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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Coventry
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Coventry
Online counselling for drinking problems for Coventry, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Coventry, from the city centre and the two cathedrals to the streets around the cathedral ruins, 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 Coventry
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Coventry, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Coventry: from the city centre and the two cathedrals to Earlsdon, Foleshill and Tile Hill
- Known for
- The cathedral ruins, the transport museum and the two universities
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Coventry City Council's alcohol and drugs support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Coventry
What brings people in Coventry to counselling?
Alcohol in Coventry is stitched into the ordinary week: a couple after a shift, a Saturday that starts early, a bottle that makes an empty flat in Cheylesmore feel less empty. The city has absorbed real economic shocks, and drink is a cheap, legal way of taking the edge off a run of them. What makes it hard to see is how gradual the change is. The local figure is striking. Admissions for alcohol-specific conditions ran at 982.7 per 100,000 in 2023/24, far above the England average of 611.7 per 100,000. That is not a number about strangers somewhere else. It is this city's Tuesday nights, added up.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Coventry
EarlsdonFoleshillTile HillChapelfieldsCheylesmoreRadfordCoundonStokeCanleyBinley
Wherever you are in Coventry, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Coventry
Official figures for Coventry, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 982.7 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 611.7 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (2023/24).
the alcohol-specific death rate was 19.7 per 100,000 in 2024, above the England average of 13.8 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Alcohol-specific mortality (2024).
Reviewed June 2026.
What actually happens in counselling for drinking problems?
Counselling for drinking problems here looks beneath the habit at what drives it, you do not need to have hit rock bottom to begin, and signposts medical, detox and peer support where useful.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the main counselling for drinking problems page for the methods, how sessions run and what they cost for fees and session lengths, and how to check my registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
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.
Coventry is served by secure video, since the counselling room sits in Hove. Alcohol work gains from that more than most. There is no drive anywhere afterwards, so an evening slot raises no awkward question about whether you have had a drink first. Neither do you have to walk past anybody into a building. A shut door at home, at a time that genuinely suits you, is the whole requirement.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can counselling for drinking problems in Coventry help with?
The cause, not the habit
Looking beneath the drinking to what drives it.
Anxiety and low mood
Working with what the alcohol has been managing.
Privacy at home
Sensitive support without anyone needing to know.
Signposting
Links to medical, detox and peer support where useful.
Without the anaesthetic
Reconnecting with the person beneath the drinking.
Counselling for Drinking Problems in Coventry
Why people in Coventry come for counselling for drinking problems
Two things are worth saying at the outset. You do not have to want to give up alcohol entirely, and you do not have to wait until things fall apart before this is allowed to count as a problem. Rock bottom is a story people tell afterwards; it makes a terrible entry requirement. Most people who get in touch are still working, still parenting, still managing, and quietly aware that the amount has shifted. We look at what drink is being asked to do, the winding down, the social ease, the blunting of a thought you would rather not finish, and at what it charges in return. The alcohol-specific death rate in Coventry stood at 19.7 per 100,000 in 2024, against an England average of 13.8 per 100,000. Coventry City Council's alcohol and drugs support leads to structured alcohol treatment through Change Grow Live Coventry.
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 Coventry
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Coventry, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Coventry City Council's alcohol and drugs 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.
Coventry questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Coventry: common questions
How do I know whether my drinking is bad enough to bring here?
There is no cut-off point. If you are counting, hiding empties, or promising yourself a dry week that never quite arrives, that is plenty to talk about. The free 15-minute call was designed for people who are unsure, and it commits you to nothing whatsoever afterwards.
What are the session fees?
An hour costs £80 / 60 min, which is what suits most people week to week. Ninety minutes at £100 / 90 min and two hours at £120 / 120 min are there when more room is useful. The first 15-minute consultation is free and nothing is paid upfront.
Is Coventry City Council's alcohol and drugs support better for someone drinking daily?
If you are drinking every day, begin there or with your GP, because physical dependence needs medical assessment before anything else happens. That route leads on to Change Grow Live Coventry. Counselling then works beside it, and Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind covers broader mental health support.
Can sessions fit around a rotating shift at Jaguar Land Rover?
Generally they can. A steady weekly time holds this kind of work together better, but where a rota rotates the slot can rotate with it. Because everything is by video, there is no journey to build into a day that already ends at an odd hour.
Everyone I know drinks the way I do. Is this just how the city is?
Alcohol-specific admissions here run well above the England average, so you are not imagining the culture around you. That does not make it harmless, and it does not oblige you to match it. What matters is what drinking is costing you, rather than how you compare with the next person.
What if I am not sure my drinking is a real problem?
That uncertainty is a common and perfectly good reason to talk. You do not need a label or a crisis to come. Counselling is a space to look at where drinking sits in your life and decide, without pressure, whether and what you want to change.
How soon can I get help for a drinking problem in Coventry?
Soon. Help for a drinking problem is offered online across Coventry from the Hove room, so there is no local queue to join. A free 15-minute consultation lets us talk first, with no pressure, and a full session usually follows within the same week.
What are the fees for drinking problem counselling, and how does NHS alcohol help in Coventry compare?
Private sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, following a free 15-minute consultation. Coventry's NHS alcohol services cost nothing but can involve a wait, while private counselling begins more quickly and at hours that suit you.
Would drinking problem counselling be in person, and are evenings available for Coventry?
It is online, since the room is in Hove and Coventry is served by video, so no one sees you at a clinic door. Evening appointments can often be arranged, helpful if drinking has crept in around insecure work, restructuring or the pressures of student life.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Coventry, 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 Midlands: Birmingham, Leicester, Solihull. See all of Midlands.
People who come for counselling for drinking problems in Coventry often also look at addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about why practice makes permanent and questioning “once an addict”.
Within reach of Sussex? counselling for drinking problems is offered in the room in Hove, where the room is as well as online; see the full list of areas.