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Online Addiction Counselling · Llanelli
Online Addiction Counselling in Llanelli
Online addiction counselling for Llanelli, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Llanelli, from the town centre and the Millennium Coastal Path to the streets around the rugby heritage, 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 Llanelli
Addiction Counselling for Llanelli, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Llanelli: from the town centre and the Millennium Coastal Path to Felinfoel, Bynea and Llwynhendy
- Known for
- The coastal path, the rugby heritage and the Loughor estuary
- Region
- Wales
- Local NHS / support route
- DAN 24/7, the Wales Drug and Alcohol Helpline
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Llanelli
What is going on for people in Llanelli?
Llanelli was built on tinplate, enough of it to earn the name Tinopolis, and towns built on one industry tend to keep a certain stoicism long after the works have gone. You get on with it. You do not make a fuss. That is a fine quality until the thing you are getting on with is a habit, at which point silence becomes the problem rather than the solution. Whatever it is, a drink, a bet, a bag, an app that eats the evening, it can run for a decade in a house in Bigyn or Pemberton with nobody outside the family aware of it. West Wales is not short of pride. What it is short of is places where a person can say the thing out loud.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Llanelli
FelinfoelByneaLlwynhendyPwllDafenBigynSeasidePembertonFurnaceMorfa
Wherever you are in Llanelli, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Llanelli
Official figures for Llanelli, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Carmarthenshire (the council area covering Llanelli) the age-standardised drug-misuse death rate was 10.0 per 100,000 in 2022 to 2024, above the Wales average of 8.5 per 100,000. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Deaths related to drug poisoning by local authority, England and Wales (drug misuse, Table 6) (2022 to 2024).
In Carmarthenshire, the council area covering Llanelli, 9.7% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Wales average of 6.9%, 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 everything on addiction counselling, with the practical side for the practical questions and professional standards and registration for registration and ethics.
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.
Llanelli is one of the online locations, so every session is by secure video from Hove. In a part of Wales where specialist help can mean a long drive, that removes an obstacle that stops a lot of people before they start. There is no fuel to find, no lift to arrange and no afternoon lost to travelling. You keep one time each week, and it works the same from Pwll or Llwynhendy as it does from the middle of town.
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 Llanelli
Why people in Llanelli come for addiction counselling
Substances are only part of what this covers. Gambling belongs here, and in a rugby town with a betting slip attached to half the fixtures it is unusually easy to let it run. So do gaming, spending and the habits nobody has a comfortable word for. The common thread is not the thing itself but the shape of it: reach for relief, get relief, pay for it later, promise yourself it was the last time. Counselling is a place to set that out fully, including the parts you have never told anyone, and to work out what the habit is carrying for you. DDAS, the Dyfed drug and alcohol service, has a Llanelli office on Vaughan Street and a contact number on 0330 363 9997, and the NHS find a service directory shows what else is within reach.
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 Llanelli
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Llanelli, your GP can refer you to local drug and alcohol services, and you can find support through DAN 24/7, the Wales Drug and Alcohol Helpline.
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 press 2 for urgent mental health support. The CALL Helpline for Wales is free on 0800 132 737, 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.
Llanelli questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Llanelli: common questions
What is the wait for a first appointment?
Ordinarily a week or two after the free 15-minute call. That call can happen quickly, often within a few days. There is no referral, no assessment panel and nothing to fill in beforehand, which is why private counselling tends to start faster than statutory services can.
What are the fees, and what is free?
The 15-minute first conversation is free. Counselling itself is £80 for an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours. Most people take the hour each week. You are told the cost before anything is booked, and it does not vary.
Is DDAS the local service if I want NHS support too?
DDAS is the Dyfed drug and alcohol service and covers Llanelli, on 0330 363 9997, and there is also the Hywel Dda community drug and alcohol team. The NHS find a service directory lists options by postcode. Using them alongside counselling is entirely normal.
Living out towards Bynea, am I too far away for weekly counselling?
Distance makes no difference to an online appointment. Bynea, Dafen or anywhere else in the area connects the same way, and there is no evening spent driving. That tends to be why people manage to keep going week after week rather than dropping out after three.
My problem is betting on the rugby, not drink. Will you take that seriously?
Completely seriously. Gambling causes damage that is easy to hide and hard to repair, and being surrounded by sport makes it look like ordinary participation. We look at the money, the secrecy and what the betting is doing for you, without any lecturing about willpower.
Is help hard to reach out here in west Wales?
Face-to-face services can be a drive away, which is one reason online counselling suits many people here. Working by secure video, I can reach you at home in Llanelli or the surrounding area without any travel on your part.
How soon can I start online addiction counselling in Llanelli?
Usually within a week. After a free 15-minute consultation we book your first full session. Whether you are in Felinfoel, Bynea or Llwynhendy, everything runs by secure video, so out in west Wales there is no waiting list and no drive towards Swansea or Carmarthen to start.
How do your fees compare with NHS addiction services in Llanelli?
NHS substance misuse support through Hywel Dda health board and the free Dan 24/7 helpline costs nothing, though west Wales waits can be long. My private sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation.
Do you offer evening online addiction sessions in Llanelli?
Yes. With services often over towards Swansea or Carmarthen, the evening drive is a real barrier, so I keep some later slots. You meet me by secure video from home, whether in Dafen or Pwll, with no travel once the working day and session are done.
Online Addiction Counselling in Llanelli, 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 Wales: Swansea, Neath. See all of Wales.
Close to this in Llanelli, there is substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: illness or indulgence? and a cognitive-restructuring exercise for compulsive behaviour.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.