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Counselling for Drinking Problems · Rottingdean
Counselling for Drinking Problems in Rottingdean
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Rottingdean and the surrounding area, in person or online. Rottingdean is a picturesque village with its windmill, pond and High Street, set just back from the white cliffs. From my room in nearby Hove I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
In and around Rottingdean
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Rottingdean, at a glance
- Known for
- Rottingdean windmill, the village pond and Kipling Gardens
- Area
- Coast: Brighton to Newhaven, East/West Sussex
- Getting to the Hove room
- From Rottingdean it is a scenic fifteen to twenty minute drive along the coast road into Brighton and on to Hove.
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS drug & alcohol service finder (see below)
- Format
- In person at my private Hove room, or by secure video UK-wide.
Life in Rottingdean
Why people in Rottingdean get in touch
Drinking here is easy to place inside ordinary village life. A walk down to the sea, a pub on the High Street, friends who have known each other for years and a round that gets bought without much thought. None of that is a problem in itself. What changes is when the evening stops being social and becomes necessary, when the bottle at home on Marine Drive is opened before anybody suggests anything, and when the first thought of the afternoon is about the first drink. From the outside nothing has altered. Inside, the day has quietly reorganised itself around one thing, and admitting that in a place where you know everybody feels close to impossible.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Rottingdean
The High StreetThe GreenWhiteway LaneNevill RoadMarine DriveSteyning RoadFalmer Road
Wherever you are in Rottingdean, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Rottingdean
Official figures for Rottingdean, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 578.7 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 611.7 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (2023/24).
the alcohol-specific death rate was 16.4 per 100,000 in 2024, above the England average of 13.8 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Alcohol-specific mortality (2024).
Reviewed June 2026.
What is counselling for drinking problems, in practice?
Counselling for drinking problems here looks beneath the habit at what drives it, you do not need to have hit rock bottom to begin, and signposts medical, detox and peer support where useful.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the main counselling for drinking problems page sets out the methods, how sessions run and what they cost covers the practicalities, and qualifications, registration and ethics covers accountability.
What happens in a session?
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.
The Hove room is fifteen to twenty minutes west along the coast, with parking close by, and daytime appointments make that drive easy. Booking earlier in the day is often sensible if the evenings are when drinking begins, since the conversation happens before the habit does. Secure video is available for every slot and asks nothing more of you than a room with a door that shuts.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can counselling for drinking problems in Rottingdean help with?
The cause, not the habit
Looking beneath the drinking to what drives it.
Anxiety and low mood
Working with what the alcohol has been managing.
Privacy at home
Sensitive support without anyone needing to know.
Signposting
Links to medical, detox and peer support where useful.
Without the anaesthetic
Reconnecting with the person beneath the drinking.
Counselling for Drinking Problems in Rottingdean
Why people in Rottingdean come for counselling for drinking problems
Neither abstinence nor a rock bottom is required to start. That surprises people, because the language around drinking is so absolute, and it is one of the reasons help gets postponed for years while a habit hardens. The work begins with function rather than volume. What does the drink handle for you: the end of a day, the noise in your head, a grief nobody mentions any more, the awkwardness of company, or simply the way an evening in a quiet village can stretch. Understanding that changes what is possible, because you can make decisions about a need you can see. Reducing a heavy or daily intake is a medical matter and needs your GP first. Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions in Brighton and Hove ran at 578.7 per 100,000 in 2023/24, under England's 611.7. The NHS find a service directory lists the free alcohol services available, and Mind in Brighton and Hove offers separate support.
A free, unhurried first step
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 callDrug, alcohol & addiction support in Rottingdean
My 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 “Rottingdean”).
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:
If you need urgent help now
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.
Rottingdean questions
Counselling for Drinking Problems in Rottingdean: common questions
Where do Rottingdean sessions take place, and can I meet online instead?
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Rottingdean it is a scenic fifteen to twenty minute drive along the coast road into Brighton and on to Hove. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Rottingdean or blend the two.
Do I have to stop drinking to have counselling?
You do not, and being required to stop first is exactly what puts many people off asking. Some clients decide on abstinence eventually, some do not, and the aim is the one you set. What is asked is honesty about what is actually happening.
What are the costs involved?
Sixty minutes is £80, ninety minutes is £100 and two hours is £120, paid session by session. The consultation at the beginning lasts 15 minutes, costs nothing, and is meant to help you judge whether to go further rather than to persuade you.
What NHS help is there for alcohol locally?
The NHS find a service directory is the route, listing specialist alcohol services you can use free of charge. Brighton and Hove has no single verified council page, so that national directory is the honest signpost. If you drink daily, see a GP before making changes.
Can I be seen somewhere other than the village?
That is how it works already. There is no counselling room in the village; sessions are in Hove, a short drive along the coast, which for a lot of people here is the appeal rather than the drawback. Online sessions are the other option.
I drink far less than my friends do. Is it still a problem?
It might be, and the comparison will not tell you. What tells you is how much room it takes up in your thinking, whether you have tried to cut back privately, and how you would feel about a month without it. Those answers are yours alone.
Could my drinking be a problem if my life looks fine?
A settled life and a quiet drinking problem often sit side by side. If it worries you, that is reason enough to talk it through, confidentially and without judgement, at your own pace.
How do I book drinking problem counselling from Rottingdean?
Book a free fifteen-minute consultation on 07914 681995 or via the contact page. From Rottingdean the Hove room is a fifteen to twenty minute coast drive through Brighton, or the 12 bus with a continuation to Hove, then a short walk to Western Road.
What does drinking counselling cost, and what free help is near Rottingdean?
Fees are £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, after a free call. For free routes, Rottingdean residents can self-refer to Pavilions for alcohol support and to NHS Talking Therapies Brighton and Hove for related anxiety or low mood.
In person or online for drinking in Rottingdean, and are evenings possible?
Both. The Hove room gives a private hour well away from the pond and High Street, with evening slots to fit around life. If you would rather not be seen travelling, secure video keeps things discreet, and you can blend the two as recovery grows.
Counselling for Drinking Problems in Rottingdean, whenever you are ready
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: Saltdean, Woodingdean, Kemp Town. See all areas I cover.
Also available in Rottingdean: addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
You may also find it useful to read about riding out an urge and why practice makes permanent.
Prefer to meet remotely? The same counselling for drinking problems is available online by secure video across the UK, or see online counselling by region.