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Online Addiction Counselling · Horsham
Online addiction counselling for Horsham, by secure video, wherever you are. For many people in Horsham, online sessions are not a compromise but the thing that finally makes therapy possible: flexible, private and fitted around your life.
From the heart of Horsham, near the Carfax, the Causeway and the surrounding Weald, out to its edges, from the Carfax and the old centre out to Roffey, Broadbridge Heath and Southwater, online sessions make it possible to get the right support without rearranging your whole day around a single appointment.
I'm based in Hove on the Sussex coast and work with clients right across the UK by secure video. For Horsham, that means a BACP-registered counsellor specialising in addiction, anxiety, depression, relationships and trauma, available from the privacy of your own space.
I also work online with people elsewhere in London & South East, including Crawley, Chichester, London.
If you would still prefer to meet in person and can travel to the Sussex coast, you are welcome to, but for most clients in Horsham online addiction counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Horsham
Horsham is a prosperous market town with a long commuter line into London, and that comfortable surface can hide real strain. The early-train, late-home routine leaves little of the day for yourself, and in a settled town where people tend to know one another, there can be a quiet pressure to look as though everything is fine.
In a settled, well-kept town where people tend to know one another, there can be a quiet pressure to look as though everything is fine. Online counselling keeps the whole thing private, with nobody to pass in a waiting room.
What I help with
For when drinking has stopped feeling like a choice.
Compassionate, confidential help with substance use.
Breaking the cycle of compulsive gambling, guilt and debt.
Support for food and process addictions.
Help for those living alongside someone's addiction.
We treat the cause, not just the symptom.
Why online works in Horsham
In a town where people know one another, online sessions keep your support entirely private.
From Horsham, there's no journey across town and no waiting room. You join from wherever feels safe, and the rest of your day simply carries on around the session.
Working online means people in Horsham aren't limited to whoever practises locally. You can choose the counsellor who genuinely fits the issue you're facing, not just the nearest one.
A weekly session you can take from home is far simpler to protect than one that needs travel. That consistency is exactly where lasting change comes from.
The method itself is the same online as it is in the room. My approach is integrative and person-centred. Rather than white-knuckling your way through, we look at both the habit and the unmet needs beneath it, so recovery is sustainable. Where trauma is involved I draw on the Human Givens Rewind Technique, Internal Family Systems and solution-focused work.
Practically, it couldn't be simpler: a quiet room, a device with a camera, and a steady internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call to check the fit, you'll get a private link to join at our agreed time.
Read more about online counselling, about addiction counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationMy online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Horsham, you can refer yourself directly to NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed. You can also find your nearest service through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Private sessions with me usually mean 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.
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.
Horsham questions
Yes. I work with clients in Horsham and right across the UK by secure video. You don't need to live near Brighton or Hove; online addiction counselling brings the same care to wherever you are.
Very little: a private space where you won't be interrupted, a laptop, tablet or phone, and a reasonable internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call, I send a secure link you click at our agreed time.
Online and in-person therapy are similarly effective for most people, and clients usually settle quickly once the screen fades into the background and the conversation takes over.
Yes, and many people do both. You can access support from NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies alongside our work; private counselling simply means you can usually start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout. I'm happy to work alongside any NHS support you're receiving.
The simplest first step from Horsham is a free fifteen-minute call. There's no obligation, just a chance to ask anything and see how it feels.
Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about addiction counselling in depth.