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Online Substance Use Counselling · Coventry
Online Substance Use Counselling in Coventry
Online substance use counselling for Coventry, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Coventry, from the city centre and the two cathedrals to the streets around the cathedral ruins, 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 Coventry
Substance Use Counselling for Coventry, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Coventry: from the city centre and the two cathedrals to Earlsdon, Foleshill and Tile Hill
- Known for
- The cathedral ruins, the transport museum and the two universities
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Coventry City Council's alcohol and drugs support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Coventry
Why people in Coventry get in touch
The drug conversation in Coventry does not belong to one part of town. It runs through student houses in Canley and Earlsdon, through the tail end of a night shift, through people in Foleshill or Binley whose use began as something manageable and stopped being asked about. Cocaine, ketamine, cannabis and tablets bought online all turn up in the same rooms. Deaths from drug misuse sat at 8.7 per 100,000 across 2022 to 2024, above the England average of 5.8 per 100,000. That is a real figure, and it is also not most people's story. Most people are working or studying, functioning well enough, and privately wondering where this is heading.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Coventry
EarlsdonFoleshillTile HillChapelfieldsCheylesmoreRadfordCoundonStokeCanleyBinley
Wherever you are in Coventry, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Coventry
Official figures for Coventry, for context rather than as a description of you.
4.7 adults per 1,000 were in treatment at specialist drug-misuse services in 2020/21, above the England average of 4.5 per 1,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Adults in treatment at specialist drug misuse services (2020/21).
the rate of deaths from drug misuse was 8.7 per 100,000 in 2022 - 24, above the England average of 5.8 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Deaths from drug misuse (2022 - 24).
Reviewed June 2026.
What actually happens in substance use counselling?
Substance use counselling here is non-judgemental and one-to-one, working with the pain, fear or loneliness the substance has been managing, at a pace that protects your sense of safety.
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 substance use counselling page, alongside how I work and my BACP registration.
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.
Bradley is in Hove, so Coventry is covered online rather than face to face. Where drugs are involved that removes several small humiliations at once: no waiting area, no signing in, no wondering who is behind you in a corridor. Appointments can be arranged around nights, lectures, comedowns or an unpredictable rota. If a week goes badly and the time needs moving, a message is all it takes.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can substance use counselling in Coventry help with?
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.
Substance Use Counselling in Coventry
Why people in Coventry come for substance use counselling
Nobody is asked to arrive clean and nobody is asked to promise they will stop. You might be using most days, using at weekends only, cutting back on your own terms, or already stopped and unsettled by what has been left behind. The work runs the same way regardless: what the drug does for you that nothing else currently does, what it charges for that, and what would need to be in place before less of it felt survivable. Coventry keeps slightly more people in treatment than the country as a whole, with 4.7 adults per 1,000 in treatment at specialist drug-misuse services in 2020/21, above the England average of 4.5 per 1,000. Coventry City Council's alcohol and drugs support is the way into that system and Change Grow Live Coventry delivers it. Counselling does not compete with prescribing or key working. It sits underneath them, dealing with why.
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 Coventry
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Coventry, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Coventry City Council's alcohol and drugs 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.
Coventry questions
Online Substance Use Counselling in Coventry: common questions
Will you tell me to stop?
No. Being told to stop by somebody who has not yet heard why you started is of very little use to anyone. The aim is to understand the role the drug is playing, honestly, and then to work out what you actually want to change. That order matters a great deal.
How do payments work and what do they come to?
Every session is paid for on its own. The hour is £80 / 60 min, a longer ninety minutes is £100 / 90 min, and two hours is £120 / 120 min for the occasional deeper piece of work. Before any of that, the 15-minute consultation is free.
Should I approach Coventry City Council's alcohol and drugs support first?
You can use both, and there is no order you are required to follow. The council route opens the door to Change Grow Live Coventry, which handles prescribing, testing and structured treatment. This hour handles the part those services rarely have the time for: what sits underneath the using.
I share a student house in Canley. How do I keep a session private?
Headphones and a shut door do most of the work. Sessions can also be timed for the middle of a weekday, when student houses tend to empty out. Some people take the call sitting in a car, which is quieter than a room with thin walls and constant coming and going.
I use, but I hold down a job. Does that mean it is not a problem?
Holding down a job proves you are capable, not that nothing is wrong. Plenty of people here perform perfectly well at work and lose the rest of the week to recovery time and secrecy. Whether it is a problem is your judgement to make, not a threshold somebody else sets for you.
Do you offer substance use sessions face to face in Coventry?
No, the consulting room is in Hove, so Coventry is served online. For students and people working across the city, meeting by video often proves simpler than travelling, and it keeps things private. You need only a quiet room and a reliable connection.
How quickly can I begin substance use counselling in Coventry?
Usually within a week. Substance use counselling for Coventry is delivered online from Hove, so you avoid any local queue. A free 15-minute consultation comes first, giving you a feel for how we might work, then your first session is booked when it fits around study or work.
What does substance use counselling cost compared with NHS drug services in Coventry?
Fees are £80 an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation to start. Coventry's NHS drug services are free but often busy, whereas private sessions offer earlier appointments and the steadiness of the same counsellor each time.
Is substance use counselling online, and can it fit a student timetable in Coventry?
Yes. The consulting room is in Hove and Coventry is served by video, so there is no travel from Foleshill or the campus. Appointments can often be set for evenings or around lectures, which tends to suit students at Coventry and Warwick juggling deadlines.
Online Substance Use Counselling in Coventry, 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: Birmingham, Leicester, Solihull. See all of Midlands.
Close to this in Coventry, there is addiction counselling, counselling for drinking problems and anxiety counselling.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about calming a craving as it rises and once an addict, always an addict?.
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.