of How to Overcome the Bully in Your Brain, Self-Help Book of the Year 2022.
No insurance, no gatekeeping
You do not need a referral, a policy number or an assessment call centre. You talk to us, we listen, you begin.
In person or online, your choice
The same expert support at our Fareham practice or over secure video, whichever fits your life best.
Getting started is simple
Free consultation
A relaxed, no-pressure conversation where we listen to what is going on. No cost, no obligation.
Matched to your therapist
We recommend the therapist and approach we honestly believe will help you most, not whoever happens to have a gap.
Sessions that fit your life
In person near the M27 or online from anywhere in Southampton, at a pace that feels right for you.
How much does counselling cost in Southampton?
Your initial consultation is free, with no obligation and no referral needed.
Initial 15 minute consultation
Per 50 minute counselling session
Block of six sessions, booked together
All prices include VAT. Hypnotherapy and CBT are £90 per session. Full details are on our fees page.
Counselling in Southampton: your questions answered
Do you have a counselling office in Southampton itself?
How much does counselling cost?
Are your counsellors BACP registered?
Is online counselling as effective as meeting in person?
How quickly can I be seen?
Can you help my child or teenager?
Do you offer hypnotherapy for Southampton clients too?
What is the difference between counselling and CBT or hypnotherapy?
Ready to talk?
Book your free consultation today and take the first step, whether that is in person near the M27 or online from anywhere in Southampton.