Online Counselling for Drinking Problems · Hull

Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Hull

Online counselling for drinking problems for Hull, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Hull — from the Old Town and the marina to the streets around the Deep — with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

Online across the UKSecure videoFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, counsellor in Brighton & Hove, introducing his approach to therapy
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Hull

Counselling for Drinking Problems for Hull, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Hull: from the Old Town and the marina to Newland Avenue, Bransholme and Hessle Road
Known for
The marina, the Deep and the Humber Bridge
Region
Yorkshire & North East (England)
Local NHS / support route
Local council drug & alcohol service (see below)
Format
Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.

Life in Hull

Why people in Hull reach out

Hull is a proud port city on the Humber with a strong fishing heritage and a renewed cultural energy, but it has also weathered real hardship and isolation at the end of the line. Insecure work, money pressure and the distance from other cities shape much of what people here carry.

Where work follows shifts and the rhythm of the docks, online sessions bend around unsociable hours rather than asking you to fit your life around them.

Hull is home to the University of Hull and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill); Siemens Gamesa runs a major offshore wind turbine blade factory at Alexandra Dock on the Humber.

The local picture

The local picture in Hull

These figures are local context from official sources — not a description of you — but they show the scale of what people in and around Hull are living with, and why local support matters.

Local data last reviewed June 2026. Each figure shows the year and links to the official source it was read on.

The counselling for drinking problems itself

Counselling for drinking problems here looks beneath the habit at what drives it — you do not need to have hit rock bottom to begin — and signposts medical, detox and peer support where useful.

The approach is the same wherever you live, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full — the methods, what each session covers and fees — on the main counselling for drinking problems page and on how I work.

How online sessions work

Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, you join each session from any private space using a phone, tablet or laptop — no software to install, no waiting room and no journey at either end.

Book a free 15-minute call

What I help with

How online counselling for drinking problems in Hull can help

Daily or binge drinking

Support whatever your pattern looks like.

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.

Drug, alcohol & addiction support in Hull

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Hull, free local drug and alcohol support is available through Hull City Council's drug and alcohol support.

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 choose the mental health option. The Samaritans are free, day or night, on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258.

Hull questions

Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Hull: common questions

Can I get online counselling for drinking problems if I live in Hull?

Yes. I work with people right across Hull, from the Old Town and the marina outwards, and anywhere else in Yorkshire & North East, by secure video — no need to travel to Hove, and just as confidential as meeting in the room.

Do I have to stop drinking completely to start?

No, and you do not need to have hit rock bottom. We look at the role drinking plays and find a steadier way forward at your pace.

Can you help me cut down rather than quit?

For many people moderation is a valid goal, and we will be honest together about what is realistic for you.

What if I've tried before and relapsed?

Relapse is part of many people's recovery, not a failure. We learn from it rather than start the count again from zero.

Online Counselling for Drinking Problems in Hull, 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 Yorkshire & North East: York, Leeds. See all of Yorkshire & North East.

Other online support from Hull: Addiction, Substance Use, Anxiety, Depression, Relationship, Trauma.