Recovery Counselling

When something is taking more from your life than you want it to.

Specialist counselling for addictive, compulsive and harmful behaviours, helping you understand patterns, make meaningful changes and support recovery.

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How I Work With You

Recovery Counselling that starts with the person, not the label.

You are more than the behaviour, and more than what has happened.
We look at the whole picture together — then build understanding, new choices and the foundations for lasting change.

Understand

What is happening, what the behaviour has been doing for you, and what may be keeping the pattern going.

Change

Develop practical, realistic ways of responding differently — without expecting perfection.

Sustain

Strengthen the relationships, routines, coping, confidence and recovery capital that help change hold over time.

There is no fixed programme to complete.

The work develops around what you need, what is already working and what would make the greatest difference now.

Areas I Support

Different behaviours. What matters is the pattern.

Addiction and compulsive behaviour do not always look the same. What matters is the role the behaviour is playing, how much space it is taking up, and what it is beginning to affect.

Recovery Counselling can support a range of substance-related and behavioural difficulties without asking you to fit neatly into one label.

Alcohol & Substance Use

Substance-related

Alcohol · non-prescribed substances · problematic or dependent use of prescribed medication

For counselling to be appropriate: there needs to be a period of no use or sufficiently reduced use to allow safe and meaningful therapeutic work. If detoxification, withdrawal management or medical treatment is needed, appropriate specialist or medical support should be involved first.

Gambling

Behavioural

Online gambling · sports betting · casino gambling · slots · bingo · lottery and scratch cards · financial trading where it has developed into gambling-like harmful behaviour

Gaming

Behavioural

Video gaming · online gaming · mobile gaming · esports-related gaming · in-game spending · loot boxes and similar gambling-like gaming features

Internet & Digital Behaviours

Digital

Problematic internet use · social media use · smartphone use · compulsive scrolling · streaming and online content use

Spending & Shopping

Behavioural

Compulsive shopping · online shopping · compulsive spending · Buy Now, Pay Later related harmful spending patterns

Other Compulsive or Harmful Behaviours

Other patterns

Work-related compulsive behaviour · exercise-related compulsive behaviour · repetitive reward-seeking behaviours · multiple or overlapping addictive behaviours

Not sure where your experience fits? You do not need to identify a particular category before getting in touch. We can talk about what is happening and whether Recovery Counselling is the right support for you.

Support for Affected Others

When the behaviour belongs to someone else, the impact can still reach you.

Living alongside someone else’s addictive, compulsive or harmful behaviour can affect trust, finances, relationships, sleep, stress and the choices you feel able to make.

This support may be relevant if you are a

partner · family member · parent · adult child · friend · or another significant person affected by someone else’s behaviour

Make sense of what is happening

A confidential space to talk about the impact on you, including uncertainty, repeated promises, worry, anger, guilt, exhaustion or loss of trust.

Explore boundaries and choices

Consider what is and is not within your control, what boundaries may be needed, and what feels realistic and safe in your circumstances.

Support your own wellbeing

The work can focus on your needs, coping, relationships and next steps — rather than making your wellbeing dependent on whether another person changes.

If you’re worried about someone else’s harmful behaviours, I can support you too. You do not need the other person to be in treatment, or even to recognise that there is a problem, for you to seek support for yourself.