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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Glasgow
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Glasgow
Online counselling for drinking problems for Glasgow, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Glasgow, from the city centre and the West End to the streets around the Clyde, 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 Glasgow
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Glasgow, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Glasgow: from the city centre and the West End to the Southside, Dennistoun and Govan
- Known for
- The Clyde, the galleries and the music scene
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS inform's drugs and drug use pages
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Glasgow
What is going on for people in Glasgow?
Drinking in Glasgow is sociable, generous and almost impossible to opt out of without explaining yourself. The round is a form of hospitality, and declining one gets treated as a small rejection. That works until the drinking has quietly moved indoors and stopped being social at all: a bottle on a Tuesday in a flat in Dennistoun, cans in front of the football, a slow expansion nobody else can see. The city's health inequalities are real and long-standing, and alcohol has done a great deal of the damage. Very few of the people it is damaging would use a heavy word about themselves.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Glasgow
West EndSouthsideDennistounGovanPartickShawlandsFinniestonMerchant CityMaryhillPollokshields
Wherever you are in Glasgow, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Glasgow
Official figures for Glasgow, for context rather than as a description of you.
the age-standardised alcohol-specific death rate in Glasgow City averaged 32.9 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).
In Glasgow City, 7.7% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 6.1%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
Reviewed June 2026.
What does counselling for drinking problems involve?
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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on everything on counselling for drinking problems, with the practical side for the practical questions and how to check my registration for registration and ethics.
What do I need for 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.
Sessions are online by secure video from Hove, with nowhere in Glasgow to visit, which for drinking removes several obstacles at once. There is no crossing the city, no waiting area and no being seen. You can talk from your own front room at the hour the drinking usually starts, which is frequently when the honest material is nearest the surface. A free 15-minute consultation comes first and obliges you to nothing.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can counselling for drinking problems in Glasgow 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 Glasgow
Why people in Glasgow come for counselling for drinking problems
You do not need to be at a crisis point and you do not need to promise abstinence. Alcohol-specific deaths in Glasgow City averaged 32.9 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, well above the Scotland average of 21.9, which is among the highest rates in the country and still misses almost everyone whose drinking is slowly taking their sleep, their patience and their marriage. That larger group is who this is for. We look at the point in the evening when the decision happens, what the first drink turns down, and what it would take for that hour to be bearable otherwise. Glasgow Council on Alcohol offers alcohol counselling in the city, Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services provides NHS treatment, and your GP should be consulted before you change a heavy daily intake.
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 Glasgow
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Glasgow, your GP can refer you to local drug and alcohol services, and you can find support through NHS inform's drugs and drug use pages.
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, 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.
Glasgow questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Glasgow: common questions
I can go a week without it, so surely I am fine?
Being able to stop for a week tells you something, though not as much as people hope. What matters more is what happens on the days you drink, whether you finish where you intended, and how much of your week is arranged around when the next one is.
What would this cost me week by week?
£80 an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, settled after each session. Weekly is the usual pattern to begin with. There is no course to buy and nothing to cancel, and the introductory 15-minute call carries no charge.
Where can I get free alcohol help in the city?
Glasgow Council on Alcohol provides alcohol counselling, and Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services is the NHS treatment route, with your GP able to refer you. Breathing Space Scotland is free on 0800 83 85 87 if an evening becomes more than you can hold.
How do I handle rounds when everyone drinks like this?
That is a practical problem worth planning rather than improvising. We look at the specific situations, who you would tell and what you would say, and what you do when the pressure is affectionate rather than hostile, which in this city is usually the harder version.
Can my partner join a session?
Sometimes that is useful and sometimes it slows things down, so we would talk about it first. Most of this work is individual, since people speak more freely alone, but there are points where bringing someone in for a single session helps a great deal.
Everyone round here drinks, is mine really any different?
It might not be about how you compare to anyone else. What matters is whether drinking is costing you, your health, your mood, your relationships or your peace of mind. If it is, that is worth looking at, whatever those around you do.
How quickly can I get help for a drinking problem online in Glasgow?
Often within a week. We start with a free 15-minute consultation, then arrange your first secure video session. There is no local waiting list and no need to travel across Glasgow, so you can begin from your own front room whenever you feel ready.
What do sessions cost, and how does that compare to NHS help in Glasgow?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde alcohol support is free but can involve a wait; private sessions carry a fee and usually start much sooner.
Can I have evening video sessions about my drinking in Glasgow?
Yes. Secure video means we can meet in the evening from home, away from the pressures of a busy Glasgow week and the pub culture around it. There is no waiting room and no journey, so a confidential hour is easy to keep.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Glasgow, 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: Paisley, East Kilbride, Falkirk. See all of Scotland.
People who come for counselling for drinking problems in Glasgow often also look at addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
There is more on this in my writing: why practice makes permanent and questioning “once an addict”.
For anyone near the coast, the same counselling for drinking problems runs in person in Brighton. Every area covered is listed separately.