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Online Addiction Counselling · Weston-super-Mare
Online Addiction Counselling in Weston-super-Mare
Online addiction counselling for Weston-super-Mare, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Weston-super-Mare, from the seafront and the Grand Pier to the streets around the sands, 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 Weston-super-Mare
Addiction Counselling for Weston-super-Mare, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Weston-super-Mare: from the seafront and the Grand Pier to Worle, Milton and Uphill
- Known for
- The Grand Pier, the sands and Brean Down
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- North Somerset Council's drug and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Weston-super-Mare
Why do people in Weston-super-Mare reach out?
Weston-super-Mare runs on a season it cannot control. The Grand Pier and the seaside tourism sector fill the town for a few months, and then the tide goes out of the economy as well as the bay. Work becomes scarce, evenings become long, and a seafront that looked cheerful in July is a very different place in January. Habits move into that space. Betting, drinking, gaming and scrolling all cost little to start and fill time reliably. Worle, Bournville and Oldmixon carry a good deal of the hardship, though the pattern is not confined to them. What most people here have in common is that nobody has been told.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Weston-super-Mare
WorleMiltonUphillLockingBournvilleKewstokeOldmixonAshcombeHutton
Wherever you are in Weston-super-Mare, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Weston-super-Mare
Official figures for Weston-super-Mare, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions (narrow definition) was 656.3 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 5.4 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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on everything on addiction counselling, with how sessions run and what they cost for the practical questions and my BACP 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.
Bradley works from Hove, so this town is covered online by secure video. That takes away the journey and the visibility together. Nothing has to be explained to anybody, no local building is involved, and nobody in Milton or Uphill sees where you went. Sessions fit around seasonal hours, moving as the work moves. All that is really needed is an hour behind a closed door and a connection steady enough to talk over.
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 Weston-super-Mare
Why people in Weston-super-Mare come for addiction counselling
Addiction in this service is not limited to what you drink or take. Gambling belongs squarely inside it, and so do gaming, shopping, pornography and compulsive phone use. They all trade the same way: reliable relief now, in exchange for money, sleep or honesty later on. What we do is look at the trade rather than issue instructions about it. Shame is usually the part doing the most damage, and it gets no reinforcement here. The local alcohol picture is worth stating: hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions ran at 656.3 per 100,000 in 2023/24, well above the England average of 504.1, while deaths from drug misuse were 5.4 per 100,000 for 2022 to 2024, below the England average of 5.8. North Somerset Council's drug and alcohol support is the free statutory route, and We Are With You runs the local service here.
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 Weston-super-Mare
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Weston-super-Mare, free local drug and alcohol support is available through North Somerset 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.
Weston-super-Mare questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Weston-super-Mare: common questions
How do I start this?
With a free 15-minute call, which is a conversation and not an assessment. Nothing is written down about you and nothing is decided in it. If you want to go ahead, weekly sessions usually begin within a fortnight, without a referral or a waiting list.
Can I manage the cost through the quiet months?
You can pause and restart, which is the honest answer. Sessions are £80 an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, paid one at a time, after a free first call. If it is out of reach entirely, the council route costs nothing.
What is North Somerset Council's drug and alcohol support?
It is the free route into local help, with We Are With You providing the service in the town. Structured treatment, harm reduction and prescribing all sit there. Counselling is the private weekly hour about what the habit is for, and both can run together.
Does everything happen by video?
Yes, by secure video, or by phone where the signal is unreliable. You need somewhere private and an hour that belongs to you. People take sessions at home, in a car, or on a quiet stretch of seafront out of season with headphones in.
The betting picks up every winter when the work stops. Is that the whole problem?
It is a large part of it, though rarely the whole of it. Empty months and reduced income make a habit that promises money extremely hard to resist. We would look at the winter itself, not just the app, because that is what keeps it returning.
Can I talk about a habit without putting on Weston's cheerful face?
Yes. Counselling is exactly the place to set that front down. Meeting by secure video means no local premises and no waiting room, and we speak privately from home. The counselling room is in Hove, so Weston-super-Mare is served online.
How soon can I start addiction counselling in Weston-super-Mare?
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 Weston-super-Mare, from Worle to Milton, you can begin without waiting for a local referral.
What are your fees, and how do they compare with NHS support in Weston-super-Mare?
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 Weston-super-Mare, through your GP or services around Weston General Hospital, 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 Weston-super-Mare?
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 Weston-super-Mare near the Grand Pier, and I keep some later appointments for busy weeks.
Online Addiction Counselling in Weston-super-Mare, 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: Bristol, Taunton. See all of South West.
People who come for addiction counselling in Weston-super-Mare often also look at substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
There is more on this in my writing: a cognitive-restructuring exercise for compulsive behaviour and the four-stage cycle of addiction.
For anyone near the coast, the same addiction counselling runs in person in Brighton. Every area covered is listed separately.