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Counselling for Drinking Problems · Ditchling
Counselling for Drinking Problems in Ditchling
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Ditchling and the surrounding area, in person or online. Years of habitual drinking can lock us into a pattern that feels impossible to change. You do not have to have hit rock bottom to ask for help, and you do not need all the answers before you begin.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Ditchling
Ditchling is a beautiful Downs village beneath Ditchling Beacon, long associated with artists and craftspeople. Wherever in Ditchling you're coming from, whether Ditchling Beacon, the village pond and the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft are on your doorstep or a little further out, you're welcome here.
My counselling room is at Intergen House on Western Road in Hove. From Ditchling it is around twenty minutes over or around the Downs into Brighton and on to the Hove office. If getting here is difficult, or you'd simply prefer it, we can meet by secure video instead.
Just along the way, the same support is available in Hassocks, Lewes, Burgess Hill.
So whether you are searching for counselling for drinking problems near you in Ditchling, or weighing up in-person against online sessions, you are in the right place.
What I help with
How counselling for drinking problems can help
The cause, not the habit
Looking beneath the drinking to what drives it.
Anxiety and low mood
Working with what the alcohol has been managing.
Face-to-face therapy
In-person sessions in my private Hove room.
Signposting
Links to medical, detox and peer support where useful.
Without the anaesthetic
Reconnecting with the person beneath the drinking.
What to expect
Why people from Ditchling choose to work with me
Confidential by training
As a BACP-registered counsellor, everything you share is held to a strict professional and ethical framework.
Flexible slots
Evening and weekend appointments mean sessions can usually fit around work and life in Ditchling, not the other way round.
Rooted in the area
Based on the Sussex coast, I see people from right across Lewes & Mid Sussex, Ditchling included, every week.
The whole picture
We look beyond the symptom to what's underneath, because lasting change comes from the root, not the surface.
How I work
What actually happens in our sessions is collaborative and unhurried. In our sessions we take an integrative approach, viewing your difficulties from an existential and humanistic perspective. Because you are the one who knows yourself best, my role is to walk alongside you as you build genuine alternatives to drinking.
I see people from all over Ditchling and the wider area. Wherever you are, near Ditchling Beacon, the village pond and the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft or further out, the work is the same: a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
You can read more about counselling for drinking problems and about my methods, sessions and fees. There is no obligation: we begin with a free fifteen minute call to see whether we are the right fit.
Start the conversationFinding support in Ditchling
My counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. For free NHS talking therapy in Ditchling, you can refer yourself directly to NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies, with no GP referral needed. You can also find your nearest service through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Seeing me privately usually means you can start sooner, stay with the same counsellor throughout, and work at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I'm glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have. If you are waiting for NHS therapy, beginning privately can be a way to make a start now rather than putting things off, and we can always work in whatever way fits best alongside what is already in place.
If you need urgent help now
This practice is not a crisis service. If you or someone else 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.
Ditchling questions
Counselling for Drinking Problems in Ditchling: common questions
Can I see you for counselling for drinking problems near Ditchling?
Yes. My counselling room is in nearby Hove, an easy trip from Ditchling, and I also work online by secure video if that's simpler. Either way you get the same support.
Where exactly are you based, coming from Ditchling?
I work from Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Ditchling it is around twenty minutes over or around the Downs into Brighton and on to the Hove office. There's parking nearby and the buses and trains are close.
Can I have counselling for drinking problems online if I live in Ditchling?
Absolutely. Many clients in Ditchling choose online counselling by secure video, either instead of or alongside in-person sessions. The work is just as effective and confidential.
What if I'm not sure counselling for drinking problems is right for me?
That's exactly what the free fifteen-minute consultation is for: a no-obligation chat to see if we're a good fit before anything begins, wherever in Ditchling you're starting from.
Counselling for Drinking Problems in Ditchling, whenever you are ready
Start with a free fifteen-minute call. From Ditchling or wherever you are, it's a relaxed, no-pressure way to find out whether we click.
Counselling for Drinking Problems in nearby areas
Not local to Ditchling? I also offer online counselling UK-wide, and you can see every area I cover or read more about counselling for drinking problems.