Chelsea · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Addiction counselling and rehab advice for Chelsea
If 'rehab Chelsea' was your search, on your own behalf or for a partner or grown-up child, this page explains who in the Royal Borough arranges treatment and where one-to-one counselling sits beside it. The Hove room is 90 minutes' drive away, so weekly sessions from Chelsea usually run by secure video, before, alongside or after any treatment.
The practical facts for Chelsea
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Chelsea by car
- About 90 minutes with clear roads (52.4 miles); longer at busy times.
- Free local drug & alcohol service
- Turning Point Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea (Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service), 0330 303 8080
- 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.
What the borough figures show, and what stays private
Money, riverside addresses and busy King's Road evenings are what outsiders picture in Chelsea, and living up to that picture can make a drink or drug problem harder to own.
Kensington and Chelsea logged 793.0 alcohol-specific hospital admissions per 100,000 in 2023/24, a borough rate above England's 611.7 per 100,000. That number describes admissions across Kensington and Chelsea; it says nothing about you or your family. What no figure shows is the private side: the partner quietly counting bottles in the recycling, the parent lying awake over a son who comes home later and later, the person holding down a demanding central London job who now needs something to get through each week. Drink, cocaine, club drugs and gambling each look different from one household to the next, and they rarely announce themselves. This page shows where each kind of help comes from locally, so that whichever door you try first, you know what sits behind the others.
Turning Point, Acorn Hall and the counselling hour
Assessment, detox and residential rehab for borough residents are arranged through Turning Point Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea, the Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service, which you can call yourself on 0330 303 8080. For club drugs, CNWL runs the Club Drug Clinic. Build on Belief holds its Acorn Hall Weekend Service for people in recovery, covering the days when the structure of the working week falls away. My part is the one-to-one counselling: before treatment, to help you decide what you want; alongside it, as one steady place to talk; and afterwards, when the support thins out and old pressures return. In sessions we unpick what the drink or drugs have given you, the shame that keeps it quiet where appearances count for so much, and the shape of a week in SW3 that can hold. Whatever you could never say at a Sloane Square dinner, you can say here: I have been in recovery myself, and counselling has been my work for over 25 years. Relatives can book sessions of their own too, whether or not the person they are worried about has asked for help.
Who does what for Chelsea families
Turning Point for treatment
Ring 0330 303 8080 yourself and Turning Point Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea will assess the drinking or drug use and, if needed, organise detox or a residential place.
Weekends at Acorn Hall
Run by Build on Belief, the Acorn Hall Weekend Service gives people in recovery somewhere to go on Saturdays and Sundays, alongside counselling during the week.
Help for worried relatives
Turning Point's families and friends service and The Alcohol Service from CGL both support family members and carers, so a frightened partner or parent has help of their own.
When children are affected
West London Action for Children on Gertrude Street offers free counselling to children, parents and carers, and substance misuse is among the issues it helps with.
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 Chelsea
Private counselling works best with the borough's free services around it. Turning Point Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea is the starting point for assessment and treatment, with a separate families and friends service. The Club Drug Clinic from CNWL, Build on Belief at Acorn Hall and CGL's family and carer support each cover a different part of recovery, and our sessions can sit beside any of them.
- Free drug and alcohol serviceTurning Point Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea (Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service)0330 303 8080Free and confidential.
- Local organisationCarers Network
- Local organisationThe Alcohol Service @ Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster (CGL): family and carer support
- Local organisationSMARTChelsea mental health charity offering membership activities.
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.
Locally, the CNWL Mental Health Single Point of Access crisis line, London boroughs) is on 0800 0234 650.
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 Chelsea ask before starting
Where do I find rehab for someone living in Chelsea?
Residential rehab and detox for Kensington and Chelsea residents are arranged through Turning Point Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea, which assesses what level of care fits; call 0330 303 8080. I offer outpatient counselling by video that can come before a residential stay, continue during community treatment, or support you once you are home in Chelsea again.
How can I help my partner or adult child in Chelsea who will not admit they drink too much?
You can get support before they are ready. Turning Point's families and friends service and The Alcohol Service from CGL both help family members and carers. Sessions with me can be just for you: understanding the pattern, setting limits you can keep, and looking after yourself meanwhile. Should anyone in your Chelsea home be in immediate danger, turn straight to the urgent help box on this page.
Will video addiction counselling fit round a long working day in SW3?
Yes. Video sessions can sit at the start or end of a central London working day, joined from home or a private office, with no trip out for anyone to notice. With Hove some 90 minutes' drive from the King's Road, meeting face to face works best as an occasional 90 or 120-minute session.
Where can I get help in Kensington and Chelsea for club drugs?
The Club Drug Clinic, run by CNWL, works with people using club drugs, and Turning Point Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea assesses all kinds of drug use. Whichever of the two you use, a weekly hour with me can sit beside it, looking at what the using has been giving you, on and off the King's Road, and what you would rather have.
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 first call about drink or drugs, for you or someone close
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.