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Online Substance Use Counselling · Telford
Online Substance Use Counselling in Telford
Online substance use counselling for Telford, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Telford, from the town centre and Wellington to the streets around the Wrekin, 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 Telford
Substance Use Counselling for Telford, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Telford: from the town centre and Wellington to Dawley, Madeley and Hadley
- Known for
- The Wrekin, Ironbridge nearby and the town park
- Region
- Midlands (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- Telford & Wrekin Council's drugs and alcohol support
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Telford
Why do people in Telford reach out?
Drug use in Telford tends to be attached to work, and to hours other people sleep through. Something to stay sharp across a run of nights on a distribution park, cannabis to come down again afterwards, cocaine that began as a Friday arrangement and now turns up on quieter days too. Because the town is scattered across estates, use is largely a household matter rather than a street one, and it can stay tidy and out of sight for years. There is no obvious moment at which anybody would think to ask. That missing moment is what people describe most often when they finally do get round to saying something.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Telford
WellingtonDawleyMadeleyHadleyOakengatesIronbridgeStirchleyRandlayPriorsleeDonnington
Wherever you are in Telford, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Telford
Official figures for Telford, for context rather than as a description of you.
4.4 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 5.3 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 does substance use counselling involve?
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.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the full substance use counselling page for the methods, how I work for fees and session lengths, and professional standards and registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
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.
Sessions are online, because Bradley is in Hove and there is no room in this town. For drug work the benefit is plain: nobody watches you arrive anywhere, nothing gets filed with a local service, and no colleague puts two and two together in a car park. People join from home, from a van, or from somewhere quiet on a break. Where hours rotate, the appointment can rotate with them instead of being abandoned.
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 Telford
Why people in Telford come for substance use counselling
This is drug-focused counselling that starts from your actual position rather than an idealised one. You can come while using, and you can come with no intention of stopping this month. Judgement is not part of the arrangement. What helps is detail: which drug, which hour of the day, what it fixes, and what it charges you afterwards. Cannabis, stimulants, ketamine, opioids and prescribed medication are all ordinary subjects. The local numbers sit close to the national ones. In 2020/21, 4.4 adults per 1,000 were in specialist drug-misuse treatment against an England average of 4.5 per 1,000, and deaths from drug misuse were 5.3 per 100,000 across 2022 to 2024, slightly under the England average of 5.8. Telford STaRS, reached through Telford and Wrekin Council's drugs and alcohol support, covers prescribing and structured treatment.
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 Telford
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Telford, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Telford & Wrekin Council's drugs 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.
Telford questions
Online Substance Use Counselling in Telford: common questions
Can I talk about drugs without being pushed towards giving up?
Yes, and that is how the work is designed. The aim is to understand the use before deciding anything about it, and plenty of people revise what they want halfway through. No targets get set on your behalf, and nothing said in the hour is reported to a service or a scheme.
What is the money side of it?
Sixty minutes costs £80, ninety costs £100 and two hours costs £120, paid one session at a time. The introductory 15-minute conversation is free and exists so that you can find out whether you want to take it further. There is nothing else to pay at any stage.
Is Telford STaRS free, and how would I reach it?
It is free. Telford and Wrekin Council's drugs and alcohol support is the way in, and Telford STaRS is the substance misuse treatment and recovery service for the area, covering assessment, prescribing and structured treatment. Your GP can also point you towards it if that feels easier.
Can this be done in the middle of a week of night shifts?
Usually it can. Sessions do not have to sit inside office hours, and a time that fits a nights week can be agreed. Doing it from home means no travel on either side, which is what tends to make counselling collapse for people on rotating shifts.
It is mostly cannabis and it helps me sleep after nights. Worth talking about?
It is, and the sleep part especially. Anything that becomes the only available route into sleep usually ends up doing more than it was recruited for. We would look at what nights have done to your body clock, and what the cannabis is holding together while that continues.
The town is so spread out, does that make getting help harder?
Not with online counselling. Because sessions are by video, Telford's car-shaped, spread-out layout stops mattering. You meet from home wherever you are, with no drive across town, needing only a private space and a reliable connection to talk things through.
How quickly can I begin substance use counselling in Telford?
Usually within a week. Substance use counselling for Telford is delivered online from Hove, so you avoid a local queue and any awkward journey somewhere unfamiliar. A free 15-minute consultation comes first, then your first session is arranged when it works for you.
What does substance use counselling cost against NHS drug services in Telford?
Fees are £80 an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free 15-minute consultation first. Telford's NHS drug services are free but often busy, whereas private sessions offer earlier appointments and the same counsellor each time.
Is substance use counselling online, and does that help in a spread-out town like Telford?
Yes. The consulting room is in Hove and Telford is served by video, so its spread-out, car-shaped layout is no obstacle. You meet from home in Madeley, Hadley or the newer estates, with no drive, and evening slots can often be arranged.
Online Substance Use Counselling in Telford, 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: Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent. See all of Midlands.
People who come for substance use counselling in Telford often also look at 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?.
Within reach of Sussex? substance use counselling is offered in the room in Brighton as well as online; see the full list of areas.