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Addiction counselling and rehab advice for Reigate
If you've searched for rehab in Reigate, for yourself or for a son, daughter or partner, rehab and detox are arranged through the free Surrey route via i-access, and I offer addiction counselling, by video or in Hove, before, during or after it. My own recovery is part of why I do this work.
The practical facts for Reigate
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Reigate by car
- About 51 minutes with clear roads (39.7 miles); longer at busy times.
- By train
- From Reigate, change at Gatwick Airport for trains towards Brighton and Hove.
- Free local drug & alcohol service
- i-access, 0300 222 5932
- 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 worry is someone else's drinking
Often the person reading this isn't the one drinking or using.
It's a mother in Woodhatch whose grown-up son has moved back home and keeps asking for money, a husband on Reigate Hill who has started checking the recycling, or a daughter who visits and finds the fridge holding little but wine. Gambling can be harder still to spot, because it happens silently on a phone. In a town where people know each other from the station, the park and the school gates, there's a strong pull to keep it inside the family. Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions in Reigate and Banstead ran at 391.1 per 100,000 in 2023/24, which was below England's 611.7 per 100,000. That is a borough-wide rate of admissions. It can't tell you whether what is happening in your home is serious, and you don't need a number to justify asking for help.
i-access first, and counselling around it
Specialist help in Reigate starts, free, with i-access on 0300 222 5932, a service from Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust working jointly with the non-profit Via. They assess what someone needs and, where it's right, organise a medically managed detox or a stay in residential care. What I offer is one-to-one counselling that can begin before anyone has rung them, continue while their support is under way, or pick up afterwards, when the task is getting through an ordinary Reigate week without the old way of coping. In sessions we look plainly at the job the drinking, drugs or gambling does in your life: switching off after work, numbing a loss, filling the evening. I won't lecture you, or ask you to take on a label before you're ready. Relatives can come on their own account. We'd look at the line between supporting someone and covering for them, how to say what you've noticed without it becoming a row, and how to stop your own life shrinking around theirs.
Four people who might be searching from Reigate
A parent with an adult child home
Your son or daughter is back under your roof and drinking or using. You can come to sessions for yourself, whether or not they ever will.
A partner watching the bank app
Money going missing, explanations that don't add up, and the tiring work of keeping watch. i-access has information and support for families and carers.
Before you ring i-access
If you're unsure what to say on that first call, we can go over the last few months and the questions you want to put to them.
When caring has taken over
If someone's drinking or drug use has turned you into their carer, Action for Carers Surrey supports carers in their own right, separately from the person using.
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 Reigate
i-access is where to ask about assessment, detox or residential care, and it also offers information and support for family and carers. Action for Carers Surrey helps if you've become someone's carer. If an evening turns into a mental health crisis, Redhill Safe Haven at the Wingfield Resource Centre is a walk-in space from 6pm to 11pm. Private counselling can run alongside all three.
- Free drug and alcohol servicei-access0300 222 5932Free and confidential.
- Local organisationi-access information and carers support for family and carers
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 Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS FT Mental Health Crisis Helpline is on 0800 915 4644.
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 Reigate ask before starting
Who arranges rehab for someone living in Reigate?
i-access does. It is Surrey's free drug and alcohol service, on 0300 222 5932. They carry out the assessment, and if they judge that detox or residential care is needed, they organise it. Alongside that, I offer counselling now, for the person using or for you as their relative, and carry on once they're home.
Our grown-up son has moved back home to Reigate and is drinking heavily. Can I have counselling as his parent?
Yes, in your own right, and he doesn't need to know or agree. Sessions can be about the fear, the arguments, what you may be paying for without meaning to, and what you're prepared to keep doing. If he drinks heavily every day, read the safety note in the urgent help section above before anyone pushes him to stop, and ask his GP or i-access for advice.
Would I need to come to Hove for addiction counselling, living in Reigate?
No. Video from home is entirely fine and means nobody sees you go anywhere. If you'd like to sit in the same room, Hove is about 51 minutes by car, close enough for occasional or even regular visits once things are steadier, and a 90-minute session can make the drive worthwhile. We can change the mix as your week changes.
Can I start counselling in Reigate while waiting for an i-access assessment?
Yes. You don't need a referral, and there's no reason to wait for them. Book the free 15-minute call and I'll say honestly when a regular space is free. Counselling and their assessment can overlap without any difficulty, and early sessions can help you get ready for the assessment and think about what you want to ask.
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, whoever the worry is about
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.