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Online Addiction Counselling · Wrexham
Online Addiction Counselling in Wrexham
Online addiction counselling for Wrexham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Wrexham, from the town centre and the church to the streets around the football ground, 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 Wrexham
Addiction Counselling for Wrexham, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Wrexham: from the town centre and the church to Rhosddu, Caia Park and Gwersyllt
- Known for
- St Giles' church, the football ground and the Welsh borderland
- 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 Wrexham
What brings people in Wrexham to counselling?
Wrexham has had an unusual few years. City status, a football club that the rest of the world suddenly knows about, crowds at the Racecourse Ground and a sense that the place is being looked at again. Underneath that, the older story has not gone anywhere: coal, steel and brewing all left, and the work that replaced them is not always steady. Attention does not pay a bill. If you are the person in Caia Park or Gwersyllt whose evenings have quietly become organised around one thing, the general good mood can make it lonelier rather than easier. Everybody seems to be enjoying themselves, and you are counting what you spent again.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Wrexham
RhosdduCaia ParkGwersylltRhosnesniActonHightownCoedpoethBrymboGresfordBorras
Wherever you are in Wrexham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Wrexham
Official figures for Wrexham, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Wrexham the age-standardised drug-misuse death rate was 5.7 per 100,000 in 2022 to 2024, below 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 Wrexham, 4.0% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, well below the Wales average of 6.9%. 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: addiction counselling in detail sets out the methods, session lengths and fees covers the practicalities, and qualifications, registration and ethics covers accountability.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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.
Wrexham is a long way from the south coast, and that changes nothing. Bradley works from Hove and this is delivered by secure video, so the north of Wales is as reachable as anywhere else. In a border town where getting to a specialist can mean a serious journey, that is worth having. You keep one hour a week, taken from home or wherever you can be private, with nothing arriving in the post to explain.
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 Wrexham
Why people in Wrexham come for addiction counselling
The service takes in the whole range rather than one substance. Alcohol and drugs, certainly, and also gambling, gaming, spending and any other habit that has stopped being a choice. Football and betting have grown close together, and a town this invested in its club is not short of people whose Saturday has an account attached to it. Whatever the surface behaviour, the underlying question is the same. What does it do for you, and what has it started to cost? We work on that without moralising, because being told off has never yet shifted anybody's habits. Locally there is the BCUHB substance misuse service at The Elms on Rhosddu Road, reachable on 03000 859 444, and DAWS covers Wrexham and Flintshire. The NHS find a service directory lists further options.
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 Wrexham
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Wrexham, 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.
Wrexham questions
Online Addiction Counselling in Wrexham: common questions
How does a person get started?
By booking the free 15-minute call. It is short, informal and there is nothing you need to have worked out first. If it feels like the right sort of help, we agree a weekly hour, generally starting within a couple of weeks of that conversation.
What are the prices?
An hour costs £80. Ninety minutes is £100 and two hours is £120 for those who want longer, though most people find the hour is what they use. The 15-minute introduction is free and comes with no expectation attached to it.
What does the NHS offer in Wrexham for this?
The BCUHB substance misuse service for Wrexham is based at The Elms on Rhosddu Road, on 03000 859 444, and DAWS covers Wrexham and Flintshire. The NHS find a service directory lists what else is reachable. None of them conflict with private counselling.
Is betting on the football something you actually work with?
Yes, frequently. A club at the centre of a town makes betting feel like taking part rather than gambling, which is exactly what allows it to run for years. We look at the money, the concealment and what the next bet is supposed to put right.
I live out towards Coedpoeth. Does that make counselling harder?
Not in any way that matters. An online appointment reaches Coedpoeth, Brymbo or Gresford exactly as it reaches the middle of Wrexham. There is no evening given over to travelling, which is usually what decides whether somebody keeps going past the first month.
I am in a village outside Wrexham, is that a problem?
Not at all. Sessions happen by secure video, so whether you are in the city, out towards the hills or near the border, the appointment comes to you. There is no travel to arrange and no waiting room to sit in.
How soon can I start online addiction counselling in Wrexham?
Usually within a week. After a free 15-minute consultation we book your first full session. Whether you are in Rhosddu, Caia Park or out in the border villages, everything runs by secure video, so there is no waiting list and no trip into the city or across to Cheshire.
How do your fees compare with NHS addiction services in Wrexham?
NHS substance misuse support through Betsi Cadwaladr health board and the free Dan 24/7 helpline costs nothing, though north 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 Wrexham?
Yes. In a town serving a wide rural area, evening travel is a real barrier, so I keep some later slots. You meet me by secure video from home, whether in Gwersyllt or Gresford, with no drive into Wrexham or over the border once we finish.
Online Addiction Counselling in Wrexham, 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: Cardiff, Swansea. See all of Wales.
Close to this in Wrexham, there is substance use counselling, counselling for drinking problems and trauma counselling.
There is more on this in my writing: the four-stage cycle of addiction and the four Rs framework.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.