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Online Addiction Counselling · Derby
Online Addiction Counselling in Derby
Online addiction counselling for Derby, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Derby, from the Cathedral Quarter and the centre to the streets around the Silk Mill, 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 Derby
Addiction Counselling for Derby, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Derby: from the Cathedral Quarter and the centre to Littleover, Mickleover and Allenton
- Known for
- The cathedral, the Silk Mill and the river Derwent
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Derby City Council's drugs advice and support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Derby
Why people in Derby get in touch
Derby runs on skilled work and on shifts. Rolls-Royce, the old railway trade now carried on by Alstom, Toyota at Burnaston; whole households have been organised around those gates for generations, and around the fear of what happens if the work thins out. A habit finds space in that rhythm easily enough. It fits the hour after a night shift when the street is still asleep, the phone in a quiet house in Chaddesden, the drive home through Spondon with the radio on. Admissions for alcohol-related conditions in Derby reached 755.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, well above the England average of 504.1 per 100,000. Almost none of that is visible from outside a front door.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Derby
Cathedral QuarterLittleoverMickleoverAllentonChaddesdenAlvastonNormantonSpondonOakwoodSinfin
Wherever you are in Derby, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Derby
Official figures for Derby, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions (narrow definition) was 755.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above 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 7.7 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.
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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: addiction counselling in detail sets out the methods, session lengths and fees covers the practicalities, and my BACP registration covers accountability.
What happens in 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.
Derby is served by secure video, because Bradley's room is in Hove and there is nowhere to meet in this city. That suits shift work rather well. An hour can be set for a weekday morning when the house is empty after a run of nights, instead of being squeezed into an evening you had planned to sleep through. Nobody needs to know where you were. A private hour and a connection that holds is the whole of the requirement.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does addiction counselling help with?
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 Derby
Why people in Derby come for addiction counselling
Addiction is not only a matter of substances, and in an engineering city it is often not the one people expect. Alcohol and drugs sit alongside gambling, gaming, spending and pornography, and all of them offer the same trade: an hour that feels different, paid for later on. What gets examined here is the mechanism. What sets it off, what it settles, how it has grown, and what an alternative would have to provide before it stood any chance. Deaths from drug misuse in the city ran at 7.7 per 100,000 across 2022 to 2024, above the England average of 5.8 per 100,000. Where medical treatment forms part of the answer, Derby City Council's drugs advice and support is the route in, and the Derby Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service provides prescribing and structured care. Counselling works beside those services rather than in place of them.
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 Derby
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Derby, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Derby City Council's drugs advice and 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.
Derby questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Derby: common questions
How long before a first session could happen?
Usually a week or two. It opens with a free 15-minute call, which is a conversation rather than an assessment, and there is no referral to obtain and no list to sit on. If the timing turns out to be wrong, nothing is lost but a quarter of an hour.
What are the costs, and must I commit to a number of sessions?
No commitment is asked for. Sessions are £80 / 60 min and are paid for one by one, so you can stop at any point you choose. Ninety minutes is £100 / 90 min and two hours is £120 / 120 min. That first 15-minute consultation is free.
Should I be using Derby City Council's drugs advice and support instead?
Not instead of, but very often as well. The council route leads to the Derby Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service, which handles prescribing, medical review and structured treatment. Counselling carries no medical role whatsoever. Running the two together is a common and sensible arrangement.
I work nights. Can sessions happen during the day?
Daytime often works better for people coming off nights, and it tends to be easier to book than an evening. What matters more is choosing an hour when you are awake enough to use it. Being on video means no travel eats into the sleep you have left.
It is gambling on my phone rather than drink. Is that really the same thing?
Close enough that the work is the same. Betting lives in your pocket, available in the ten quiet minutes after a shift, and losses can outrun a wage very fast indeed. We look at what the bet is doing for you and at the barriers that make it harder to reach.
I work shifts at one of the big plants, can sessions fit around that?
Yes. Because everything is online, appointment times can often be arranged outside standard office hours, which tends to suit people on rotating shifts at Rolls-Royce, Toyota or across the city's engineering firms. It is worth raising the times that work for your pattern.
How soon can I start addiction counselling in Derby?
Fairly quickly. Derby is served online from the Hove consulting room, so there is no local waiting list. We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, then arrange your first full session, often within the same week, at a time that fits shift work or family.
How do private addiction counselling fees compare with NHS help in Derby?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS addiction support in Derby is free through your GP or community services but can mean waiting, while private counselling starts sooner and around your rota.
Can we meet in person, or are evening sessions possible for Derby?
The room is in Hove, so Derby is served online rather than face to face, with no drive in from Mickleover or Chaddesden. Because it is by video, appointments can often be arranged outside office hours, suiting rotating shifts at Rolls-Royce, Toyota or the city's engineering firms.
Online Addiction Counselling in Derby, 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 Midlands: Nottingham, Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent. See all of Midlands.
People who come for addiction counselling in Derby often also look at substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about a cognitive-restructuring exercise for compulsive behaviour and the four-stage cycle of addiction.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.