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Online Substance Use Counselling · Aberdeen
Online Substance Use Counselling in Aberdeen
Online substance use counselling for Aberdeen, by secure video, wherever you are. Finding a counsellor who genuinely fits matters more than how close they are. Online substance use counselling lets clients in Aberdeen work with me from the comfort and privacy of home, by secure video.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
Substance Use Counselling for Aberdeen, without the journey
From the heart of Aberdeen, near the granite architecture, the harbour and the North Sea, out to its edges, from the granite centre and the harbour to Old Aberdeen, Torry and Bridge of Don, online sessions make it possible to get the right support without rearranging your whole day around a single appointment.
My room is in Hove, but the work reaches a great deal further. By secure video I support people throughout the UK, Aberdeen included, with the same care and attention as an in-person session.
I also work online with people elsewhere in Scotland, including Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh.
If you would still prefer to meet in person and can travel to the Sussex coast, you are welcome to, but for most clients in Aberdeen online substance use counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Aberdeen
Why people in Aberdeen reach out
Aberdeen, the granite city on the north-east coast, has lived through the booms and busts of the oil and energy industry, and that volatility brings real insecurity. Long rotas offshore, the strain on families left behind and the remoteness of the far north-east all shape what people here carry.
Coastal towns can be wonderful places to live and isolating ones in equal measure, especially once the season turns and the days shorten. Working online means the help is there through the quiet months too, without a long journey inland to reach it.
What I help with
How online substance use counselling can help
The false self
Letting go of the protective self that no longer serves you.
Specialised attention
One-to-one sessions shaped entirely around you.
Self-discovery
Rediscovering the authentic self beneath the coping.
Anxiety and low mood
Treating what the substance has been masking.
Sustainable change
Growing into recovery rather than forcing it.
Why online works in Aberdeen
Why people in Aberdeen choose online counselling
Around shift work
If your hours follow the rhythm of the port, online sessions bend around shifts rather than the other way round.
A wider choice of specialist
Working online means people in Aberdeen aren't limited to whoever practises locally. You can choose the counsellor who genuinely fits the issue you're facing, not just the nearest one.
Easier to keep to
A weekly session you can take from home is far simpler to protect than one that needs travel. That consistency is exactly where lasting change comes from.
The same confidentiality
Sessions run on a secure, encrypted video link, and everything is held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as work done in person.
How online sessions work
Here's what actually happens once we begin. My approach is integrative and humanistic, starting from a simple premise: you are the expert on yourself. With support you can find yourself again, without the anaesthetic, working at a pace that always protects your sense of safety.
Practically, it couldn't be simpler: a quiet room, a device with a camera, and a steady internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call to check the fit, you'll get a private link to join at our agreed time.
Read more about online counselling, about substance use counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationFinding support in Aberdeen
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Aberdeen, your GP can refer you to NHS psychological therapies, and you can find trusted self-help through NHS inform. You can find support through NHS inform; for confidential listening support, Breathing Space is free on 0800 83 85 87.
Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner, stay with the same counsellor throughout, and work at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I'm glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
If you need urgent help now
This practice is not a crisis service. If you or someone else 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, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Aberdeen questions
Online Substance Use Counselling in Aberdeen: common questions
Do you offer online substance use counselling for people in Aberdeen?
Yes. I work with clients in Aberdeen and right across the UK by secure video. You don't need to live near Brighton or Hove; online substance use counselling brings the same care to wherever you are.
How does online substance use counselling work from Aberdeen?
We meet over a secure, private video link at a time that suits you. You'll need a quiet space, a device with a camera and a steady connection. We always begin with a free fifteen-minute call so you can ask questions and check the fit.
Is online substance use counselling as effective as meeting in person?
For most people, yes. Online therapy can be just as effective as meeting face to face, and many find it easier to open up from home. Everything is held with the same strict confidentiality as in-person work.
Is online counselling private and confidential?
Yes. Sessions run on a secure, encrypted video link, and everything we discuss is held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as work done in person. All you need at your end is a private space.
Online Substance Use Counselling in Aberdeen, whenever you are ready
The simplest first step from Aberdeen is a free fifteen-minute call. There's no obligation, just a chance to ask anything and see how it feels.
Online Substance Use Counselling in nearby places
Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about substance use counselling in depth.