Andover · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Addiction counselling and rehab advice for Andover
Whether rehab Andover was typed for yourself, a husband in Saxon Fields or a daughter back from Andover College, it is Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, free across the county, that assesses for detox and residential care and arranges it. I offer one-to-one addiction counselling before, during or after that, by secure video, since Hove is close to two hours from Andover by road. Relatives worried about someone can book sessions of their own.
The practical facts for Andover
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Andover by car
- About 117 minutes with clear roads (89.1 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.
How the route to rehab works from Andover
From the A303 junctions to the Chantry Centre, free help with drink and drugs in Andover comes from Inclusion Recovery Hampshire on 0300 124 0103, delivered by Inclusion, whose parent body is Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
Its workers see people from Charlton, Picket Twenty and the streets around the Guildhall alike, hear how things stand, and agree with each person whether support close to home, a detox or a residential placement suits them. Coming home after a residential stay is a stretch worth planning for well before it arrives. Counselling is the slower, private conversation that runs around those decisions: why drinking or drugs took hold, what they have been doing for you, and what the weeks after treatment will need. As background, Test Valley recorded 696.3 alcohol-specific hospital admissions per 100,000 in 2023/24, which sits above the England figure of 611.7 per 100,000. A district figure says nothing about any one household in Andover.
What addiction counselling covers, and who it is for
You can book a first hour while the drinking or using is still going on and nothing is settled; the work is outpatient, just the two of us on a screen. We look honestly at the pattern: the late shift that ends at the Chantry Centre and the evening that follows it, the weeks after a partner's posting when the house is too quiet, the money worries a drink seems to soften. Underneath there is often something older, and we make room for that too. Should Inclusion line up a detox or a residential place, our weekly hour can hold steady before you go and pick up again once you are back in Andover. Families are a large part of this work. A parent in Augusta Park lying awake about a son, a partner hiding someone's drinking from colleagues at Marlborough Lines, or a grown-up child who has spent years managing a mother's moods can all book sessions for themselves. Behind this sits a recovery of my own and more than 25 years of counselling, so the story of a hidden bottle in Peake Way or a night shift on Andover Business Park gets a calm, unhurried hearing.
Andover's routes into treatment and support
Assessment and treatment decisions
A free assessment from Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, on 0300 124 0103, can lead to support near home in Test Valley, a detox, or residential care.
Parents and relatives
Parent Support Link backs mums, dads and other relatives coping with what drugs or drink are doing to someone close, and you can also book a video hour with me that centres on you.
Working at Marlborough Lines
When Army Headquarters shapes your week, video counselling gives a private hour to talk about drinking or drugs, kept apart from your employer within the usual limits of confidentiality.
Evenings that tip into crisis
Andover Mind runs North and Mid Hampshire Safe Haven, which answers calls and video visits from 6pm to 10pm, 365 days a year; at other hours, text HANTS to 85258.
Public health figures for the area
These are local authority figures from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The figures describe a whole population over a period, not any one person.
Free drug and alcohol support for Andover
Free treatment for drinking or drug use in Andover is arranged through Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, and counselling with me can run beside it. Parent Support Link is there for relatives, Andover Mind's wellbeing centre at Westbrook Close, South Street, runs peer support and recovery journaling groups, and partners now carrying the caring can turn to The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire.
- Free drug and alcohol serviceInclusion Recovery Hampshire0300 124 0103Free and confidential.
- Local organisationAndover Mind counselling
- Local organisationThe Countess of Brecknock Hospice bereavement support
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; North and Mid Hampshire Safe Haven (Andover Mind) (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 Andover ask before starting
Who decides whether someone from Andover needs rehab?
Decisions about detox or a residential place start with an assessment by Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, the free drug and alcohol service covering Andover, on 0300 124 0103. That first conversation covers how much, how often and what has already been tried, and it can lead to help within Test Valley, a detox or a residential bed if one suits. I offer outpatient counselling that can begin before the assessment and carry on afterwards.
My son lives with us in Andover and is using drugs. Can I get help even if he refuses?
Yes. You can have support in your own right whatever he decides. Parent Support Link offers family support, and Inclusion Recovery Hampshire can explain what is available to him when he is ready. Our hours can centre on you alone, from the nights spent listening for his key in the door to the cash that vanishes, and on staying steady in your own home while still caring about him.
Would addiction counselling from Andover be by video or face to face?
Mostly by video. Hove is about 117 minutes from Andover by car, so a weekly trip is unrealistic, while a secure call from a spare room or a quiet spot away from the house keeps the hour regular and discreet. A visit to Intergen House works best as an occasional longer booking, perhaps to mark coming home from treatment that Inclusion arranged.
I still drink most nights in Andover. Do I need to stop before counselling starts?
No. You do not have to be sober, or even sure you want to stop, to begin. We start where you are and look at what drinking does for you and what it costs. Where the drinking is heavy and daily, the urgent help box on this page comes first, and the timing of any change belongs in a conversation with Inclusion Recovery Hampshire or the surgery you are registered with.
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.
One free call, whoever in Andover you are worried about
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.