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Online Addiction Counselling · Crawley
Online Addiction Counselling in Crawley
Online addiction counselling for Crawley, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Crawley, from across the neighbourhoods, Three Bridges and Pound Hill to the streets around Tilgate Park, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
In and around Crawley
Addiction Counselling for Crawley, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Crawley: across the neighbourhoods, from Three Bridges and Pound Hill to Bewbush, Ifield and Tilgate
- Known for
- Tilgate Park, the High Street and nearby Gatwick
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Crawley
What is going on for people in Crawley?
Crawley runs on a clock that never quite stops. Gatwick Airport and the aviation and logistics work around it, together with the businesses across the Manor Royal business district, mean that at any hour somebody in Bewbush or Maidenbower is starting a shift and somebody in Tilgate is coming off one. A habit fits that timetable better than it fits most. A four-in-the-morning finish leaves you awake and alone when nothing else is open, and a phone will happily fill that hour. Gambling, gaming and drinking all thrive in a household where nobody keeps the same hours as anybody else, and where being tired all the time is the accepted explanation for everything.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Crawley
Three BridgesPound HillBewbushIfieldTilgateSouthgateBroadfieldMaidenbowerGossops GreenFurnace Green
Wherever you are in Crawley, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Crawley
Official figures for Crawley, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions (narrow definition) was 440.2 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 3.9 per 100,000 in 2022 - 24, below the England average of 5.8 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Deaths from drug misuse (2022 - 24).
Reviewed June 2026.
What actually happens in addiction counselling?
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 the main addiction counselling page, alongside session lengths and fees and my BACP registration.
What do I need for an online session?
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link, held to the same BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call, you join from any private space on a phone, tablet or laptop.
Crawley is seen online because Bradley works from Hove, and shift work is where that stops being a compromise. Sessions can sit at seven in the morning after a night finish, or in an afternoon that would be the middle of the night to anyone else. There is no journey, no waiting area and nobody to explain yourself to. A phone, a laptop and an hour behind a closed door covers it, and the slot moves when the rota does.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
Drugs and substances
Compassionate, confidential help with substance use.
Gambling
Breaking the cycle of compulsive gambling, guilt and debt.
Food and behavioural
Support for food and process addictions.
Affected by a loved one
Help for those living alongside someone's addiction.
The pain underneath
We treat the cause, not just the symptom.
Addiction Counselling in Crawley
Why people in Crawley come for addiction counselling
This service takes in the whole range, not only what you can pour. Gambling often arrives first, because a betting app is built for dead time and a shift pattern produces a great deal of it. Gaming, spending and pornography run on the same circuitry. The work looks at the loop rather than the label: what it does, when it started, which feeling it turns up just ahead of, and what it now costs in money, sleep and straightness at home. Broken sleep and a habit feed each other, so the two get examined together rather than separately. West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support is the statutory route and holds anything medical, delivered by Change Grow Live, and West Sussex Wellbeing covers wider health support for people in the town.
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 Crawley
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Crawley, free local drug and alcohol support is available through West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support.
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.
Crawley questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Crawley: common questions
Can I book if my rota changes every week?
Yes. Times get agreed week by week where they have to be, and the free 15-minute consultation can be slotted wherever it suits. Once you start, a regular time helps if you can manage one, but a moving rota is a practical problem rather than a reason not to begin.
How much per session, and what if a shift clash forces a cancellation?
An hour is £80, 90 minutes £100 and two hours £120. Cancelling with reasonable notice costs nothing, which matters when a rota changes late. The initial 15-minute conversation is free, and payment happens session by session rather than anything being bought up front.
What exactly is West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support?
The free statutory service for the county, delivered by Change Grow Live, covering prescribing, structured treatment and harm reduction. It is the right first call where there is a medical element. Counselling sits alongside it and deals with why the habit is there at all.
Does an early-morning or late-evening appointment genuinely exist?
Within reason, yes, and that is one of the things video makes possible. Appointments outside the standard working day can be arranged because no building has to open and there is no travel at either end. The specifics get settled in the free consultation.
I bet during night shifts because there is nothing else to do. Is that addiction?
Boredom being the trigger does not make it harmless. Dead hours, a phone and money in an account is a reliable combination, and night work supplies all three. What matters is whether you can leave it alone when you decide to, and what it has cost you so far.
I work irregular shifts tied to Gatwick. Can sessions fit around them?
Yes, and it is exactly why many people in Crawley choose online. With nothing to travel to, we can set times around night shifts, early starts and changing rotas, and move things when your pattern shifts. That flexibility is hard to get with fixed in-person appointments.
How soon can I start online addiction counselling in Crawley around shift work?
Usually within a week. After a free 15-minute consultation we agree a time that fits your rota. With so much of Crawley working to airport and shift hours, the point of online is that you meet from home whenever the pattern allows, from Three Bridges, Pound Hill or Ifield, with nothing to travel to.
What does addiction counselling cost in Crawley, and is it on the NHS?
Privately, £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation. For free NHS help, your GP can refer you and West Sussex's council-funded drug and alcohol service accepts self-referrals, quite separate from this private practice.
My body clock is all over the place with Gatwick shifts. Can sessions flex in Crawley?
Yes. Ordinary daytime appointments rarely fit airport hours, and the roads around Gatwick are busy at the best of times, so online solves both. You meet securely from home whenever your rota allows. The room is in Hove, a short run to the coast, if you would prefer to meet in person.
Online Addiction Counselling in Crawley, 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 online across London & South East: Horsham, Chichester. See all of London & South East.
Related work in Crawley: substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about the four Rs framework and illness or indulgence?.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.