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Online Substance Use Counselling · Horsham
Online Substance Use Counselling in Horsham
Online substance use counselling for Horsham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Horsham, from the Carfax and the old centre out to the streets around the Causeway, 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 Horsham
Substance Use Counselling for Horsham, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Horsham: from the Carfax and the old centre out to Roffey, Broadbridge Heath and Southwater
- Known for
- The Carfax, the Causeway and the surrounding Weald
- Region
- London & South East (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Horsham
Why people in Horsham get in touch
The idea that drug use belongs somewhere other than a prosperous market town does a great deal of quiet damage in Horsham. It is one of the reasons people here go so long without saying anything. In practice it looks like cocaine at the end of a demanding week in the insurance and professional-services sector, or cannabis every evening in Littlehaven to shut the day down, or tablets prescribed for something real that have long since stopped being about it. Around Broadbridge Heath and Warnham there is nothing to see. The house is tidy, the job is intact, and the pattern has had years to settle in.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Horsham
RoffeyBroadbridge HeathSouthwaterLittlehavenWarnhamDenneTrafalgarHorsham Park
Wherever you are in Horsham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Horsham
Official figures for Horsham, for context rather than as a description of you.
3 adults per 1,000 were in treatment at specialist drug-misuse services in 2020/21, below 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 3.9 per 100,000 in 2022 - 24, below the England average of 5.8 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Deaths from drug misuse (2022 - 24).
Reviewed June 2026.
What would we do together 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 main substance use counselling page, alongside the practical side and qualifications, registration and ethics.
How does meeting by video work in practice?
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.
There is no Horsham venue: Bradley works from Hove and everything runs by secure video. Where drugs are involved that removes the obstacle which actually stops people, namely being recognised outside a service by a neighbour or somebody from work. Nobody watches you arrive because there is nothing to arrive at. A phone or laptop, headphones and an hour behind a closed door is the whole arrangement, and a parked car does perfectly well.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can substance use counselling in Horsham 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 Horsham
Why people in Horsham come for substance use counselling
You are not required to have stopped and not required to want to. Making that the condition guarantees only a tidier story and a wasted appointment. Instead the work stays with the actual picture: what the substance does for you, which part of the week is built around it, what it has cost so far, and what would need to be in place before less of it felt workable. Cocaine, cannabis, ketamine and long-running prescription use are treated as the same kind of conversation, without moralising. None of it is medical. For prescribing, testing and harm reduction the route is West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support, delivered locally by Change Grow Live. Deaths from drug misuse ran at 3.9 per 100,000 across 2022 - 24 in this part of West Sussex against 5.8 for England, and a low county figure tells you nothing whatever about a single household.
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 Horsham
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Horsham, free local drug and alcohol support is available through West Sussex County Council's drug 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.
Horsham questions
Online Substance Use Counselling in Horsham: common questions
Do I have to stop before getting in touch?
No. Nobody is asked to arrive clean and nobody is tested for anything. The first contact is a free 15-minute conversation with no assessment attached to it. If you want to continue, a weekly slot is usually available within a week or two of that call.
Is there a charge for the first conversation?
None. The initial 15 minutes is free and carries no obligation of any kind. After that an hour is £80, 90 minutes is £100 and two hours is £120, paid session by session. There is no registration fee, no package and no minimum number to book.
What does Change Grow Live do in West Sussex?
It delivers West Sussex County Council's drug and alcohol support across the county, free of charge, covering prescribing, supervised treatment, testing and harm reduction. Bradley provides none of that, being a counsellor. Using the statutory service and private counselling at the same time is entirely ordinary.
Can I have sessions on a day I am working from home?
That is when a good many people book them. An hour in the middle of a home-working day needs no explanation to anybody and no travel at all. Headphones and a closed door are enough, and the camera can stay off if that makes the conversation easier.
My drug use has never affected my work. Does that mean it is fine?
Not necessarily, and it is a common measure to lean on. Work is often the last thing to slip, which makes it a poor early warning. Sleep, mood, money and the people at home usually show it long before a job does, and those are worth looking at honestly.
I hold down a good job and no one suspects. Do I really need counselling?
Managing on the surface does not mean all is well underneath. Many people in Horsham cope capably while a habit quietly grows. If it worries you, that is reason enough to talk. Online sessions are private and low-key, and there is no need to wait for a crisis.
Can I get online substance use counselling quickly in Horsham?
Generally yes. A free 15-minute consultation comes first, then a regular time, often within a week. There is no clinic to reach and no referral queue, so you can join securely from home in Broadbridge Heath, Roffey or the old centre, on an evening or a working-from-home day.
Is substance use counselling free on the NHS in Horsham?
There are free routes: your GP can refer you, West Sussex's drug and alcohol service takes self-referrals, and FRANK offers confidential national advice online or by phone. This counselling is private, at £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 and £120 for 120, with a free consultation.
Online or in person around an early-train, late-home Horsham routine?
Online usually fits best, since the early train and late return leave little of the day, and a session that comes to you spares one more journey. Evenings and remote-working days work well. If you would like to meet face to face, the room is in Hove, an easy run to the coast.
Online Substance Use Counselling in Horsham, 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 London & South East: Crawley, Chichester. See all of London & South East.
If substance use counselling is not quite what you are looking for, addiction counselling, counselling for drinking problems and anxiety counselling may fit better in Horsham.
There is more on this in my writing: three ways to handle a craving and calming a craving as it rises.
For anyone near the coast, the same substance use counselling runs in person in Brighton. Every area covered is listed separately.