Substance Use Counselling in Patcham

In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Patcham it is roughly fifteen minutes down the A23 and London Road into the city, then west to the Hove office. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Patcham or blend the two.

No. There is no abstinence condition attached to starting. People arrive still using, unsure, or having cut back and found the reasons underneath still there. Wherever you actually are is where the work begins, and being honest about that is more useful than performing readiness.

The standard hour is £80. Ninety minutes costs £100 where more time helps, and a two-hour session is £120. Before any of that, the 15-minute consultation is free and there is no obligation attached to having it. Payment is taken after each session rather than in advance.

Not without your agreement. Counselling here is private and there is no record joining you to a treatment service. The exception is the usual one any BACP counsellor works to, where there is a serious risk to your life or somebody else's, and it would be discussed with you.

Neither is the better version. Some people find the Hove room helps them say harder things, and the drive down and back marks the hour off from the rest of the day. Others need the appointment to leave no trace in a household where questions get asked. Both run weekly.

It makes it lonelier, which is its own weight. Streets where you recognise everybody give you very few places to be honest, and the effort of the cover story becomes part of the problem. An hour where none of that management is required tends to be a relief before it is anything else.

Yes. There is some flexibility on timing, and online sessions in particular make it easier to fit support around the school run, work and home life without a long journey across the city.

Begin with a free fifteen-minute call on 07914 681995 or through the contact page. From Patcham it is about fifteen minutes down the A23 and London Road into the city and west to Hove, with buses down the London Road corridor and parking near Western Road.

Both are open to you. Pavilions provides free NHS-commissioned substance help across Brighton and Hove, self-referral only. Privately, I charge £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours after a free call, and the two can sit alongside each other.

Yes. The drive or bus across the city to Hove is manageable, with evening appointments to help around work, but secure video from home is there whenever the journey feels like too much. You can move between in-person and online as your week allows.