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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Dundee
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Dundee
Online counselling for drinking problems for Dundee, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Dundee, from the waterfront and the centre to the streets around the V&A, 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 Dundee
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Dundee, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Dundee: from the waterfront and the centre to Lochee, Broughty Ferry and the Hilltown
- Known for
- The V&A, the Tay and the design quarter
- Region
- Scotland (Scotland)
- Local NHS / support route
- Local council drug & alcohol service (see below)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Dundee
Why people in Dundee reach out
Dundee has reinvented itself around design, games and its universities, but the city on the Tay also carries some of the sharpest deprivation in Scotland. Insecure work, money pressure and the contrast between the gleaming waterfront and hard-pressed neighbourhoods all shape the pressures people here carry.
Dundee has spent the last decade remaking itself. The waterfront that once shipped jute around the world now holds the V&A design museum, and the city trades on games, science and the two universities that fill its centre with students. The old nicknames, jute, jam and journalism, still linger, and DC Thomson's presses keep the comics and papers coming. Yet the city on the Tay carries some of the sharpest hardship in Scotland, and the gleaming new buildings by the river sit close to neighbourhoods like the Hilltown and Lochee where life is a great deal tougher. Broughty Ferry offers a gentler seaside edge to the east. It is a proud, creative, resilient place that also holds a lot of quiet struggle.
On the coast the nearest specialist can be a long way inland; a secure video link closes that distance completely.
Dundee is home to the University of Dundee, the major teaching hospital Ninewells, and V&A Dundee, the city's design museum on the waterfront.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Dundee
LocheeBroughty FerryHilltownStobswellWest EndMenzieshillMaryfieldDouglasFintry
Wherever you are in Dundee, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Dundee
These figures are local context from official sources, not a description of you, but they show the scale of what people in and around Dundee are living with, and why local support matters.
the age-standardised alcohol-specific death rate in Dundee City averaged 28.2 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, well above the Scotland average of 21.9 Source: National Records of Scotland, Alcohol-specific deaths 2024 (Table 4B) (2020-2024).
Local data last reviewed June 2026. Each figure shows the year and links to the official source it was read on.
The counselling for drinking problems itself
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.
The approach is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods, what each session covers and fees, on the main counselling for drinking problems page and on how I work.
How online sessions work
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop, no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.
Dundee has counselling services and the universities offer support to students, but NHS Tayside talking therapy can involve a wait, and not everyone wants to be seen going into a local service. Secure video sessions sidestep both, reaching anywhere in the city with a quiet corner and a connection. I work from Hove on the south coast of England, seeing people across Scotland and the wider UK online.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
How online counselling for drinking problems in Dundee can help
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 Dundee
Why people in Dundee come for counselling for drinking problems
Drink is woven through Dundee life, from the student nights out to the quiet way it can help take the edge off in harder-pressed corners of the city. In a place of sharp contrasts, a drinking problem can grow unnoticed behind either, the party and the pressure both offering easy reasons to pour another. Counselling gives you room to look at that honestly, without judgement and without anyone knowing. Held by secure video from your own space, it is a chance to understand what alcohol is doing for you and to find steadier ground, whatever your corner of the city.
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 Dundee
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Dundee, your GP can refer you to local NHS-funded drug and alcohol services, and you can find your nearest one via the NHS “find a service” directory.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Dundee questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Dundee: common questions
Can I get online counselling for drinking problems if I live in Dundee?
Yes. I work with people right across Dundee, from the waterfront and the centre outwards, and anywhere else in Scotland, by secure video, no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.
Do I have to stop drinking completely to start?
No, and you do not need to have hit rock bottom. We look at the role drinking plays and find a steadier way forward at your pace.
Can you help me cut down rather than quit?
For many people moderation is a valid goal, and we will be honest together about what is realistic for you.
What if I've tried before and relapsed?
Relapse is part of many people's recovery, not a failure. We learn from it rather than start the count again from zero.
My drinking started at uni and just carried on, where do I begin?
Right where you are. It is common for student habits to quietly outlast student life. We start by looking honestly at what drinking does for you now and what it is costing, then work at your pace towards the change you would like to see.
How quickly can I get help for a drinking problem online in Dundee?
Often within a week. We start with a free 15-minute consultation, then arrange your first secure video session. There is no waiting list and no journey across Dundee, so you can begin from home, from Broughty Ferry to Menzieshill, whenever you feel ready.
What do sessions cost, and how does that compare to NHS help in Dundee?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Tayside alcohol support is free but can mean a wait; paying privately brings a cost yet usually a sooner, more flexible start.
Can I have evening online sessions about my drinking in Dundee?
Yes. Secure video lets us meet in the evening from your own home, away from a busy week or campus life. There is no waiting room and no travel across the city, so a confidential hour to talk about your drinking is straightforward to keep.
I'm a student in Dundee, can I still see you?
Yes. Alongside the support your university offers, you can arrange private sessions by secure video from your flat or halls. Many students prefer keeping counselling separate from campus, and video makes that straightforward wherever you're living in the city.
Are you based in Dundee?
No, I'm based in Hove in southern England and work with clients throughout Scotland and the UK by video. For Dundee that means online sessions rather than a room in the city, private, flexible, and with no journey across town to manage.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Dundee, 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 Scotland: Perth, Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy. See all of Scotland.
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Closer to the Sussex coast? The same counselling for drinking problems is available in person in Brighton & Hove, or see all in-person areas.