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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Newcastle upon Tyne
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Newcastle upon Tyne
Online counselling for drinking problems for Newcastle upon Tyne, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Newcastle upon Tyne, from the Quayside and the centre to the streets around the bridges, 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 Newcastle upon Tyne
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Newcastle upon Tyne, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Newcastle upon Tyne: from the Quayside and the centre to Jesmond, Heaton, Byker and Gosforth
- Known for
- The bridges, the Quayside and the two universities
- Region
- Yorkshire & North East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Newcastle Treatment and Recovery (NTaR), the city's NHS drug and alcohol service
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Newcastle upon Tyne
What is going on for people in Newcastle upon Tyne?
Newcastle's relationship with drink is affectionate, public and very costly. Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions ran at 1210.5 per 100,000 in 2023/24 against an England average of 611.7, and the alcohol-specific death rate was 20.5 per 100,000 in 2024 compared with 13.8 nationally. Almost none of that harm comes from the big night out that people tend to picture. It is the wine that starts at six in Gosforth, the cans that follow a long shift in Walker, the drinking that carried on quietly after the friends stopped coming. A city that celebrates its drinking gives you very few moments to notice yours.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Newcastle upon Tyne
JesmondHeatonBykerGosforthOuseburnFenhamSandyfordBenwellWalkerKenton
Wherever you are in Newcastle upon Tyne, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Newcastle upon Tyne
Official figures for Newcastle upon Tyne, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 1210.5 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above 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 20.5 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 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.
Rather than say the same thing on every page, the substance lives on counselling for drinking problems in detail, with how I work, sessions and fees for the practical questions and my credentials and registration for registration and ethics.
What happens in 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 happen online, by secure video, with no premises to attend anywhere in the region. Bradley works from Hove. That means no bus across the city on an evening you already feel low, and no chance of a familiar face in a corridor. People join from kitchens, bedrooms and parked cars, in Kenton or Benwell or anywhere else with a closed door. Booking is session by session, and the opening 15-minute conversation costs nothing.
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 Newcastle upon Tyne
Why people in Newcastle upon Tyne come for counselling for drinking problems
The two things people most often think disqualify them are the two things that bring most people here. The first is that they still function: work is fine, the family is fine, nobody has said anything. The second is that they do not want to stop drinking altogether. Neither rules you out. Abstinence is a choice some people make later, and it is never the condition of being taken seriously now. In sessions we look at what the alcohol is actually for. Coming down from a job that runs on adrenaline. Blunting grief. Making a house that has emptied feel survivable for another evening. Once the job is clear, the drinking becomes something you can negotiate with rather than something you keep losing to. Newcastle City Council's drugs and alcohol support and Newcastle Treatment and Recovery both offer free help. If you drink heavily every day, speak to your GP before cutting down.
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 Newcastle upon Tyne
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Newcastle upon Tyne, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Newcastle Treatment and Recovery (NTaR), the city's NHS drug and alcohol service.
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.
Newcastle upon Tyne questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Newcastle upon Tyne: common questions
Is it a problem if I only drink at weekends but cannot stop once I start?
That pattern matters more than frequency does. Losing the brake after the first drink tells you something about how alcohol is working in your system and in your week. Plenty of people who drink four days out of seven have far less trouble than someone who drinks two.
Everyone jokes about how much Newcastle drinks - will I be taken seriously?
You will. The jokes are exactly why so many people arrive convinced their own situation is unremarkable. What you describe is treated as your account of your own life, not measured against a local reputation or against anybody else in the city.
Where can I get free alcohol help in Newcastle?
Newcastle Treatment and Recovery is the city's free confidential drug and alcohol service and accepts self-referrals, and Newcastle City Council's drugs and alcohol support sets out how to make contact. Tyneside and Northumberland Mind can help where mood is tangled up in it.
Can I keep it from my family while I work out what is going on?
Yes. Online sessions leave no trace at home beyond an hour you have chosen, and headphones keep the conversation one-sided to anyone nearby. When and whether to tell people is itself often part of what we work on, at whatever pace suits you.
I have given it up for a month before and always gone back - will this be different?
A dry month tests willpower and nothing else, which is why the result is so often the same. Time off does not touch what the drink is doing for you, so every reason you had is still standing there when the month ends. That underlying job is exactly what these sessions are aimed at.
Do I need to have decided to quit before I start?
No. Many people come unsure what they want, and that's a fine place to begin. We start from where you are - whether that's abstinence, cutting down, or just making sense of your drinking - and work out together what change would genuinely help.
How soon could I begin drinking problem counselling from Newcastle upon Tyne?
Usually fairly soon. Working online means I am not tied to Newcastle upon Tyne clinic hours, so we can find a slot that fits around the Newcastle Helix science and digital quarter. It starts with a free 15-minute consultation about your drinking, then a regular weekly session once we agree things suit you.
Is private drinking problem counselling in Newcastle upon Tyne worth it over the NHS route?
Privately I charge £80 an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute call first. Newcastle upon Tyne also has NHS routes, through your GP or Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, at no cost; those can involve a wait, so private sessions suit anyone wanting to begin drinking work now.
Can drinking problem counselling fit around work in Newcastle upon Tyne, and is it online?
Sessions with me are online only for Newcastle upon Tyne, as I am based in Hove. People working near the Newcastle Helix science and digital quarter often prefer this, fitting drinking counselling around the day without travel across the city. I offer daytime and some early-evening appointments, and we would keep the same weekly slot wherever possible.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Newcastle upon Tyne, 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 Yorkshire & North East: Sunderland, Gateshead, Durham. See all of Yorkshire & North East.
Close to this in Newcastle upon Tyne, there is addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: riding out an urge and why practice makes permanent.
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.