Isleworth · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Addiction counselling and rehab advice for Isleworth
If you've searched 'rehab Isleworth' at the kitchen table, about your own drinking or a relative's, the free way into detox and residential care is ARC Hounslow, run by CNWL. I offer one-to-one addiction counselling alongside it, before, during or after treatment, and relatives can book too. Hove is 85 minutes' drive away, so from Isleworth we would meet on secure video.
The practical facts for Isleworth
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Isleworth by car
- About 85 minutes with clear roads (69.0 miles); longer at busy times.
- Free local drug & alcohol service
- ARC Hounslow (Addiction Recovery Community), 01895 488675
- 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.
From a ward on Twickenham Road to the next step
For some Isleworth families, the word rehab first comes up in a corridor at West Middlesex University Hospital, after an admission nobody saw coming.
For others it arrives more quietly: a student at West Thames College who has stopped turning up, or a partner whose evening drink now starts at lunchtime. On the narrow definition of alcohol-related conditions, Hounslow's hospital admission rate for 2023/24 stood at 590.5 per 100,000, above England's 504.1 per 100,000. That borough figure says nothing about the person you are worried about, and nobody has to reach a hospital bed before asking for help. Hounslow's free treatment door is ARC Hounslow, the Addiction Recovery Community, which answers on 01895 488675 and whose provider is Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. After an assessment the ARC team can set up help close to home in Hounslow, or a detox or residential placement when the person needs that level of care.
What an hour of addiction counselling covers from Isleworth
Counselling with me is outpatient talking work, an hour at a time, and it can start wherever you are. You might be waiting for an ARC Hounslow assessment, partway through community treatment, or home again after a residential stay and finding the familiar pubs and routes of Isleworth harder than expected. We look honestly at the job that drink, drugs or gambling has quietly taken on for you, the relief after a long shift, the way it quietens a racing head, and at what sits underneath, at a pace you choose. Nobody has to have stopped first. The family matters here as much as the person using. A father in Spring Grove who has paid off a son's debts once too often, or a wife who now checks the car before the school run, can book sessions purely for themselves, about fear, anger, covering up and the limits they want to keep. ARC Hounslow also runs support for families and carers, which can sit beside that work. Plain talk is welcome here, since late nights and hidden bottles are familiar ground to me after a recovery of my own and over 25 years in this work.
Four starting points for an Isleworth household
Calling ARC Hounslow for assessment
Ring 01895 488675 to ask about an assessment. The team there works out with the person which kind of treatment suits, from help in the community to a residential place.
After an admission at West Middlesex
When a night of drinking ends on a ward at West Middlesex University Hospital, the shaken days after discharge can be a moment when talking finally feels possible.
A son or daughter at college
If you are worried about a young adult studying at West Thames College, ARC Hounslow's support for families and carers is open to you, and so are sessions of your own with me.
Evenings at the Bridgelink Centre
Hounslow Safe Space on Summerwood Road, run by Hestia, takes drop-ins from 2pm to 10pm every day if a relative's drinking, or your own, has you at breaking point.
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 Isleworth
Free support in the borough can run alongside our sessions. ARC Hounslow assesses and arranges treatment, and its support for families and carers is there for relatives. Anyone now holding the household together can turn to the Hounslow Council Carers Service, and for broader mental health needs there is West London Mind. Day or night, the West London NHS Trust mental health helpline answers on 0800 328 4444.
- Free drug and alcohol serviceARC Hounslow (Addiction Recovery Community)01895 488675Run by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). Free and confidential.
- Local organisationHounslow Carers Service information table at West Middlesex University HospitalLow-cost or fee-paying.
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 helpline (Mental Health Single Point of Access) 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 Isleworth ask before starting
Is there a rehab in Isleworth, and how would my son get a place?
A rehab place for someone living in Isleworth comes through ARC Hounslow, which assesses first and then decides with him whether residential care is right. Your son can ring 01895 488675 himself, and you can call to ask about family support even if he is not ready. Sessions with me can come first, overlap with his treatment, or follow once he is home.
My husband drinks more every month. Is there help in Isleworth for me as his wife?
Yes, whether or not he decides to change. ARC Hounslow offers support for families and carers, and Hounslow Safe Space at the Bridgelink Centre on Summerwood Road takes drop-ins every day until 10pm. An hour with me can belong to you alone, covering the cover stories you've told for him, the fear when he's late home and what you decide to do. His agreement is not needed.
From Isleworth, would we meet online or in a room in Hove?
Online, in the normal run of things. The Hove room is around 85 minutes by car, or two trains with a change at Clapham Junction, so weekly sessions run on secure video from somewhere private. That also means nobody on your street sees you heading off to appointments. A longer Hove session can be arranged occasionally if you would value meeting face to face.
There's a wait for an ARC Hounslow assessment; could counselling begin before it comes through?
Yes, and neither service waits on the other. Book the free call, tell me roughly what has been happening, and I'll say honestly how soon a weekly hour could open. You can contact ARC Hounslow on the same day. Should anyone's drinking or drug use put them at risk in the meantime, ring 999 or turn to the urgent help box on this page.
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.
From Isleworth, a first conversation on your terms
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.