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Online Substance Use Counselling · Wrexham
Online Substance Use Counselling in Wrexham
Online substance use counselling for Wrexham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Wrexham, from the town centre and the church to the streets around the football ground, 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 Wrexham
Substance Use Counselling for Wrexham, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Wrexham: from the town centre and the church to Rhosddu, Caia Park and Gwersyllt
- Known for
- St Giles' church, the football ground and the Welsh borderland
- Region
- Wales
- Local NHS / support route
- DAN 24/7, the Wales Drug and Alcohol Helpline
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Wrexham
Why people in Wrexham get in touch
In the north of Wales, distance shapes everything about getting help. Wrexham is the largest town up here and it still serves a wide rural hinterland, so a specialist appointment can mean most of a day. Drug use in that setting becomes very private. It happens in Hightown or Rhosnesni or a village outside, among people who are working, studying at Wrexham University or looking for something to do, and it is discussed with almost nobody. The figures for this area sit below the Wales average, which is worth knowing and means nothing whatever if you are the household concerned. Small numbers still contain whole lives.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Wrexham
RhosdduCaia ParkGwersylltRhosnesniActonHightownCoedpoethBrymboGresfordBorras
Wherever you are in Wrexham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Wrexham
Official figures for Wrexham, for context rather than as a description of you.
In Wrexham the age-standardised drug-misuse death rate was 5.7 per 100,000 in 2022 to 2024, below the Wales average of 8.5 per 100,000. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Deaths related to drug poisoning by local authority, England and Wales (drug misuse, Table 6) (2022 to 2024).
In Wrexham, 4.0% of adults reported a low life satisfaction score (4 or below out of 10) in the year ending March 2023, well below the Wales average of 6.9%. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Year ending March 2023 (2022-23)).
Reviewed June 2026.
What is substance use counselling, in practice?
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 substance use counselling in detail, alongside how I work and qualifications, registration and ethics.
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.
This is delivered by video and nothing else, because the counselling comes from Hove rather than from anywhere in north Wales. For drug work the advantages are practical. No journey to a service that may be some distance off, no reception, no waiting about among people you might know. You can attend on a day when you feel rough without having to look presentable for anyone. Telephone is there if the connection is unreliable.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What can substance use counselling in Wrexham 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 Wrexham
Why people in Wrexham come for substance use counselling
There is no clean-time requirement here, and no expectation that you arrive having decided anything. That is stated plainly because the assumption otherwise stops people asking, sometimes for a decade. What we do is look at your use with actual curiosity: when it happens, what it does, what it has displaced, and what it is now costing in money, sleep, work and closeness to other people. That understanding is what makes any later change hold. Everything clinical stays with the services built for it. The BCUHB substance misuse service at The Elms on Rhosddu Road takes calls on 03000 859 444, DAWS works across Wrexham and Flintshire, the NHS find a service directory lists the rest, and DAN 24/7 is on 0808 808 2234 whenever you need somebody in the middle of the night.
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 Wrexham
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Wrexham, your GP can refer you to local drug and alcohol services, and you can find support through DAN 24/7, the Wales Drug and Alcohol Helpline.
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 press 2 for urgent mental health support. The CALL Helpline for Wales is free on 0800 132 737, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can 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.
Wrexham questions
Online Substance Use Counselling in Wrexham: common questions
Do I have to be off everything before you will see me?
No. Coming while you are still using is ordinary and expected. The work does not depend on abstinence, only on your being able to talk during the session. Physical dependence needs medical involvement alongside, which is what the local services are for.
What does counselling cost?
£80 per hour, £100 for an hour and a half, £120 for two hours. The first 15 minutes are free and exist so you can ask questions without paying to do it. Nothing is taken in advance and there is no minimum commitment of sessions.
Which drug service covers Wrexham?
The BCUHB substance misuse service, based at The Elms on Rhosddu Road, on 03000 859 444, together with DAWS across Wrexham and Flintshire. The NHS find a service directory shows anything else near you. Using them alongside counselling is entirely reasonable.
I am at Wrexham University and worried about my use. Is this confidential?
Completely. There is no link between this and your university, no record that follows you and nothing shared with staff. Sessions are private under the BACP Ethical Framework, and I will explain the narrow exceptions concerning serious risk before we start.
Everyone I know uses at the weekend. How would I tell if mine is different?
By what happens around the weekend rather than during it. Whether it has started earlier, whether the days between are spent recovering or waiting, and whether stopping for a month would be simple. Those are more telling than how much anybody takes.
Do I have to stop using before we begin?
No. You are welcome as you are, whether you hope to stop, cut down, or simply understand what is happening first. Any goals are yours to set, and we begin from where you actually are, by secure video wherever you are near Wrexham.
How quickly can I begin substance use counselling around Wrexham?
Often the same week. Once you have had your free 15-minute consultation, we arrange your first session. Because everything is by secure video, whether you are in the city or out in a border village towards Cheshire makes no difference and nothing delays the start.
Is substance use counselling cheaper on the NHS in Wrexham?
NHS drug services through Betsi Cadwaladr health board are free, and Dan 24/7 gives free all-Wales advice, though demand across north Wales is high. Privately I charge £80 an hour, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute consultation.
What is online substance use counselling like for someone in Wrexham?
You join by secure video from a private space at home, whether in Acton, Hightown or Coedpoeth, needing only a steady connection. I keep some evening appointments, so living out in the north Wales countryside no longer means a long drive to reach specialist help.
Online Substance Use Counselling in Wrexham, 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 Wales: Cardiff, Swansea. See all of Wales.
People who come for substance use counselling in Wrexham often also look at addiction counselling, counselling for drinking problems and anxiety counselling.
You may also find it useful to read 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 Brighton — all in-person areas are listed here.