Aldershot · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Addiction counselling and rehab advice for Aldershot
If you're looking up rehab for someone in Aldershot, or for yourself, the free route to detox and residential care starts at Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, whose Aldershot hub is on Alexandra Terrace. I offer one-to-one addiction counselling alongside it, before, during or after treatment. Because the room in Hove sits 85 minutes' drive from Rushmoor, sessions mostly run on secure video, with an in-person visit now and then.
The practical facts for Aldershot
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Aldershot by car
- About 85 minutes with clear roads (69.0 miles); longer at busy times.
- Free local drug & alcohol service
- Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, 0300 124 0103
- Fees
- £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90, £120 for 120. The first 15-minute call is free.
- Registration
- BACP registered member, no. 109340 (check the register); UKCP student member in advanced psychotherapy training.
A garrison town with its own recovery doorway
Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, NHS drug and alcohol support for anyone living in the county, runs one of its hubs at Alexandra House, 3-4 Alexandra Terrace.
It opens Monday and Wednesday to Friday from 9 to 5, and on Tuesdays until 8, which helps if you work days. After assessing someone, the Alexandra Terrace team can line up community support, a detox or a residential bed. Aldershot's character shapes who walks through that door. The garrison hosts around 70 military units and organisations, Rushmoor counted 6.7% of its adults as veterans in the 2021 census, and the council's own plan notes that nearly 4 in 10 veterans report having a mental health problem. Rushmoor also has the largest Nepali population in England. For a soldier, a veteran or a close-knit Nepali family, admitting that drink, drugs or gambling has taken hold can feel like a public failure, so a private first conversation can matter a great deal.
Counselling that runs alongside Inclusion's treatment
Addiction counselling with me is outpatient talking work, one to one, by video. You can begin while still drinking or using, before Inclusion has seen you, and we keep going while any treatment they arrange takes place. Together we work out what job the alcohol, drugs or gambling has been doing, whether that is blunting a memory from a tour, filling the evenings since you handed back your kit, or keeping you upright through relentless shifts. We also make room for whatever sits underneath, at a pace you choose, and you never have to share operational detail to be understood. Coming home to Manor Park or North Town after a detox or a residential stay, to the same mates and the same habits, can be the stretch that tests you most, and a set weekly hour gives you something steady to hold. Wives, husbands, parents and grown-up children can book time for themselves as well, to talk about the worry, the secrecy and the limits they want to hold. My own recovery and over 25 years in practice mean you can speak plainly here. Hampshire's drug misuse death rate for 2022-24 stood at 4.1 per 100,000, lower than England's 5.8 per 100,000, and it is a county-wide count that says nothing about the soldier, veteran or relative on your mind.
Where an Aldershot family might be starting
Not sure who to ring
Call Inclusion Recovery Hampshire on 0300 124 0103, or find its Aldershot hub at Alexandra House. Following that assessment, the right level of help is arranged, from community treatment to detox or a residential stay.
Parents carrying it alone
When a son or daughter's using fills every conversation at home, Parent Support Link offers family support, and our sessions can be kept for your own worry and limits.
Drinking since leaving the forces
NHS Op COURAGE and Combat Stress, whose helpline on 0800 138 1619 runs 24 hours, both appear on Rushmoor's Armed Forces Covenant page, and our video sessions can sit beside either of them.
Aldershot men keeping it quiet
Silent Storms runs a men's peer-support group every Monday from 7 to 9pm on Victoria Road, with a monthly Saturday branch at the Greater Rushmoor Nepali Community.
Public health figures for the area
These are local authority figures from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. "Similar to England" means the difference is not statistically significant. The figures describe a whole population over a period, not any one person.
Free drug and alcohol support for Aldershot
Free help in Aldershot can run alongside our sessions. Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, on 0300 124 0103, assesses and arranges treatment from its Alexandra Terrace hub. Mothers and fathers can turn to Parent Support Link, Silent Storms meets Aldershot men every Monday evening, and anyone looking after a relative can lean on the Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire. If an evening turns hard, Pickford Street's Aldershot Safe Haven welcomes people between 6pm and 11pm, seven days a week.
- Free drug and alcohol serviceInclusion Recovery Hampshire0300 124 0103Free and confidential.
FRANK (on 0300 123 6600) and Drinkline on 0300 123 1110 are free and confidential, and Alcoholics Anonymous and SMART Recovery run peer-support meetings you can find online. For gambling, the National Gambling Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 8020 133 (NHS gambling support).
If raising someone's drinking or drug use with them feels unsafe, or someone at home is hurting, threatening or controlling you, the National Domestic Abuse Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 2000 247. In immediate danger, call 999.
Detox and residential rehab are arranged through the free local drug and alcohol service named here. It assesses what you need, arranges medically assisted withdrawal where that is safe and needed, and can refer for community or residential treatment. My part is one-to-one counselling before, alongside or after that treatment, to help the changes last.
If you need urgent help now
If you need help right now, please don't wait for a session.
In this area you can also text HANTS to 85258. Local drop-in crisis support: Aldershot Safe Haven (check opening times before you go).
If you, or someone you live with, drink heavily every day, or take drugs such as benzodiazepines or GHB daily, do not stop suddenly without medical advice. Withdrawal can cause seizures and can be dangerous. Your GP or the local drug and alcohol service can arrange medically assisted withdrawal. Call 999 or go to A&E if someone in withdrawal is shaking visibly, unusually restless or agitated, confused, seeing or hearing things that are not there, or has a fit. For milder symptoms, such as a slight tremor or sweating, contact your GP or NHS 111 the same day (NHS guidance). Counselling works alongside medical support, not instead of it.
What people in Aldershot ask before starting
Is there a rehab in Aldershot, and how do we get someone a place?
Residential places for people in Aldershot are arranged after an assessment by Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, which has a hub at Alexandra House, 3-4 Alexandra Terrace, and a phone line on 0300 124 0103. The hub stays open until 8pm on Tuesdays. They decide with the person whether community treatment, detox or a residential stay fits best. Our sessions can begin while you wait for the Alexandra Terrace appointment and continue once treatment is under way.
My husband is a veteran and drinking heavily. Where can I get support in Aldershot?
You can get support now, whatever he decides. Our sessions can be about you: the nights you wait up, what you tell the children, and what you will and won't keep doing. At Harlow Hall, the Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire hosts an Aldershot Carers Group once a month, while he can ring Combat Stress on 0800 138 1619 at any hour, day or night, once he is ready.
Would addiction counselling from Aldershot be online or face to face?
Online, as a rule. With 85 minutes on the road or three separate trains between Aldershot station and Hove, a weekly visit is unrealistic, so we talk over secure video from somewhere private, well out of sight of anyone from the garrison or your street. An occasional longer session in Hove can be arranged if meeting in person would help, perhaps once you have settled into the work.
Is there support in Aldershot for Nepali families worried about drinking?
Silent Storms runs a men's peer-support group at the Greater Rushmoor Nepali Community, on the first Saturday of each month, and Inclusion Recovery Hampshire serves anyone living in the county. In counselling with me, we can make room for family expectations, shame and the pressure to keep things private, without treating your culture as the problem.
How much do sessions cost, and is the first call free?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, the same in person in Hove or by video. The first 15-minute call is free, with no obligation to book. There is no NHS referral needed to see me privately.
A private first conversation, from the garrison town
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.