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Online Addiction Counselling · Slough
Online Addiction Counselling in Slough
Online addiction counselling for Slough, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Slough, from the town centre and the Trading Estate to the streets around the Jubilee River, 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 Slough
Addiction Counselling for Slough, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Slough: from the town centre and the Trading Estate to Langley, Cippenham and Chalvey
- Known for
- The Trading Estate, the Jubilee River and nearby Windsor
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS drug & alcohol service finder (see below)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Slough
What brings people in Slough to counselling?
Slough works long hours. The Slough Trading Estate keeps warehouses, factories and offices running around the clock, the Elizabeth line to Paddington moves people out early and back late, and a great many households here run two jobs to hold a life together. It is one of the most ethnically diverse towns in this part of England, and for plenty of people it is the town they arrived in rather than the one they grew up in. Busyness of that order leaves very little room to notice yourself. A habit can sit inside a schedule like that for years, whether it is drink after a night shift, a betting app during a break in Cippenham, or a phone that takes the end of every evening.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Slough
LangleyCippenhamChalveyBritwellManor ParkColnbrookUptonWexhamSalt Hill
Wherever you are in Slough, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Slough
Official figures for Slough, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions (narrow definition) was 458.9 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 5.9 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: the main addiction counselling page sets out the methods, the practical side covers the practicalities, and professional standards and registration covers accountability.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
Bradley is in Hove and there is no room in Slough, so every appointment is online by secure video. That fits a town built around shifts: a slot can sit before a day shift, after a night one, or inside a break, and nothing gets added to a day that is already long. It also keeps the whole thing unseen. No doorway, no reception, nobody to meet on the way in.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can addiction counselling in Slough 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 Slough
Why people in Slough come for addiction counselling
Addiction is meant broadly here. Alcohol and drugs are part of it, and so are gambling, gaming, shopping, pornography and the phone, which is to say anything that has become the automatic response to a feeling. Gambling is worth naming directly, because it leaves no trace beyond money and can run all night in a break between shifts. Slough's hospital figures sit under the national picture, with alcohol-related admissions at 458.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24 against an England average of 504.1 per 100,000, and yet the alcohol-specific death rate was 16.8 per 100,000 in 2024, above the England average of 13.8 per 100,000. Admissions and deaths do not always move together. The work examines the loop: what it does for you, when it started, what it costs. The NHS find a service directory names the drug and alcohol service for your postcode.
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 Slough
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. You can find your nearest free NHS-funded drug and alcohol service via the NHS “find a service” directory (search “Slough”).
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.
Slough questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Slough: common questions
I work nights. Can appointments fit round that?
They can. A weekly slot can be set for a morning after a run of nights, or before a shift starts, rather than assuming a standard working day. Because nothing has to be travelled to, an appointment takes an hour and leaves the rest of your sleep intact.
What are the fees?
Each session is paid for on its own: £80 / 60 min, £100 / 90 min, £120 / 120 min, with no block booking anywhere in it. Before any of that comes a free 15-minute consultation. If money is the obstacle, statutory services are free at the point of use.
What NHS route is there for addiction in Slough?
The NHS find a service directory lists the drug and alcohol service covering your postcode, and Turning Point runs the treatment, advice and recovery team for the town. Prescribing and structured treatment sit there. Mind in Berkshire, which covers Slough, offers wellbeing support alongside it.
The house is busy and there is nowhere quiet. What then?
Headphones solve most of that, and a session can be booked for a time when the house is emptier. Some people take the hour in a car, or in a quiet room at work. Telephone is an option when video is awkward, and the camera can stay off throughout.
Nobody in my family would understand this. Does that get in the way?
It does not stop the work, and it is usually part of what gets talked about. Shame about a habit and worry about what family would say tend to arrive together, and both can be examined here without anyone being told. Nothing leaves the session and no one is contacted.
Between more than one job and family, I've barely a spare hour. Can counselling really fit?
It can. Because online sessions involve no travel, we can find a slot in the gaps of a packed week, including the evening. Many people in Slough juggling long shifts and family find that not having to get anywhere is what finally makes support workable.
How soon can I start online addiction counselling in Slough?
Usually within a week. After a free 15-minute consultation we agree a regular time, arranged around shifts and family. Most people here already spend enough of the day in transit, so online adds nothing; you join securely from home in Langley, Cippenham or Chalvey, with nothing to travel to.
What are the fees in Slough, and can I get addiction counselling on the NHS?
Privately, £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation. For free NHS support, your GP can refer you and Slough's council-funded drug and alcohol service accepts self-referrals, separate from this private practice.
Between long shifts and more than one job, are evenings possible in Slough?
Yes. Because it is online, sessions sit around shifts, multiple jobs and family, evening or daytime, with no journey to fit in. That helps when relentless busyness leaves little room to attend to how you feel. The room is in Hove, a train to the coast, for in-person meetings if preferred.
Online Addiction Counselling in Slough, 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: Reading, Watford, London. See all of London & South East.
People who come for addiction counselling in Slough often also look at substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
There is more on this in my writing: 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.