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Online Addiction Counselling in Telford
Online addiction counselling for Telford, by secure video, wherever you are. The hardest part is often just starting. Online addiction counselling keeps that first step small for people in Telford: a private hour from your own space, with no journey and nobody to bump into.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
Addiction Counselling for Telford, without the journey
Across Telford, from the town centre and Wellington to Dawley, Madeley and Hadley, and from the streets around the Wrekin, Ironbridge nearby and the town park, online addiction counselling takes the logistics out of getting help: no commute, no waiting room, and the focus kept where it belongs, on you.
I'm based in Hove on the Sussex coast and work with clients right across the UK by secure video. For Telford, that means a BACP-registered counsellor specialising in addiction, anxiety, depression, relationships and trauma, available from the privacy of your own space.
I also work online with people elsewhere in Midlands, including Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham.
If you would still prefer to meet in person and can travel to the Sussex coast, you are welcome to, but for most clients in Telford online addiction counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Telford
Why people in Telford reach out
Telford is a new town stitched together from older settlements in largely rural Shropshire, and that mix of new estates and a spread-out layout can make it harder to feel rooted. Many came for work and housing without the family networks that hold people up, and the nearest specialist help can be a fair way off.
Newer and fast-growing towns are full of people who arrived from somewhere else, often without the family and old friends who used to be close by. Online counselling offers a steady, confidential connection while you build a life here.
What I help with
How online addiction counselling can help
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.
Why online works in Telford
Why people in Telford choose online counselling
Steady support through change
If you've recently moved to Telford for work or housing, online keeps your support consistent while you put down roots.
A wider choice of specialist
Working online means people in Telford aren't limited to whoever practises locally. You can choose the counsellor who genuinely fits the issue you're facing, not just the nearest one.
Easier to keep to
A weekly session you can take from home is far simpler to protect than one that needs travel. That consistency is exactly where lasting change comes from.
The same confidentiality
Sessions run on a secure, encrypted video link, and everything is held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as work done in person.
How online sessions work
However we meet, the approach stays consistent. My approach is integrative and person-centred. Rather than white-knuckling your way through, we look at both the habit and the unmet needs beneath it, so recovery is sustainable. Where trauma is involved I draw on the Human Givens Rewind Technique, Internal Family Systems and solution-focused work.
The setup is light: somewhere quiet, a phone, tablet or laptop, and a workable connection. We open with a free fifteen-minute call, and after that each session is a secure link you click when the time comes.
Read more about online counselling, about addiction counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationFinding support in Telford
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Telford, you can refer yourself directly to NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression, with no GP referral needed. You can find support through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner, stay with the same counsellor throughout, and work at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I'm glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
If you need urgent help now
This practice is not a crisis service. If you or someone else 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.
Telford questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Telford: common questions
Do you offer online addiction counselling for people in Telford?
Yes. I work with clients in Telford and right across the UK by secure video. You don't need to live near Brighton or Hove; online addiction counselling brings the same care to wherever you are.
What do I need to start online sessions in Telford?
Very little: a private space where you won't be interrupted, a laptop, tablet or phone, and a reasonable internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call, I send a secure link you click at our agreed time.
Does online therapy really work?
Online and in-person therapy are similarly effective for most people, and clients usually settle quickly once the screen fades into the background and the conversation takes over.
Can I use the NHS in Telford as well as seeing you?
Yes, and many people do both. You can access support from your local NHS talking therapies or counselling service alongside our work; private counselling simply means you can usually start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout. I'm happy to work alongside any NHS support you're receiving.
Online Addiction Counselling in Telford, whenever you are ready
The simplest first step from Telford is a free fifteen-minute call. There's no obligation, just a chance to ask anything and see how it feels.
Online Addiction Counselling in nearby places
Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about addiction counselling in depth.