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Online Addiction Counselling · Glasgow
Online Addiction Counselling in Glasgow
Online addiction counselling for Glasgow, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Glasgow, from the city centre and the West End to the streets around the Clyde, 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 Glasgow
Addiction Counselling for Glasgow, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Glasgow: from the city centre and the West End to the Southside, Dennistoun and Govan
- Known for
- The Clyde, the galleries and the music scene
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS inform's drugs and drug use pages
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Glasgow
Why people in Glasgow get in touch
Glasgow talks to strangers and says very little to itself. The humour is quick, the warmth is real, and underneath there is a durable habit of getting on with things that makes admitting to trouble feel like letting the side down. That culture is generous and it is also expensive. A habit can run for years inside it, particularly one that costs money rather than showing on your face. Betting shops, phone accounts, a delivery to the door in Dennistoun or Shawlands, none of it interrupts anybody's day. The long aftermath of industrial decline left whole streets with less to fall back on, and where the margins are thin, a habit takes the difference first.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Glasgow
West EndSouthsideDennistounGovanPartickShawlandsFinniestonMerchant CityMaryhillPollokshields
Wherever you are in Glasgow, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Glasgow
Official figures for Glasgow, for context rather than as a description of you.
the age-standardised drug-misuse death rate in Glasgow City averaged 41.1 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, far above the Scotland average of 22.5 Source: National Records of Scotland, Drug-related deaths in Scotland 2024 (Table C4) (2020-2024).
In Glasgow City, 7.7% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 6.1%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
Reviewed June 2026.
What does addiction counselling involve?
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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on the addiction counselling page, with how I work, sessions and fees for the practical questions and my credentials and registration for registration and ethics.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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.
There is no Glasgow room. Bradley is in Hove and works with people across the city online by secure video, which spares you crossing a large and slow city at a fixed hour. Sessions reach Govan, Partick, Pollokshields or the Merchant City equally, and nobody is seen going into a building. Appointments can sit early, late or at lunchtime. The free 15-minute consultation is where to start if you are unsure this is for you.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does addiction counselling address?
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 Glasgow
Why people in Glasgow come for addiction counselling
Addiction in this city is not only about substances, though the substance figures here are the starkest in Scotland. Drug-misuse deaths in Glasgow City averaged 41.1 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, far above the Scotland average of 22.5, and alcohol-specific deaths averaged 32.9 against 21.9 nationally. Gambling and compulsive spending sit alongside those without appearing anywhere in the data. What the work does is look underneath the object: what the habit steadies, what it postpones, and what it has cost you that you have not counted properly. Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services provides NHS treatment across the city, Glasgow Council on Alcohol offers alcohol counselling, and Breathing Space Scotland is free on 0800 83 85 87. Counselling of this kind runs alongside them rather than in place of them, and there is no reason to choose between a local service and a private hour to think in.
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 Glasgow
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Glasgow, your GP can refer you to local drug and alcohol services, and you can find support through NHS inform's drugs and drug use pages.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can 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.
Glasgow questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Glasgow: common questions
Those Glasgow figures frighten me. Does that mean I am already in trouble?
It does not. A city rate describes populations and deprivation, not the person reading it, and plenty of people who see those numbers are nowhere near that end. What matters is your own pattern and what it is costing, which is what we would actually look at.
What are your fees?
£80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, paid as you go. Free help exists in the city as well, and using both is perfectly reasonable. The 15-minute consultation costs nothing, so you can hear how the work is done before deciding whether to spend anything.
What can I get through the NHS in Glasgow?
Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services is the NHS route for drug and alcohol treatment in the city, and your GP can refer you. Glasgow Council on Alcohol provides alcohol counselling, and Breathing Space Scotland answers free on 0800 83 85 87 in the evenings.
I have a place already and a long wait. Can I do this in the meantime?
You can, and a good number of people work in exactly that way. Private counselling does not affect your position on an NHS list and does not conflict with a treatment plan someone else is running. It gives you somewhere to think while you wait rather than nothing at all.
My family would say I am just fond of a bet. Where is the line?
The line is not the amount but the necessity. If the bet has become the part of the day you arrange the rest around, if you chase losses, or if you hide the sums, then it has moved beyond a preference regardless of what anyone around you calls it.
In Glasgow you are meant to just get on with it, why would I need counselling?
That get-on-with-it spirit is a real strength, but it can also keep you carrying something alone for far too long. Counselling is not about weakness. It is a private space to be honest about what has got a hold of you and to work out a way through.
How soon can I start addiction counselling online in Glasgow?
Usually within a week. We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, then book your first secure video session. There is no need to cross a large, busy city and no local waiting list, so from the West End to the Southside you can start quickly from home.
What are your fees, and how do they compare to NHS help in Glasgow?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation. Talking therapy through NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is free but demand is high and waits are common; private work costs money yet begins sooner.
Do you offer evening online addiction sessions for Glasgow clients?
Yes. Everything runs by secure video, so we can meet in the evenings around shifts or family, whether you are in Dennistoun, Partick or Shawlands. There is no journey across Glasgow and no waiting room, which many people find easier and more private.
Online Addiction Counselling in Glasgow, 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 Scotland: Paisley, East Kilbride, Falkirk. See all of Scotland.
Also available in Glasgow: substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: the four Rs framework and illness or indulgence?.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same addiction counselling is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.