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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Telford
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Telford
Online counselling for drinking problems for Telford, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Telford, from the town centre and Wellington to the streets around the Wrekin, 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 Telford
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Telford, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Telford: from the town centre and Wellington to Dawley, Madeley and Hadley
- Known for
- The Wrekin, Ironbridge nearby and the town park
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Telford & Wrekin Council's drugs and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Telford
Why do people in Telford reach out?
Drinking here is mostly done indoors. The town is spread out and largely driven across, so the pub is often not where it happens at all; it happens at home, with a supermarket bag and the television on, in Hadley or Stirchley or whichever estate you landed in. That is far easier to conceal than a night out and much harder to keep a count of, because nobody watches a glass being refilled in your own kitchen. People describe the same slide when they get in touch. Something that began as a way of marking the end of a shift became the reason to get through the shift, and then became the shape of every evening.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Telford
WellingtonDawleyMadeleyHadleyOakengatesIronbridgeStirchleyRandlayPriorsleeDonnington
Wherever you are in Telford, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Telford
Official figures for Telford, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 526.5 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 13.6 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 does counselling for drinking problems involve?
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 counselling for drinking problems in detail for the methods, session lengths and fees for fees and session lengths, and how to check my registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
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.
Since Bradley is in Hove there is no room in Telford, and all of this is done by secure video. For drinking that matters twice over. There is no drive to an appointment, which is a real obstacle for anyone whose evenings are not reliably sober, and there is nobody to see you walk in. The hour can also sit in the afternoon, ahead of when the drinking usually starts, which is often the difference between attending and cancelling.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can counselling for drinking problems in Telford 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 Telford
Why people in Telford come for counselling for drinking problems
Nothing here requires you to stop, and nothing requires you to have reached an agreed low point first. Waiting for a rock bottom is how a manageable problem is given time to become an unmanageable one. Most people who get in touch are functioning perfectly well and are privately troubled by how much of the day now arranges itself around alcohol. That is exactly the right point to look at it. The work goes at what the drink is for rather than the quantity alone: which mood it meets, what it postpones, and what an evening feels like when it is absent. Locally the verified figures are middling. Alcohol-specific admissions were 526.5 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 611.7, while alcohol-related admissions ran at 572.8 per 100,000 against 504.1 for England. If you drink daily, talk to your GP before altering 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 Telford
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Telford, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Telford & Wrekin Council's drugs 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.
Telford questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Telford: common questions
How do I know whether I should be doing this at all?
One useful test is whether the thought keeps returning. People who are genuinely untroubled by their drinking do not spend months wondering about it. If you have been half-planning to ask somebody for the best part of a year, a free 15-minute call is a small way of finding out.
Are the fees the same whichever session length I choose?
The rate follows the length: £80 for an hour, £100 for 90 minutes, £120 for two hours. Most people take the hour and stay with it. The introductory 15-minute call is free, and nothing is charged for deciding afterwards that you would rather not go on.
Should I contact Telford and Wrekin Council's drugs and alcohol support first?
If the drinking is daily or heavy then yes, along with your GP. That route leads to Telford STaRS, which handles assessment and medically supervised treatment at no cost. Counselling afterwards or alongside is separate, and the two do not interfere with each other in any way.
What if I have already had a drink by the time the session starts?
Say so, and we work with it. This is not a scheme you get removed from for being honest. Knowing what the day has genuinely contained is more use than receiving a tidy account of it. If somebody is too unwell to use the hour we rearrange, without making a point of it.
I do not go to pubs, I only drink at home. Does that make it less of a worry?
Drinking at home is harder to measure rather than safer. There is no last orders, no round to wait for and nobody keeping tally. A lot of people who never set foot in a bar are getting through considerably more than the friends who go out every weekend.
Can counselling help if drinking is tied to feeling lonely?
Yes. Drinking is often bound up with isolation, especially after a move, and counselling looks at what sits underneath the habit as well as the drinking itself. Meeting online from home, you can talk it through privately, at your own pace, with someone who will not judge.
How soon can I get help for a drinking problem in Telford?
Soon. Help for a drinking problem is offered online across Telford from the Hove room, so there is no queue and no unfamiliar clinic to find. A free 15-minute consultation lets us talk 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 Telford compare?
Private sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation. Telford'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 Telford?
It is online, since the room is in Hove and Telford is served by video, so no drive across town is needed. Evening appointments can often be arranged, which helps when drinking has crept in after a move has left you feeling unrooted or stretched.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Telford, 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: Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent. See all of Midlands.
Close to this in Telford, there is addiction counselling, substance use counselling and depression counselling.
There is more on this in my writing: questioning “once an addict” and riding out an urge.
Closer to the Sussex coast? The same counselling for drinking problems is available in person, in Hove, where the room is, or see every area I cover.