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Online Substance Use Counselling · Kettering
Online Substance Use Counselling in Kettering
Online substance use counselling for Kettering, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Kettering, from the town centre and the parish church to the streets around the parish church spire, 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 Kettering
Substance Use Counselling for Kettering, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Kettering: from the town centre and the parish church to Barton Seagrave, Mawsley and Burton Latimer
- Known for
- The parish church spire, the Alfred East gallery and the surrounding countryside
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Kettering
What is going on for people in Kettering?
Drug use around Kettering rarely announces itself. It sits in a new-build in Broughton, in a flat above a shop in the town centre, in a lift share coming back from a night out. Cannabis in the evening, cocaine at weekends, tablets taken to get to sleep before an early start. Because specialist support is not around every corner in North Northamptonshire, much of it goes unspoken for a long time. Deaths from drug misuse ran at 5.5 per 100,000 across 2022 to 2024, below the England average of 5.8 per 100,000. That is not the whole picture, though. Recorded depression stood at 16.5% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%, and the two often travel together.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Kettering
Barton SeagraveMawsleyBurton LatimerBroughtonGeddingtonWeekleyWarktonPytchleyCranfordGrafton Underwood
Wherever you are in Kettering, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Kettering
Official figures for Kettering, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of deaths from drug misuse was 5.5 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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the full substance use counselling page sets out the methods, how I work covers the practicalities, and my BACP registration covers accountability.
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.
Everything for Kettering happens by secure video from Hove. Where drugs are concerned the practical gain is simple: no travelling to a bigger town for an appointment, no signing in at a desk, no explaining an afternoon away from work. Sessions can be moved when a week goes sideways. A parked car, a spare bedroom or an empty house at the right hour will all do the job perfectly well.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What sort of things do people bring?
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 Kettering
Why people in Kettering come for substance use counselling
You are not asked to stop before this begins, and you are not asked to want to. Some people arrive using regularly, some occasionally, some having stopped and finding the quiet afterwards worse than they anticipated. All of that is workable material. The first task is honest description rather than judgement: what the drug does that nothing else currently manages, at which hour, in what mood. From there the cost gets exactly the same clear look. Where medical treatment forms part of what you need, North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support is the way in, and STAR Northamptonshire, delivered by Change Grow Live, is the single front door for the county. That side handles prescribing and structured programmes. Counselling handles the slower question of what the substance has been standing in for, and what would make less of it bearable.
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 Kettering
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Kettering, free local drug and alcohol support is available through North Northamptonshire 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.
Kettering questions
Online Substance Use Counselling in Kettering: common questions
Do I have to want to give up?
No. Wanting to give up is one possible goal among several, and a good many people begin with no clear aim at all. Understanding the pattern usually comes before deciding what to do about it, and that order tends to hold better than the reverse.
How much does a session cost and how do I pay?
Each hour is £80 / 60 min, paid session by session, with nothing booked ahead of time. Longer appointments are £100 / 90 min and £120 / 120 min where they help. Your first contact is a free 15-minute consultation, which costs nothing and obliges you to nothing.
Does STAR Northamptonshire need to know I am seeing a counsellor?
Not unless you choose to tell them. No shared record exists between private counselling and North Northamptonshire Council's drug and alcohol support, and nothing is copied across. Some people find it useful to mention, particularly if they are prescribed something. That stays entirely your call.
There is not much locally. Does online really work for this?
It works well, and for a town this size it is often better than a long drive to reach a service somewhere else. The conversation itself is identical. What changes is that you keep the whole hour rather than losing half of it to the road.
I use before work and nobody has noticed. Is that a reason to come?
It is reason enough. Use that nobody has noticed is often the kind that grows quietest and longest, because nothing outside you is forcing any sort of reckoning. Bringing it somewhere neutral before a crisis does that job instead, at far lower cost.
Is good support hard to find locally for substance use?
Local services can be stretched, but online counselling removes that gap. Because sessions are by video, you are not limited to what is nearby, and there is no journey to make. You need only a private space at home and a steady connection to get started.
How quickly can I begin substance use counselling in Kettering?
Usually within a week. Substance use counselling for Kettering is delivered online from Hove, so you avoid a local queue. A free 15-minute consultation comes first, then your first session is booked when it works, whether you live in town or a nearby village.
What does substance use counselling cost against NHS drug services in Kettering?
Fees are £80 an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Kettering's NHS drug services are free but often busy, whereas private sessions offer earlier appointments and continuity with the same counsellor throughout.
Is substance use counselling online, and does that help around Kettering's villages?
Yes. The consulting room is in Hove and Kettering is served by video, so there is no drive in from Burton Latimer or Broughton. You meet from home wherever you are, which suits a fast-changing area where good support is not always close by, with evening slots often possible.
Online Substance Use Counselling in Kettering, 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: Northampton, Peterborough. See all of Midlands.
Related work in Kettering: addiction counselling, counselling for drinking problems and anxiety counselling.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: 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 Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.