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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Lincoln
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Lincoln
Online counselling for drinking problems for Lincoln, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Lincoln, from the historic Bailgate and the cathedral to the streets around the castle, 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 Lincoln
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Lincoln, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Lincoln: from the historic Bailgate and the cathedral to Ermine, St Giles and the city centre below the hill
- Known for
- The cathedral, the castle and Steep Hill
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Connect to Support Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire County Council)
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Lincoln
Why people in Lincoln get in touch
Alcohol in Lincoln has a couple of separate lives. There is the visible city-centre version, busiest around the University of Lincoln in term time, and there is the much quieter one in villages and estates where a drink at home is simply what an evening is. Admissions for alcohol-specific conditions in the area ran at 445.2 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 611.7 per 100,000, which sounds encouraging enough. The mortality figure is less comfortable. The alcohol-specific death rate stood at 13.9 per 100,000 in 2024, just above the England average of 13.8 per 100,000. Low admissions alongside high harm usually mean one thing, which is that people are not reaching services.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Lincoln
BailgateErmineSt GilesUphillBracebridgeBoulthamBirchwoodHartsholmeMonks RoadCarholme
Wherever you are in Lincoln, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Lincoln
Official figures for Lincoln, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 445.2 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 13.9 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the full counselling for drinking problems page sets out the methods, how I work covers the practicalities, and how to check my registration covers accountability.
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.
Everything for Lincoln happens online by secure video, with the room itself in Hove. For drinking that settles several things at once. No driving to an appointment or back from one, no waiting in a shared space, and no forty-minute journey to plan around when you last had a glass. A morning slot works as well as an evening, and for many people mornings turn out to be the clearer part of the day.
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 Lincoln
Why people in Lincoln come for counselling for drinking problems
There are two things you are not required to bring. One is a decision to give up permanently, and the other is a catastrophe that proves you were serious. Neither is a condition of being helped. If the amount has been rising, or the evenings have narrowed down to a single activity, that is already enough. The work goes at what alcohol is for in your particular week: the wind-down after a long drive home, the company in an empty house, the flattening of a worry about money in a county where wages are not generous. Connect to Support Lincolnshire, from Lincolnshire County Council, is the route into alcohol treatment, with We Are With You, Lincolnshire providing the service. Where drinking is daily and the body has grown dependent, medical assessment comes before any talking work at all.
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 Lincoln
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Lincoln, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Connect to Support Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire County Council).
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.
Lincoln questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Lincoln: common questions
How do I get started from out in the county?
The same way as anybody in the city does. You book a free 15-minute call, we talk it over, and if it suits, sessions begin within a week or two. Nothing depends on where you live, and there is no travel to arrange or to afford.
What are the fees, and are there extra charges?
There are none beyond the session itself. An hour is £80 / 60 min, longer appointments are £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min, and the first 15-minute consultation is free. Nothing is added for the online format and nothing is charged in advance.
Should I go through Connect to Support Lincolnshire first?
If you are drinking daily, start there or with your GP, since physical dependence needs medical assessment. That route leads to We Are With You, Lincolnshire for structured alcohol treatment. Where drinking is heavy but not dependent, counselling is a reasonable first move on its own.
There is not much to do round here in the evenings. Is that part of it?
Often it is a genuine part of it, and worth saying rather than dismissing. Where the pub or the sofa are the realistic options, drinking fills an actual gap. The work takes that seriously instead of pretending willpower ought to cover a quiet county in February.
Can I do this without my GP knowing?
Yes. No letter goes to your surgery and nothing appears on your medical record, because private counselling sits outside the NHS system altogether. If you would like your GP involved, that can be arranged, but it is your decision and nothing happens by default.
Can counselling help if drinking is tied to rural isolation?
Yes. Drinking is often bound up with loneliness and long, quiet evenings, and counselling looks at what sits beneath the habit as well as the drinking itself. Because it is online, distance is no barrier, and you can talk it through privately from home.
How soon can I get help for a drinking problem in Lincoln?
Soon. Help for a drinking problem is offered online across Lincoln from the Hove room, so there is no queue and no long drive to arrange. 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 Lincoln compare?
Private sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. Lincoln'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 Lincoln?
It is online, since the room is in Hove and Lincoln is served by video, so no drive across the county is needed. Evening appointments can often be arranged, helpful when rural isolation or loneliness have let drinking build with little support close by.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Lincoln, 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: Nottingham, Peterborough. See all of Midlands.
People who come for counselling for drinking problems in Lincoln often also look at addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
You may also find it useful to read about why practice makes permanent and questioning “once an addict”.
Within reach of Sussex? counselling for drinking problems is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.