Fulham · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Addiction counselling and rehab advice for Fulham
Searching 'rehab Fulham' from Sands End or Parsons Green usually comes from fear, whether for yourself, a son or daughter, or a partner. This page sets out how treatment is arranged in Hammersmith and Fulham and where one-to-one counselling with me fits. Because the Hove room is roughly 84 minutes from SW6 by car, you would mostly see me on video from Fulham, adding a session by the sea when it suits.
The practical facts for Fulham
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Fulham by car
- About 84 minutes with clear roads (59.0 miles); longer at busy times.
- Free local drug & alcohol service
- Turning Point Hammersmith & Fulham, 020 8740 6815
- 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.
Match days, after-work rounds and Monday night meetings
In Fulham, drinking threads through ordinary life long before anyone calls it a problem.
There are after-work rounds in a young, professional part of London, and long Saturdays built around a home game at Craven Cottage or Stamford Bridge. Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions across Hammersmith and Fulham reached 1072.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, which sits above England's 611.7 per 100,000. That covers the whole borough and describes nobody's household in particular. At home the picture is usually quieter: a partner counting bottles in the recycling in Sands End, or a parent near Parsons Green who has stopped believing the explanations. Relatives in SW6 have a meeting of their own: the Al-Anon group that gathers in Fulham each Monday, for anyone close to a drinker. Where the worry is club drugs rather than drink, the Club Drug Clinic, a specialist NHS route from Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, is one Fulham residents can ask about.
Turning Point arranges treatment, and counselling runs beside it
For anyone living in Hammersmith and Fulham, detox, residential rehab and structured community treatment are assessed and arranged through Turning Point Hammersmith and Fulham, the council's drug and alcohol service, on 020 8740 6815. You can call them yourself, and a relative can ring to ask how it works. What I offer is one-to-one counselling, and it can begin before that first call, continue during a programme, or pick up after a residential stay once everyday life in SW6 returns. Ahead of any Turning Point programme, we spend the time being honest about what drink or drugs give you in SW6 life, what they take away, and why letting go feels so frightening. During treatment, counselling is a private place to bring whatever group work stirs up. Afterwards we turn to the evenings and weekends that used to revolve around the pub or the match, and what might fill them now. Relapse, lies told at home or money lost on nights out in Fulham can all be said plainly here; I have been in recovery myself and practised for over 25 years, so none of it needs softening. Medication and physical health sit with your GP or the Turning Point team, and our work follows their plan. Relatives can see me on their own too, because living beside someone's addiction takes its own toll.
Who does what for people in Fulham
Turning Point assesses and arranges
Turning Point Hammersmith and Fulham, on 020 8740 6815, assesses drink and drug use for borough residents and arranges detox, residential or community treatment where it is needed.
Al-Anon on a Monday
Each week the Al-Anon Fulham SW6 Monday group offers relatives and friends of a drinker free mutual aid, whatever treatment that person does or doesn't take up.
Company for the weekends
The Acorn Hall Weekend Service run by Build on Belief gives people in recovery a community to spend Saturdays and Sundays with, when free time can feel longest.
Recovery through drama
Outside Edge Theatre Company uses drama as a route through recovery, offering a different kind of company to keep alongside counselling and any formal treatment.
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 Fulham
Relatives in Fulham have help of their own. Turning Point Hammersmith and Fulham runs support for people who care about someone using, and it also supplies naloxone. Worries about club drugs can go to the specialist NHS Club Drug Clinic, while West London Mind covers broader community support across Hammersmith and Fulham. Whichever of these you use, weekly sessions with me are open to the Fulham drinker or user and equally to the relatives worrying about them.
- Free drug and alcohol serviceTurning Point Hammersmith & Fulham020 8740 6815Free and confidential.
- Local organisationCarers Network (Hammersmith & Fulham hub)
- Local organisationBuild on Belief (BOB), Acorn Hall Weekend ServiceRecovery community.
- Local organisationOutside Edge Theatre Company (recovery through drama)
- Local organisationMaggie's West London (at Charing Cross Hospital)
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 West London NHS Trust 24-hour mental health crisis line is on 0800 328 4444.
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 Fulham ask before starting
How does someone in Fulham get into rehab?
Rehab and detox for Hammersmith and Fulham residents go through Turning Point Hammersmith and Fulham, which assesses what is needed and arranges residential or community treatment. The number is 020 8740 6815; the person concerned can call, or you can ring as a relative for advice. My part is counselling, while a place is being arranged, during treatment, or once someone is home in Fulham again.
I'm worried about my son's drinking in Fulham. Is there support for me as a parent?
There is help meant just for you. Parents can join the Al-Anon Fulham SW6 Monday group alongside others close to a drinker, and Turning Point Hammersmith and Fulham keeps support aside for anyone caring about a person who uses. Counselling with me is also open to relatives on their own, whether or not your son is ready to accept help yet.
Is video counselling realistic for drinking or drugs from SW6?
Yes, and from Fulham it is usually the sensible way to keep a weekly hour going. The Hove room is around 84 minutes by car, which is a big ask every week in early recovery. Log in at the same hour each week from somewhere in Fulham you won't be overheard, and when sitting in one room matters, we can book a longer session by the sea.
How quickly could I start counselling for drinking if I live in Fulham?
After the free consultation you choose from session times that are actually open, with no waiting list. If heavy drinking is a daily thing for you, talk to your GP or Turning Point Hammersmith and Fulham before cutting down, as the safety note on this page sets out, and our sessions can start in parallel with their care.
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.
Starting from Fulham, whoever it is 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.