What is alcohol and drug counselling?

Alcohol and Drug Counselling aims to increase insight into alcohol problems, identify goals and empower you to make your own choices about what you do.Counselling can help you to see your problems more clearly and help to reduce confusion.

Counselling takes place within a safe, confidential, non-judgemental and non-discriminatory environment.

Your counsellor is there to support you in creating goals for yourself and to support you in working towards these goals.

Alcohol and drug Counselling can include advice however it is not about telling you what to do. Alcohol and drug Counselling takes place regularly (usually weekly) and is reviewed after 8-10 weeks.

What issues can you bring?

We are available to provide advice, information and counselling to people who think they may have a problem with alcohol or drugs.

We can provide advice and support to those who want to cut down their drinking or drug use or to stop altogether.

We will usually explore the underlying reasons for your drinking and/or drug use and support you to make the right choices for you.

As well as exploring your own, or someone else's, current or past use of substances, you may wish to explore other underlying issues.

Some of the issues you may wish to explore in counselling sessions are:

More . . . What next?

Addiction Support and Care Agency
For details of all ASCA's services please contact either our Richmond or Kingston sites

Richmond
233 Lower Mortlake Rd
Richmond TW9 2LL
Tel 020 8940 1160
Fax 020 8940 7204

Kingston
96 Ditton Rd
Surbiton KT6 6RH
Tel 020 8339 9899
Fax 020 8399 5639

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