Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Bath

Probably, yes. There is no threshold to cross and no label you are required to accept. If you have started counting, hiding or making promises to yourself about drinking, that is enough to bring. The free 15-minute call exists so you can test the idea.

An hour costs £80, 90 minutes £100 and two hours £120, and that first 15-minute conversation is free. Weekly appointments usually begin within a fortnight of it. There is no referral to arrange, no form for a GP to sign and no list to sit on.

That is the local statutory route, delivered by DHI. Medically supervised withdrawal, prescribing and structured programmes all sit there, free of charge. Counselling here handles the weekly talking, and the two sit together comfortably. Bath Mind covers broader mental health across the same area.

Yes, and early mornings are available too. With drinking, timing matters more than it does for other work, because the hardest hour of the day is usually a fixed one. We can put the session where it does the most good rather than where it is convenient.

It means your drinking looks normal in your particular circle, which is a different question entirely. Bath is sociable and hospitable, and that makes comparison a poor measure. The useful test is private: what it costs, what you have quietly stopped doing, and how you feel about the first one.

That contrast is part of what makes it hard, and part of what counselling is for. A confidential hour lets you look at your drinking honestly, whatever is happening around you. We meet by secure video; the room itself is in Hove.

Usually within days. We start with a free 15-minute consultation to see whether we are a good fit, then book your first full session. It is all online, so you can begin from anywhere in Bath, from Bear Flat to Batheaston, without joining a local waiting list.

My fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS alcohol support in Bath, through your GP or the Royal United Hospital, is free but can mean a wait, whereas private online sessions with me are paced around you.

Yes. Online sessions are discreet, and you speak from home rather than a clinic anywhere in Bath, including Odd Down or Widcombe. I offer some evening slots for after work. My only in-person room is in Hove, so face-to-face suits those able to travel to the Sussex coast.