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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Kettering
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Kettering
Online counselling for drinking problems for Kettering, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Kettering, from the town centre and the parish church to the streets around the parish church spire, 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 Kettering
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Kettering, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Kettering: from the town centre and the parish church to Barton Seagrave, Mawsley and Burton Latimer
- Known for
- The parish church spire, the Alfred East gallery and the surrounding countryside
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Kettering
Why people in Kettering get in touch
Drinking in and around Kettering tends to be domestic. It is a bottle of wine most evenings in Barton Seagrave, a few cans in front of the football after a long drive back, a Friday that starts the moment the laptop closes. The area's alcohol figures are not the worst in the country: admissions for alcohol-specific conditions ran at 534.3 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 611.7 per 100,000. That can be oddly unhelpful. When the town looks fine and the numbers look fine, somebody quietly drinking more each month has nothing to measure themselves against except their own memory of last year.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Kettering
Barton SeagraveMawsleyBurton LatimerBroughtonGeddingtonWeekleyWarktonPytchleyCranfordGrafton Underwood
Wherever you are in Kettering, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Kettering
Official figures for Kettering, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 534.3 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 13.1 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 would we do together 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 I work for fees and session lengths, and professional standards and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
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.
Sessions for Kettering run online by secure video, and the room Bradley works from is in Hove. That takes the driving question out of it altogether, which matters for evening appointments. You are not choosing between the session and the drink you would normally have had. Neither are you seen going into a building in a town where the same faces keep turning up. A shut door and an hour is the whole arrangement.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does counselling for drinking problems address?
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 Kettering
Why people in Kettering come for counselling for drinking problems
Nothing here requires you to give up alcohol altogether, and nothing requires a disaster first. The idea that something big must be lost before you are allowed to ask for help keeps people drinking for years longer than they ever wanted to. If the amount has been climbing, or the promise of a night off keeps failing, that is already the point at which talking is worth it. The work looks at the job the alcohol is doing: winding down after a commute, filling an evening, muffling something that surfaces once the house goes quiet. The alcohol-specific death rate here stood at 13.1 per 100,000 in 2024, just below the England average of 13.8 per 100,000, which tells you almost nothing about your own drinking. North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support is the route to treatment through STAR Northamptonshire.
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 Kettering
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Kettering, free local drug and alcohol support is available through North Northamptonshire 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.
Kettering questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Kettering: common questions
How do I begin if I have never done anything like this?
You send a message and book a free 15-minute call. It is not an assessment and no form needs completing. You say what you feel able to say, ask whatever you want, and decide afterwards. Most people find the opening few minutes easier than they had feared.
What does a week of this cost?
One hour a week comes to £80 / 60 min. Longer sessions are available at £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, though the weekly hour suits most people. The initial 15-minute consultation is free, and there is no charge at all for changing your mind afterwards.
Should I contact North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support first?
If you are drinking daily and physically dependent, yes, because medical assessment has to come before anything else. That route leads to STAR Northamptonshire for structured alcohol treatment. Where drinking is heavy but not dependent, counselling on its own is often a sensible starting point.
Can I do evenings, or is that when everybody wants a slot?
Evenings are the most requested and they do fill up. Late afternoon is usually easier to get and, for drinking specifically, sometimes better, because it lands before the part of the day when the first drink normally happens rather than after.
I drive a lot for work. Does that change anything?
It changes what the risk looks like, and it is worth being straightforward about. Alcohol taken in the evening can still be in your system the following morning, which is a practical safety matter rather than a moral one. It is a reasonable thing to bring into the sessions.
How do I begin drinking-problem counselling from Kettering?
You simply get in touch to arrange a first session. Everything is online, so there is nothing to travel to, just a private space and a connection. The first meeting is an unpressured chance to talk over your drinking and what you might want from counselling.
How soon can I get help for a drinking problem in Kettering?
Soon. Help for a drinking problem is offered online across Kettering from the Hove room, so there is no queue to join. A free 15-minute consultation lets us talk quietly first, 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 Kettering compare?
Private sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. Kettering's NHS alcohol services are free but can carry 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 Kettering?
It is online, since the room is in Hove and Kettering is served by video, so no journey into town is needed. Evening appointments can often be arranged, helpful when feeling unsettled in a fast-changing town has let drinking creep in with little support nearby.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Kettering, 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: Northampton, Peterborough. See all of Midlands.
Also available in Kettering: addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: why practice makes permanent and questioning “once an addict”.
For anyone near the coast, the same counselling for drinking problems runs in person in Hove, where the room is. Every area covered is listed separately.