Online Substance Use Counselling in Cheltenham

There is. Readiness usually develops during honest conversation rather than before it. You can use the hour to work out what your use is actually doing, without committing to any particular outcome. Most people find that thinking clearly about it changes something on its own.

No fee applies to the opening 15-minute conversation. Sessions after that are £80 for an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, paid one at a time. There is no package to buy, no minimum number of weeks and no charge for stopping.

Via Gloucestershire is the commissioned adult drug and alcohol service for the county, with a hub in this town, reached through Gloucestershire County Council's drug and alcohol recovery support. It provides treatment, harm reduction and prescribing free of charge. This is private counselling running beside it.

Brief private notes are kept under the BACP Ethical Framework. They are not shared with your GP, your employer or anybody else, and no NHS record exists anywhere. The single exception, which applies to all counselling, is a serious and immediate risk to life.

It might not. It might also be the part you can see. A full events calendar gives use a convenient frame, and it is worth checking whether the weekends have quietly stretched, or whether the recovery days afterwards have got longer and lower.

Very. Sessions are held by secure video and are entirely confidential, taken from wherever you feel private, with nothing going through your employer. The counselling room is in Hove, so we would meet online rather than anywhere in Cheltenham.

Often yes. After a short message we set up a free 15-minute call, then arrange your first session, frequently within the same week. Because we meet online, you can talk from home anywhere in Cheltenham, whether that is Charlton Kings, Hesters Way or Leckhampton, with no waiting list to join.

I charge £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, and the initial 15-minute consultation is free. NHS drug services and GP referrals in Cheltenham are free of charge but often have waits, while private sessions can start quickly and stay flexible around you.

I hold some appointments later in the day, which helps if you work shifts or long hours around Cheltenham. Sessions are online, so you join from wherever feels private, from The Suffolks to Prestbury. In-person work is only at my Hove room, for those who can reach the Sussex coast.