Farnborough · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Addiction counselling and rehab advice for Farnborough
If you've searched for rehab in Farnborough, whether the worry is your own drinking or a family member's, the free Hampshire service described below assesses people and arranges detox or a residential place, and I offer one-to-one addiction counselling over secure video that works alongside it.
The practical facts for Farnborough
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Farnborough by car
- About 85 minutes with clear roads (71.8 miles); longer at busy times.
- By train
- From Farnborough North, change at Gatwick Airport for trains towards Brighton and Hove.
- 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.
When the family is first to go looking
Often the person typing rehab into a search bar late at night isn't the one drinking.
It might be a parent in Southwood whose son came home from a night out in a state that frightened them, or a partner in Cove who has found a second set of bank statements and the betting app behind them. It might follow an evening in A and E at Frimley Park Hospital that nobody wants to mention at breakfast. Someone can be capable and well thought of at work, at one of the town's aerospace or technology employers, and still keep a habit out of sight for years while the people at home carry the worry. For Hampshire as a whole, hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions ran at 618.4 per 100,000 in 2023/24, similar to the England figure of 611.7 per 100,000. That is a county figure and it describes nobody in particular. For your household, the more useful thing to know is where the free help starts.
How the Hampshire route and counselling fit together
For anyone in Farnborough, the free starting point is Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, run by Inclusion as part of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, on 0300 124 0103. It assesses what a person needs, and if medically supported detox or a residential place is right, that is where it gets arranged. Counselling with me is outpatient and one-to-one. It can come before that assessment, while someone is still making up their mind; alongside community treatment; or after a residential stay, once the structure has gone and ordinary life starts again. In sessions we look at the job the drinking, drug use or gambling has been doing in your life, whether that's quietening worry or filling an empty evening. A habit that does a job is hard to give up without something else to do that job. I have lived experience of recovery myself, so I won't be shocked and I won't lecture. If you're the parent or the partner, you can come in your own right. We'd look at staying close without covering for someone, and at saying what you've noticed without it turning into a fight. Your own sleep, work and friendships matter here as well, because it's hard to keep a door open for someone when you're exhausted.
Who might be reading this in Farnborough
A parent lying awake
Your grown-up child's drinking or drug use is keeping you up at night. Counselling can be for you, whatever they decide to do next.
A partner holding the secret
You've been covering the bills, the excuses and the moods for a long time. Sessions give you somewhere to say all of it, whatever your partner chooses.
After a night at Frimley Park
A trip to A and E at Frimley Park Hospital can be the point where a habit can't be explained away any longer. It can also be where asking for help begins.
Home after residential care
After a residential stay arranged through Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, weekly video sessions can help you hold on to what changed once everyday pressures return.
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 Farnborough
Private counselling can run alongside the free routes for Farnborough. Inclusion Recovery Hampshire is where drug and alcohol treatment is assessed and arranged, including detox where it's needed. Parent Support Link is a family support charity, and the Hampshire Carers Support Service can help if looking after someone who drinks or uses has made you their carer.
- Free drug and alcohol serviceInclusion Recovery Hampshire0300 124 0103Free and confidential.
- Local organisationThe Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire (Hampshire Carers Support Service)
- Local organisationAndover Mind – Hart and Rushmoor Wellbeing CentreLocal Mind wellbeing centre, recovery-focused; no.
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. Locally, the Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Mental Health Crisis Helpline is on 0800 915 4644. 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 Farnborough ask before starting
Where do I start if I'm looking for rehab in Farnborough?
For people in Farnborough, the route into detox or residential treatment usually starts with an assessment at Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, the free county drug and alcohol service, on 0300 124 0103. Counselling with me can come before, during or after that.
How do I get my son or daughter in Farnborough to accept help?
You can't make an adult accept help, and pushing hard often drives them further away. What you can do is say plainly what you've seen, without labels, and make sure they know where help is, starting with Inclusion Recovery Hampshire. Parent Support Link is a family support charity, and counselling for yourself can help you hold steady while you wait.
Can I have addiction counselling by video from Farnborough instead of travelling?
Yes, and from Farnborough it's the realistic option, given the 85-minute drive to Hove. Video sessions follow the same shape as sessions in the room. It can feel easier to be honest from your own home, and there's no waiting room where anyone might recognise you.
Can I start counselling while I wait for Inclusion Recovery Hampshire?
Yes. Counselling doesn't depend on their assessment, so the free 15-minute call can happen while you wait, give me a rough picture of what's going on, and hear plainly when I'll have space. Questions about the physical side of stopping belong with your GP or Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, and the medical warning in the urgent help box on this page sets out the reasons.
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 step, for yourself or for them
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.