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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Lisburn
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Lisburn
Online counselling for drinking problems for Lisburn, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Lisburn, from the city centre and the cathedral to the streets around the Lagan, 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 Lisburn
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Lisburn, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Lisburn: from the city centre and the cathedral to Old Warren, Lagmore and nearby Hillsborough
- Known for
- The cathedral, the Lagan and the linen heritage
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Local NHS / support route
- ASCERT, which supports people across Northern Ireland with drug and alcohol use
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Lisburn
What brings people in Lisburn to counselling?
The end of the commute has a shape to it in Lisburn. The car comes off the motorway or the train pulls in, and something has to mark the change from the working day to whatever remains of the evening. For a lot of people that marker is a drink, and for a good while it works exactly as intended. Then the first one moves earlier. The bottle lasts fewer nights than it used to. The sleep it was meant to help stops turning up at all. None of that shows anywhere outside the house, and the streets around Blaris and Wallace Park carry on as usual while the evening is handed over to something else.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Lisburn
Old WarrenLagmoreHildenWallace ParkKnockmoreBallymacashHillsboroughDunmurryBlaris
Wherever you are in Lisburn, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Lisburn
Official figures for Lisburn, for context rather than as a description of you.
There were 15 alcohol-specific deaths registered in the Lisburn and Castlereagh council area in 2023, out of 341 across Northern Ireland. Source: NISRA - Alcohol-specific deaths in Northern Ireland, 2023 (2023).
In Lisburn and Castlereagh, 5.9% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, in line with the Northern Ireland average of 5.2%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
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.
The method travels; only the geography changes. the main counselling for drinking problems page explains it properly, how sessions run and what they cost answers the practical questions, and my BACP registration shows how the practice is held to account.
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.
All sessions are by secure video from Hove, so the hour costs you an hour and nothing more on an already long day. With drink the format has a second use: you are at home, in the same conditions where the drinking happens, which keeps the conversation out of the hypothetical. Early appointments before work exist for people who would rather do this sober and rested. Nothing is required beforehand beyond being able to take part properly.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
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 Lisburn
Why people in Lisburn come for counselling for drinking problems
Nobody is asked to commit to abstinence in order to be seen, and nobody is turned away for not having lost enough yet. Both beliefs cause harm. The second persuades people who are still employed, still married and still paying the mortgage that their drinking is not the serious kind, when most serious drinking looks precisely like that for years on end. There were 15 alcohol-specific deaths registered in the Lisburn and Castlereagh council area in 2023, out of 341 across Northern Ireland. The work goes at what the alcohol is for. After a long commute it is often a switch, the one thing that reliably ends the working day, which makes cutting down feel like losing the only hour that belongs to you. That is the real problem to solve, and it can be solved. For heavy daily drinking, take medical advice from your GP before you change anything.
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 Lisburn
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Lisburn, your GP can refer you to local drug and alcohol services, and you can find support through ASCERT, which supports people across Northern Ireland with drug and alcohol use.
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 Lifeline free on 0808 808 8000. Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000, 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.
Lisburn questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Lisburn: common questions
Is a bottle of wine most evenings actually a drinking problem?
The label matters less than the function. If the evening cannot begin without it, if you notice the days you try to skip, or if the amount has climbed steadily over a couple of years, then it is doing a job worth understanding. That is what these sessions are for.
What am I paying and when?
Sessions are £80 for the hour, £100 for ninety minutes, £120 for two hours, paid one at a time rather than in blocks. The 15-minute consultation that comes first is free of charge. You will always know the cost before booking, and nothing is charged for a session you cancel in good time.
Where does the official alcohol help come from here?
Your GP is the entry point to Health and Social Care and to any medical support for drinking. ASCERT covers drugs and alcohol across Northern Ireland and can be contacted directly. The NHS find a service directory sets out what operates locally, and Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000.
Can I do this without my partner knowing, at least at first?
You can. Sessions leave no post, no messages to a household number and no record anywhere near your home. Many people start privately and bring their partner into it later, once they have some idea themselves of what is going on and what they want to do.
I only drink after work, never during. Does that make it fine?
It makes it common rather than fine. Confining drinking to the evening is a rule that keeps a great many people reassured while the amount inside that window grows year on year. The measure is what those evenings are costing your sleep, your mood and your relationships.
What if someone I know saw me at a local service?
That worry keeps many away. Online sessions remove it entirely: you talk by secure video from your own home in Lisburn, with no waiting room and no one to pass. The counsellor works confidentially across Northern Ireland from a Hove base.
How soon can I get help for a drinking problem in Lisburn?
You can usually begin within a week. A free 15-minute consultation gives us space to talk without pressure, then we set a first full session. It is all online by secure video, so you can start from home in Lisburn rather than fitting in another trip after work.
What does drinking support cost compared with the NHS in Lisburn?
NHS alcohol support here is free through the South Eastern Trust and local services, though there can be a wait. Working with me costs £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation, and you can begin without delay.
Do you offer evening online sessions for drinking in Lisburn?
Yes. Evenings often suit best, since a drink after the commute can be exactly the pattern you want to look at. Sessions are held by secure video from your own home, from Old Warren to Hillsborough, somewhere private and with no need to travel after work.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Lisburn, 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 Northern Ireland: Belfast, Craigavon. See all of Northern Ireland.
People who come for counselling for drinking problems in Lisburn often also look at addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
You may also find it useful to read about questioning “once an addict” and riding out an urge.
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.