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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Perth
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Perth
Online counselling for drinking problems for Perth, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Perth, from the centre and the Inches to the streets around the Tay, 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 Perth
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Perth, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Perth: from the centre and the Inches to Craigie, Letham and Scone
- Known for
- The Tay, the two Inches and the Fair City heritage
- Region
- Scotland
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS inform's drugs and drug use pages
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Perth
Why people in Perth get in touch
Drinking in and around Perth is often solitary and entirely undramatic. A bottle of wine with dinner in Kinnoull that becomes most of a bottle, then most of a bottle every night. Whisky in a farmhouse after a fourteen-hour day. Cans in a room in Tulloch because the evening is long and the town is quiet by ten. There is little to interrupt it: no last orders that matter, no colleagues watching, and a strong local habit of keeping domestic matters domestic. It rarely announces itself. It simply becomes the fixed point that the rest of the day is arranged around.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Perth
CraigieLethamSconeBridgendMuirtonTullochKinnoullFriarton
Wherever you are in Perth, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Perth
Official figures for Perth, for context rather than as a description of you.
the age-standardised alcohol-specific death rate in Perth and Kinross averaged 16.7 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, below the Scotland average of 21.9 Source: National Records of Scotland, Alcohol-specific deaths 2024 (Table 4B) (2020-2024).
In Perth and Kinross, 7.1% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, compared with a Scotland average of 6.1%, a difference the survey's margin of error does not confirm. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
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.
The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on the counselling for drinking problems page, alongside the practical side and professional standards and registration.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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 run online by secure video from Hove, since there is nowhere in Perth to visit, which for drinking removes several practical obstacles. There is no evening drive on a dark rural road, and no arriving somewhere sober and self-conscious. You can talk from your own kitchen at the hour it usually begins. A free 15-minute consultation comes first and there is nothing to sign afterwards.
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 Perth
Why people in Perth come for counselling for drinking problems
Nothing has to have gone badly wrong before you are entitled to look at this, and abstinence does not have to be the goal. Alcohol-specific deaths in Perth and Kinross averaged 16.7 per 100,000 over 2020-2024, below the Scotland average of 21.9, and virtually none of the drinking that quietly costs people their sleep, their patience and their closeness to other people appears anywhere in that number. That is where this work sits. Sessions look at the hour you start, at what the first drink is actually for, and at what the evening would need if it were not there. Tayside Council on Alcohol provides alcohol counselling and support in Perth, and the Perth and Kinross Alcohol and Drug Partnership sets out how to get help. See your GP before you alter a heavy daily intake.
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 Perth
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Perth, your GP can refer you to local drug and alcohol services, and you can find support through NHS inform's drugs and drug use pages.
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 24 on 111 for urgent mental health support. Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87, 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.
Perth questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Perth: common questions
I drink alone and never cause anyone any bother. Is that a problem?
Causing no trouble is not the same as coming to no harm. Solitary drinking has nothing external to limit it, so it tends to climb steadily, and the effects show up in sleep, mood and health long before anyone else sees a reason to comment.
What will the sessions cost?
Sixty minutes is £80, ninety minutes £100 and two hours £120, paid individually. Weekly works best at the beginning and fortnightly often suits later on. Nothing is bought in advance, and the first 15-minute conversation is free of charge so you can hear how this would work.
Where can I get alcohol help around Perth?
Tayside Council on Alcohol provides counselling and support in the town, and the Perth and Kinross Alcohol and Drug Partnership explains local arrangements. Your GP can refer you into NHS services, and Breathing Space Scotland is free on 0800 83 85 87 during the evening.
Can I be seen at an hour that suits farm or hotel work?
Early mornings and late evenings are both possible, and the appointment moves with the season rather than sitting at a fixed slot all year. With no travel at either end, it fits into working days that leave very little room for anything beyond the work itself.
Nobody has ever said anything about my drinking. Should I wait until they do?
Waiting for someone else to raise it can cost you years, and the people closest often notice long before they speak. If you have privately wondered about it more than once, that is a reasonable enough basis for a conversation.
Out in the country, drink fills a lot of quiet evenings, can counselling help?
Yes. When alcohol has quietly become the way you fill the evenings, that is something we can work on. By secure video, with no journey involved, we look at what the drinking does for you and find other ways to steady those quieter hours.
How quickly can I get help for a drinking problem online around Perth?
Often within a week. We start with a free 15-minute consultation, then arrange your first secure video session. There is no drive into Perth and no waiting list, so you can begin from home, in the city or a rural village, whenever you feel ready.
What do sessions cost, and how does that compare to NHS help in Perth?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS Tayside alcohol support is free but can mean a wait and a journey for rural clients; paying privately brings a cost yet a sooner start.
Can I have evening online sessions about my drinking in rural Perthshire?
Yes. Secure video means we can meet in the evening from wherever you have privacy, however far from Perth you live. In a small, settled place where faces are familiar, sessions from home also keep things discreet, with no local waiting room to sit in.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Perth, 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 Scotland: Dundee, Stirling, Kirkcaldy. See all of Scotland.
Close to this in Perth, there is addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: questioning “once an addict” and riding out an urge.
If you can reach the south coast, this work is also done face to face in Hove, where the room is — all in-person areas are listed here.