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Online Addiction Counselling · Kettering
Online Addiction Counselling in Kettering
Online addiction counselling for Kettering, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Kettering, from the town centre and the parish church to the streets around the parish church spire, 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 Kettering
Addiction Counselling for Kettering, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Kettering: from the town centre and the parish church to Barton Seagrave, Mawsley and Burton Latimer
- Known for
- The parish church spire, the Alfred East gallery and the surrounding countryside
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Kettering
What brings people in Kettering to counselling?
Kettering has changed shape faster than it has changed character. The boot, shoe and clothing heritage is still there in the old factory buildings, while newer housing at Mawsley and Barton Seagrave has filled with people who commute out early and come home in the dark. That mix leaves a good many households known to almost nobody. It also makes it straightforward for a habit to sit undisturbed for years. Alcohol-related admissions across the area ran at 566.5 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 504.1 per 100,000. A market town looks orderly from the outside. What goes on once the front door has shut is a separate matter entirely.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Kettering
Barton SeagraveMawsleyBurton LatimerBroughtonGeddingtonWeekleyWarktonPytchleyCranfordGrafton Underwood
Wherever you are in Kettering, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Kettering
Official figures for Kettering, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions (narrow definition) was 566.5 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 5.5 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the addiction counselling page sets out the methods, the practical side covers the practicalities, and qualifications, registration and ethics covers accountability.
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.
Kettering is covered online by secure video; Bradley works from Hove and there is nothing out this way. In a town of this size that is worth something. Nobody clocks your car outside a particular building on a Tuesday, and there is no drive to somewhere larger for an appointment. The hour fits round a commute instead of competing with it. What is needed is a private space and headphones, which for many people means the car before going indoors.
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 Kettering
Why people in Kettering come for addiction counselling
Addiction is a broad word and it is meant broadly here. It takes in alcohol and drugs, and just as fully it takes in gambling, gaming, spending and pornography, since every one of them runs the same arrangement: something dependable that alters the next hour. The work goes at the pattern rather than at you. What sets it off, what it delivers, what it removes, and what would have to be true before it lost its grip. Part of the local picture is reassuring. Deaths from drug misuse ran at 5.5 per 100,000 across 2022 to 2024, below the England average of 5.8 per 100,000, while alcohol admissions sit above the national rate. North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support is the local route in, and STAR Northamptonshire, run by Change Grow Live, is the single front door to treatment across the county.
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 Kettering
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Kettering, free local drug and alcohol support is available through North Northamptonshire 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.
Kettering questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Kettering: common questions
How quickly can this start, and is there a queue?
There is no queue to join. A free 15-minute call usually happens within days, and weekly sessions follow a week or two later if you want them. Nothing has to come from your GP, and you are not entered onto any system simply by making contact.
What are the fees here?
The standard hour is £80 / 60 min. Ninety minutes at £100 / 90 min and two hours at £120 / 120 min are there when a subject needs more room to breathe. Your first 15-minute consultation is free, and everything after it is paid one session at a time.
What is STAR Northamptonshire, and do I need that as well?
It is the single front door to drug and alcohol treatment locally, run by Change Grow Live, and North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support points you towards it. Prescribing and structured programmes come from there. Using it alongside counselling is a perfectly reasonable arrangement.
Is a small town a problem for getting help privately?
It can be, which is precisely why video suits one. Nobody sees which door you went through, and there is no shared waiting area where you might recognise half the people in it. The session happens wherever you are, visible to nobody nearby.
I commute out of Kettering every day. When would I fit a session in?
Early morning and evening slots exist and they go quickly, though the more workable answer for commuters is often a lunch hour taken in the car. Without travel, an hour becomes genuinely available inside a working day rather than bolted onto either end of it.
Do you offer face-to-face addiction counselling in Kettering?
No, the consulting room is in Hove, so Kettering is served online. For people in the town and surrounding villages, meeting by video often works out easier than travelling, needing only a quiet space at home and a reliable internet connection.
How soon can I start addiction counselling in Kettering?
Fairly quickly. Kettering 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 a first full session, often within the same week, at a time that fits around work or family.
How do private addiction counselling fees compare with NHS help in Kettering?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS addiction support in Kettering is free through your GP or community services but can mean waiting, while private counselling starts sooner and more flexibly.
Can we meet in person, or are evenings possible for Kettering?
The room is in Hove, so Kettering is served online rather than face to face, with no trip into town from Barton Seagrave or the villages. Because it is by video, evening sessions can often be arranged around a commute or a busy week.
Online Addiction Counselling in Kettering, 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: Northampton, Peterborough. See all of Midlands.
Also available in Kettering: substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: the four-stage cycle of addiction and the four Rs framework.
Within reach of Sussex? addiction counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.