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Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Belfast
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Belfast
Online counselling for drinking problems for Belfast, by secure video, wherever you are. Finding a counsellor who genuinely fits matters more than how close they are. Online counselling for drinking problems lets clients in Belfast work with me from the comfort and privacy of home, by secure video.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
Counselling for Drinking Problems for Belfast, without the journey
From the heart of Belfast, near the City Hall, the Titanic Quarter and the shipyard cranes, out to its edges, from the city centre and the Cathedral Quarter to the Falls, the Shankill, east Belfast and the south of the city, online sessions make it possible to get the right support without rearranging your whole day around a single appointment.
Hove is where my room is, but the support is not tied to Sussex. Over a secure link I work with people in Belfast and far beyond, with the same depth and confidentiality as meeting face to face.
I also work online with people elsewhere in Northern Ireland, including Lisburn, Newtownabbey, Bangor.
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 Belfast online counselling for drinking problems is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Belfast
Why people in Belfast reach out
Belfast is a resilient, fast-changing capital still living with the legacy of the Troubles alongside the ordinary pressures of a modern city. Intergenerational trauma, community divisions and real deprivation in parts of the city all shape what people here carry, and privacy can matter all the more.
London's scale and speed can be exhilarating and exhausting at once, and time and privacy are always in short supply. An hour that comes to you, rather than one you have to cross the capital for, is often what makes therapy possible.
What I help with
How online 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.
Privacy at home
Sensitive support without anyone needing to know.
Signposting
Links to medical, detox and peer support where useful.
Without the anaesthetic
Reconnecting with the person beneath the drinking.
Why online works in Belfast
Why people in Belfast choose online counselling
Privacy in a crowded city
In a place as busy as Belfast, a confidential hour from your own space means no chance of being seen coming or going.
Human, even on a screen
The technology fades within minutes. What remains is a real, attentive conversation, the same one we'd have sitting in the room together.
Gentle when leaving home is hard
If anxiety, low mood or avoidance make leaving the house feel like too much right now, starting online from Belfast can be the gentlest possible way in.
Less time lost from work
An online hour rarely costs you a half-day, which is what makes regular sessions realistic for busy lives in Belfast.
How online sessions work
Underneath the screen, the therapy itself works like this. 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.
You don't need any special software, just a private space, a device with a camera and a decent connection. We always start with a free fifteen-minute call, and from then on you simply click a secure link at the time we've set.
Read more about online counselling, about counselling for drinking problems, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationFinding support in Belfast
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Belfast, your GP can refer you to talking therapies and counselling through Health and Social Care. You can find support through Lifeline, Northern Ireland's crisis helpline, free on 0808 808 8000.
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.
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 Lifeline free on 0808 808 8000. Lifeline is free on 0808 808 8000, and the Samaritans are on 116 123.
Belfast questions
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Belfast: common questions
Can I have online counselling for drinking problems if I live in Belfast?
Absolutely. Belfast is well within reach, because we meet by secure video rather than in person. You'll get exactly the same specialist support as someone sitting in my Hove room.
What do I need to start online sessions in Belfast?
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.
Is online counselling for drinking problems as effective as meeting in person?
For most people, yes. Online therapy can be just as effective as meeting face to face, and many find it easier to open up from home. Everything is held with the same strict confidentiality as in-person work.
Is online counselling private and confidential?
Yes. Sessions run on a secure, encrypted video link, and everything we discuss is held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as work done in person. All you need at your end is a private space.
Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Belfast, whenever you are ready
The simplest first step from Belfast is a free fifteen-minute call. There's no obligation, just a chance to ask anything and see how it feels.
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Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about counselling for drinking problems in depth.