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Addiction Counselling · Hangleton
Addiction Counselling for Hangleton and the surrounding area, in person or online. Hangleton is a settled residential neighbourhood in the north of Hove, close to the open South Downs. From my room in nearby Hove I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.

In and around Hangleton
Life in Hangleton
Hangleton is a place people stay in. Families keep the same streets for decades, neighbours on Grinstead Lane know one another by name, and there is a steadiness to the area that most residents value. When a habit takes hold in a neighbourhood like this, the loudest feeling is usually not fear but embarrassment. You are surrounded by ordinary lives being lived competently, and yours has developed a compartment you would not want opened. Because home is quiet and private, the habit can run for a long time without interruption: after the school run, once the house is empty, in the evening in front of a screen. Nothing outward changes. The house is still tidy and the bins still go out on time.
Areas covered
Wherever you are in Hangleton, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
Official figures for Hangleton, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions (narrow definition) was 413.5 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 504.1 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (narrow) (2023/24).
the rate of deaths from drug misuse was 11.1 per 100,000 in 2022 - 24, above the England average of 5.8 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Deaths from drug misuse (2022 - 24).
Reviewed June 2026.
Addiction counselling here treats the pain beneath the habit, not just the symptom, alcohol, drugs, gambling, food or behavioural, so recovery is something you grow into rather than force.
The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on addiction counselling in detail, alongside how I work, sessions and fees and qualifications, registration and ethics.
Sessions take place in a private, comfortable room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove, held to the strict BACP confidentiality you would expect. We begin with a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, and the same sessions are available by secure video if travelling is difficult or you would simply prefer it.
You are close to the room here, which removes most of the usual excuses. It is ten to fifteen minutes down into central Hove by bus or car from Hangleton Road, and the address is on Western Road with nothing on the outside to advertise what happens inside. That short distance makes weekly appointments realistic even in a busy month. Online sessions by secure video remain available whenever coming in would be awkward or simply unwelcome.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
For when drinking has stopped feeling like a choice.
Compassionate, confidential help with substance use.
Breaking the cycle of compulsive gambling, guilt and debt.
Support for food and process addictions.
Help for those living alongside someone's addiction.
We treat the cause, not just the symptom.
Addiction Counselling in Hangleton
Being asked what you are addicted to is often less useful than being asked what it does for you. The habit might be alcohol, cocaine, betting on a phone in the evening, spending, gaming or porn. In each case something has become load-bearing, and pulling it out without knowing what it was holding up rarely goes well. That is where the work starts. Hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions locally were 413.5 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 504.1, which is a reminder that most drinking and using never reaches a hospital and still causes plenty of quiet damage. Structured drug and alcohol treatment can be found through the NHS 'find a service' directory, Mind in Brighton and Hove offers broader mental health support, and the Sussex Mental Healthline is there at any hour if a night turns frightening.
Not sure if it is right for you? A free fifteen-minute call is a no-obligation way to talk it through.
Book a free 15-minute callMy counselling sits alongside the help available locally. You can find your nearest free NHS-funded drug and alcohol service via the NHS “find a service” directory (search “Hangleton”).
For confidential information and advice, FRANK (on 0300 123 6600) and Drinkline on 0300 123 1110 are free, and Alcoholics Anonymous and SMART Recovery run peer-support meetings you can find online.
Other local and national support verified for this area includes:
This is not a crisis service. If anyone is in immediate danger call 999. For urgent mental health support, call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option. The Samaritans are free, day or night, on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258.
If you drink heavily or use drugs daily, do not stop suddenly on your own. Withdrawal can cause seizures and can be dangerous. Speak to your GP or a local drug and alcohol service first, and they can arrange a safe, medically supported withdrawal. Counselling works alongside that, not instead of it.
Hangleton questions
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Hangleton it is a straightforward ten to fifteen minute drive or bus down into central Hove and Western Road. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Hangleton or blend the two.
Appointments are spaced so that people do not overlap, and there is no shared waiting area to sit in. Outside sessions there is no acknowledgement in public unless you start it, which is standard practice. Most people find the closeness a convenience rather than a risk.
Yes, and it is treated with the same seriousness. Gambling, gaming, spending and porn all build the same loop of relief and return, and they can be more isolating because there is nothing physical to point at. Nobody is ranked against a harder case.
A free 15-minute call can usually be arranged within a few days, with regular sessions beginning soon after. Fees are £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, paid per appointment. There is no assessment queue and no referral needed.
The NHS 'find a service' directory lists local structured drug and alcohol treatment, including the medical support counselling cannot offer. It costs nothing and you can approach it yourself. Many people run that alongside private sessions rather than picking one.
Not in the slightest. Repeated attempts are the norm and they carry useful information about what helps and what does not. Sessions treat those attempts as data rather than failures, and often the pattern in them points straight at what has been missing.
A straightforward ten to fifteen minute drive or bus down into central Hove and Western Road. If travelling is inconvenient, secure video sessions work just as well from home.
Buses run from Hangleton Road and West Way down into central Hove near Western Road, and driving takes ten to fifteen minutes with on-street parking close by. Book a free fifteen-minute consultation first on 07914 681995 or through the contact page.
Sessions are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, with a free first call. As part of Brighton and Hove, Hangleton is covered by Pavilions, the free Change Grow Live drug and alcohol service, which takes self-referrals without a GP.
Yes. It is a short run down the hill to the Hove room, with evening slots available, but secure video is there when a trip down feels like too much. In a quiet, family-oriented neighbourhood, many Hangleton clients value keeping the work private at home.
A free fifteen-minute call is the simplest place to start, no obligation, just a chance to see if we are the right fit.
Also available nearby: Hove, Portslade, Patcham. See all areas I cover.
Also available in Hangleton: substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about the four-stage cycle of addiction and the four Rs framework.
Prefer to meet remotely? The same addiction counselling is available online by secure video across the UK, or see online counselling by region.