New perspectives
ADART counselling uses therapy to change harmful, repeating patterns, so old choices stop quietly running your life.
Anxiety · Depression · Addiction · Relationships · Trauma
About Bradley Riddell, Counsellor in Brighton & Hove
I understand it from the inside out. I'm Bradley, a registered member of the BACP with over 25 years' experience helping people move through anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship difficulties and trauma.
I offer in‑person sessions from my comfortable, discreet and very private office in Hove, and online sessions for those elsewhere in the country and abroad.
I specialise in anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship issues and trauma memories, because my clinical experience has taught me there's a crossover and a correlational link between these states, one that both reactivates them and keeps them held within the person.
I've known addiction, depression, anxiety, relationship and trauma issues myself, so I understand them from the inside out, so to speak.
That said, words like "anxiety," "depression," "addiction" and "trauma" can be loaded and unhelpful, carrying stigma and shame. I completely respect anyone who'd rather not use these labels at all. The only person entitled to use them is you. Go with what works best for you.
Call for a free consultationMy belief
You don't have to hit rock bottom to change
The only condition is desire
You absolutely do not need to have hit rock bottom before making changes, that's a myth. The only condition for change is the desire to make it. The rest is learning, and gentle repeated practice under the right conditions: relaxation and permission, not prohibition.
Focus on what you want
Focusing on what we want, rather than endless analysis of what we don't, returns the past to the past. It frees us from the often crippling fear that we're destined to repeat it. We are not.
Small changes count too
Even if it's only minor changes you're looking to make, I can help with those. Understanding that our current way of coping isn't working best for us is the key to changing it.
More about addiction & recovery
Recovery means recovering your true self
"Addiction" is a habit that persists because it once provided comfort and a feeling of safety. The emotional, limbic part of the brain is intertwined with our survival instinct, so it can mistake addictive behaviour as essential to survival. Overcoming it means embracing and soothing the fear that entrenches those beliefs.
"Recovery" means recovering the true, authentic self that is within us all, always has been, always will be. It simply got twisted out of shape by life's turbulence. It's nobody's fault, but it is a fault that can be restored to its original state: a perfectly imperfect human being motivated by compassion and curiosity.
The great thing about the past is that it's in the past. Therapy returns lived experience to a memory, a recollection, rather than an unwanted re‑experiencing as though it were happening all over again.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In that response lies our growth and our freedom.Viktor E. Frankl
My philosophy
The philosophy behind ADART counselling
Addiction is always about pain, whatever the substance or behaviour. The question is not so much "Why the addiction?" but "Why the pain?"
Coping strategies
Practical, sustainable support for those moments of feeling isolated, overwhelmed, or stuck on repeat.
Repairing relationships
Rebuild the relationships that addiction, anxiety and low mood put under strain, with honesty and without judgement.
If we can see it, we don't have to be it. Give me a call and we can have an introductory chat, you can ask me whatever you like to see if I'm the right fit for you.
25+Years of experience
BACPRegistered member
2Ways to meet, in person & online
15 minFree consultation
Registered & accountable
Credentials & professional standards
Choosing a counsellor is an act of trust. Here's how my practice is held to clear, independent professional standards, so you know you're in safe, accountable hands.
BACP registered member
I'm a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the UK's leading professional body for the talking therapies. You can confirm my registration on the public BACP Register at any time.
Held to an ethical framework
I practise within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions, which sets clear, enforceable standards for safety, competence, honesty and respect, and gives you a route to raise concerns if you ever need to.
Regular clinical supervision
As good practice requires, my work is supported by regular clinical supervision. Your care is never delivered in isolation, and you're never identified in that process.
25+ years, and lived experience
Over 25 years' experience across anxiety, depression, addiction, relationships and trauma, alongside my own lived experience of recovery, so I understand this work from the inside, not just the textbook.
Confidential by training
Everything you share is held in strict confidence, within the clear limits set out in my privacy policy and the counselling agreement we make together before therapy begins.
A free, no-obligation start
We always begin with a free 15-minute consultation. There's no commitment and no pressure, just a chance to see whether working together feels right for you.
Don't wait any longer, turn your life around today
Reach out and take the first step on the all‑important journey of self‑discovery, and leave those old, redundant practices behind, where they belong.