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Online Addiction Counselling · Truro
Online Addiction Counselling in Truro
Online addiction counselling for Truro, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Truro, from the cathedral and the centre to the streets around the 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 Truro
Addiction Counselling for Truro, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Truro: from the cathedral and the centre to Highertown, Malabar and Gloweth
- Known for
- The cathedral, the river and the Cornish coast beyond
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Cornwall Council's Drug and Alcohol Action Team
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Truro
What is going on for people in Truro?
Truro is small for a city and it does everything. Cornwall Council sits here, the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske serves the whole county, and people travel in from a long way off for work, for appointments and for anything the rest of Cornwall does not have. That makes it a place where you are likely to be recognised. It also makes it the end of a long drive for a great many people. Both facts matter for a habit. Recognition keeps things hidden, and distance means whatever help exists is rarely convenient. Wages are low, seasonal work is common, and the winter in a county built for summer is very long indeed.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Truro
HighertownMalabarGlowethKenwynTrelanderRedannickNewhamThreemilestoneChacewater
Wherever you are in Truro, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Truro
Official figures for Truro, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions (narrow definition) was 467.9 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 7.1 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: everything on addiction counselling sets out the methods, how sessions run and what they cost covers the practicalities, and qualifications, registration and ethics 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 works from Hove, which puts Truro and the wider county online by secure video. In practice the appointment involves no long drive and no car park, and nobody in Highertown or Kenwyn watches you go anywhere at all. Sessions happen from home, from a vehicle, or from a workplace once it has emptied. In a county where distance decides what is realistic, taking travel out of it is often what makes counselling possible.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does addiction counselling 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 Truro
Why people in Truro come for addiction counselling
Addiction as this service defines it is wide. Alcohol and drugs sit inside it, and so do gambling, gaming, shopping, pornography and the phone habit that eats the end of every day. Each provides a reliable change of state, and each eventually charges for it in money, sleep or honesty. We look at the whole arrangement without judgement, because judgement is why most people leave it so long. Deaths from drug misuse in Cornwall ran at 7.1 per 100,000 for 2022 to 2024, above the England average of 5.8, while hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions were 467.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 504.1. Cornwall Council's Drug and Alcohol Action Team is the free statutory route, We Are With You runs the local service, and Cornwall Mind covers wider mental health.
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 Truro
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Truro, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Cornwall Council's Drug and Alcohol Action Team.
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.
Truro questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Truro: common questions
What actually happens first?
A free 15-minute call, arranged by message or phone. It is not an assessment and nothing is written down about you. If you want to carry on, weekly sessions usually begin within a fortnight. No GP referral is needed and there is no list to wait on.
What are the fees?
An hour is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and two hours is £120, following a free 15-minute call. Wages in this county are not generous, so it is worth saying that nothing is prepaid and you can stop after any session without owing anything.
How does Cornwall Council's Drug and Alcohol Action Team fit in?
It is the free county route, with We Are With You providing the local drug and alcohol service here. Treatment, harm reduction and prescribing all sit there. Counselling is the private weekly conversation about what drives the habit. Many people use both at once.
Is online workable if the signal here is poor?
Generally, yes. If video keeps dropping, a phone call works just as well for this kind of conversation and uses far less bandwidth. It is worth testing before the first paid session, so that no time is lost sorting out technology.
I gamble online because there is nothing else here in winter. Is that an excuse or a reason?
It is a reason, and reasons are what we work with. Long dark months, low income and a phone offering something happening at any hour make a genuinely difficult combination. The work looks at the winter as much as at the betting itself.
Truro feels a long way from anywhere. Does that make addiction counselling harder?
No. This is where online sessions help most: no long drive up-country and no train to catch, and we meet by secure video from home. The counselling room is in Hove, so Cornwall is served online rather than in person.
How soon can I start addiction counselling in Truro?
Once you get in touch we usually arrange a free 15-minute consultation within a few days, then book your first full session soon after. Everything runs online, so wherever you are in Truro, from Highertown to Malabar, you can begin without waiting for a local referral.
What are your fees, and how do they compare with NHS support in Truro?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, with a free 15-minute consultation first. NHS support in Truro, through your GP or services around the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, is free but can involve a wait, whereas private online work with me usually starts within days.
Is online addiction counselling as effective as meeting in person in Truro?
For most people it works just as well, and many prefer the privacy. My consulting room is in Hove, so face-to-face suits only those able to travel to the Sussex coast. Meeting online spares you the trip across Truro near the cathedral, and I keep some later appointments for busy weeks.
Online Addiction Counselling in Truro, 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 South West: Exeter, Plymouth. See all of South West.
Also available in Truro: substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
You may also find it useful to read about illness or indulgence? and a cognitive-restructuring exercise for compulsive behaviour.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same addiction counselling is available in person, in Brighton, or see every area I cover.