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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Horsham
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Horsham
Online counselling for drinking problems for Horsham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Horsham, from the Carfax and the old centre out to the streets around the Causeway, 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 Horsham
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Horsham, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Horsham: from the Carfax and the old centre out to Roffey, Broadbridge Heath and Southwater
- Known for
- The Carfax, the Causeway and the surrounding Weald
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Horsham
Why people in Horsham get in touch
Wine in a settled market town is barely visible. It arrives with the weekly shop, it appears at everything sociable, and in Denne or near Horsham Park an evening bottle is simply part of how a house runs. That ordinariness is what makes it difficult. A long commute and a demanding job justify a drink at the end of the day, and the justification does not weaken over the years while the amount quietly does the opposite. Most people who ask about this are functioning perfectly well from outside. What has changed is internal: the counting, the planning, the small dishonesty about how much was actually opened.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Horsham
RoffeyBroadbridge HeathSouthwaterLittlehavenWarnhamDenneTrafalgarHorsham Park
Wherever you are in Horsham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Horsham
Official figures for Horsham, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 479.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below 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 11.4 per 100,000 in 2024, below the England average of 13.8 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Alcohol-specific mortality (2024).
Reviewed June 2026.
What is counselling for drinking problems, in practice?
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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: counselling for drinking problems in detail sets out the methods, how sessions run and what they cost covers the practicalities, and qualifications, registration and ethics covers accountability.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
Alcohol counselling for Horsham runs online from Hove. That removes the evening drive in both directions, which matters more than it sounds on the nights when the drive is what decides things. Nobody sees a familiar car outside a service in a town this size. You start the hour at home and you finish it there. Morning and lunchtime appointments are also available, and where drinking is the subject they often do more good.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does counselling for drinking problems 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 Horsham
Why people in Horsham come for counselling for drinking problems
You do not have to have hit rock bottom, and you do not have to arrive having decided to stop for ever. Both are myths, and both keep people drinking for years while they wait to qualify for help they could have had already. If the amount or the timing has begun to bother you, that is the qualification. The work usually starts with the hour the drink is aimed at and what it settles, then with what could settle it instead, which in a commuting household often means looking at how little of the day is actually yours. Locally the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 479.9 per 100,000 in 2023/24 where England recorded 611.7, and the alcohol-specific death rate was 11.4 per 100,000 in 2024 against 13.8 for England. West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support is the free structured route, and a GP comes first if you are drinking heavily every day.
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 Horsham
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Horsham, free local drug and alcohol support is available through West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol 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.
Horsham questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Horsham: common questions
What is the first step, practically?
You get in touch and a free 15-minute call is arranged, usually within a few days. It is a conversation rather than an assessment, and it obliges you to nothing. If you want weekly sessions afterwards, they generally begin inside a fortnight, with no referral and no waiting list.
How much should I budget?
An hour is £80, so weekly work gives a monthly figure you can calculate in advance with nothing added on. An hour and a half comes to £100 and a full two hours to £120. Many people move to fortnightly once things steady, which halves it. The consultation is free.
Should I speak to West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support as well?
You can, and there is no cost. It is the statutory route, delivered by Change Grow Live, and it is where anything medical belongs, withdrawal included. Counselling runs alongside on the pattern and the reasons. West Sussex Wellbeing covers broader health support if you want that too.
Can I keep the same weekly time all year?
Usually, yes, and a fixed hour helps more than people expect, particularly with drinking. Because there is no travel involved, holidays, working away and a change of address do not break it. The slot stays yours until you say otherwise.
Nobody would describe me as a heavy drinker. Should I still get in touch?
If you are asking the question, it is worth an hour. The label matters far less than the private facts: whether you have started drinking to manage something, whether the amount has crept upward, and whether you would be comfortable telling somebody the real total for last week.
It's just a few glasses in the evening to decompress. When does that become a problem?
When it becomes the main way you cope, creeps upwards, or is hard to skip, it is worth a look. There is no fixed line; what matters is how it sits with you. We can examine your own pattern honestly, without any label being forced on you.
How quickly can I get online help for a drinking problem in Horsham?
Often within a week. The free 15-minute consultation lets us talk through your drinking before you commit, then we set a regular time. Working online means no trip up the line and no waiting list, so you can start quietly from home wherever you are in Horsham.
Can I get drinking problem counselling on the NHS in Horsham?
Yes. Your GP can refer you and West Sussex's council-funded alcohol service accepts self-referrals for free, with Drinkline offering confidential phone advice. Going private, sessions here are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation.
Can drinking counselling fit a London commute from Horsham?
It can. Because it is online, sessions sit in the evening or on a day at home, with none of the travel that a London Bridge or Victoria commute already demands. Behind well-kept doors, tiredness builds slowly, and this reaches you where you are. In-person meetings are available in Hove.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Horsham, 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 London & South East: Crawley, Chichester. See all of London & South East.
Close to this in Horsham, there is addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
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Closer to the Sussex coast? The same counselling for drinking problems is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.