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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Truro
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Truro
Online counselling for drinking problems for Truro, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Truro, from the cathedral and the centre to the streets around the river, 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 Truro
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Truro, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Truro: from the cathedral and the centre to Highertown, Malabar and Gloweth
- Known for
- The cathedral, the river and the Cornish coast beyond
- Region
- South West (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Cornwall Council's Drug and Alcohol Action Team
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Truro
Why do people in Truro reach out?
Alcohol in Cornwall has a summer face and a winter one. The summer version is sociable, visible and easy to explain away. The winter version is quieter, less social, and does considerably more damage. Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions ran at 522.4 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 611.7, but the alcohol-specific death rate reached 14.8 per 100,000 in 2024, above the England average of 13.8. That gap tends to mean long-term drinking rather than crisis drinking: a bottle most evenings in Gloweth or Chacewater, through months when the light goes early and the work has thinned right out.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Truro
HighertownMalabarGlowethKenwynTrelanderRedannickNewhamThreemilestoneChacewater
Wherever you are in Truro, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Truro
Official figures for Truro, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions was 522.4 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 14.8 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.
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 main counselling for drinking problems page, alongside the practical side and professional standards and registration.
How do online sessions actually work?
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.
Truro is served online by secure video, as Bradley works from Hove. For drinking, that answers the two things people most often use as reasons to postpone: the journey, and the risk of being seen. Nothing requires you to drive at the end of a day. Sessions can be early, before anything is opened, or late enough that the house has settled. Repetition in the same hour does the work.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does counselling for drinking problems address?
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 Truro
Why people in Truro come for counselling for drinking problems
Nothing here asks you to accept a label or to promise abstinence. You can start while you are still drinking daily and still unsure whether it is serious. Most people are somewhere in that position when they first make contact. We look at what alcohol has taken over: the end of the evening, the way you sleep, the way you manage worry, the money. Some people move towards stopping and others towards a different pattern, and both are workable outcomes here. If you drink heavily every day, please talk to a doctor before altering it, because alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous without medical support. Cornwall Council's Drug and Alcohol Action Team is the free route to that, with We Are With You providing treatment locally and Cornwall Mind alongside for mental health.
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 Truro
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Truro, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Cornwall Council's Drug and Alcohol Action Team.
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.
Truro questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Truro: common questions
Must I give up drinking in order to do this?
No. Some people do eventually and some never do. Making abstinence a condition of starting turns counselling into a test you have to pass beforehand, which helps nobody at all. You can come exactly as you are and decide about the drinking later.
What do sessions cost, and how many will I need?
An hour is £80, with £100 and £120 for the longer options, after a free 15-minute call. The number varies a great deal. Some people work on something specific for two months; others stay while a longer story gets untangled properly.
Where do I go for medical support in Cornwall?
To your GP, and to Cornwall Council's Drug and Alcohol Action Team, which leads to We Are With You for supervised withdrawal and prescribing, free of charge. Counselling cannot do that part. Once it is arranged, the two work well side by side.
Would a session fit around a long working day?
It should. Early appointments and later ones both exist, and since no travelling is involved, an hour is genuinely all it takes. That matters in this county, where a round trip to anything specialist could otherwise consume an entire evening.
The pub is the only social life here. How do I change my drinking without losing that?
Slowly, and with a plan rather than a resolution. Losing the drink and the company in the same week is what makes people abandon the attempt. Part of the work is practical: what you drink, what you say, and how long you stay.
Second homes and high costs make life in Truro stressful and I drink to cope. Can that come up?
Of course. The strain of high housing costs and a tourism-shaped economy is a real part of life here, and we can talk it through alongside your drinking. Sessions are held online by secure video. The counselling room is in Hove.
How quickly can I get help for a drinking problem in Truro?
Usually within days. We start with a free 15-minute consultation to see whether we are a good fit, then book your first full session. It is all online, so you can begin from anywhere in Truro, from Threemilestone to Chacewater, without joining a local waiting list.
What will drinking problem counselling cost, and is NHS help available in Truro?
My fees are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation. NHS alcohol support in Truro, through your GP or the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, is free but can mean a wait, whereas private online sessions with me are paced around you.
Is online drinking problem counselling private, and can we meet in the evening in Truro?
Yes. Online sessions are discreet, and you speak from home rather than a clinic anywhere in Truro, including Highertown or Malabar. I offer some evening slots for after work. My only in-person room is in Hove, so face-to-face suits those able to travel to the Sussex coast.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Truro, 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 South West: Exeter, Plymouth. See all of South West.
Close to this in Truro, 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.
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.