Addiction Counselling in London
Are you struggling with drug & alcohol addiction? Are you in early recovery and need some professional help with relapse prevention & coping strategies? Do you often feel depressed? Is anxiety stopping you from setting & achieving your goals. Do you think you're not assertive enough in your daily communications? Do you criticize yourself often? I can help you with all those issues. I am a psychologist and addiction counsellor. I offer short and long term counselling and psychotherapy using an integrative therapeutic approach, depending on each client's individual needs. I'm a BPS and MBACP member.
Are you struggling with drug & alcohol addiction? Are you in early recovery and need some professional help with relapse prevention & coping strategies? Do you often feel depressed? Is anxiety stopping you from setting & achieving your goals. Do you think you're not assertive enough in your daily communications? Do you criticize yourself often? I can help you with all those issues. I am a psychologist and addiction counsellor. I offer short and long term counselling and psychotherapy using an integrative therapeutic approach, depending on each client's individual needs. I'm a BPS and MBACP member.
I am a black Afro-Caribbean psychoanalytic psychotherapist and addiction therapist with over 25 years of experience working with clients and in practice management in various clinical and voluntary settings.
If you are an individual seeking to unleash your full potential or wish to discover more about who you are and or resolve issues in your life. Are you anxious and/or depressed and want to find some relief from your symptoms? Do you find yourself struggling to maintain and establish relationships? Do you experience mental health problems or emotional difficulties? Have you become aware that you are repeating the same patterns and ending up in similar situations? I can help you gain insight into your difficulties and help you make the changes that will solve your personal problems.
I am a black Afro-Caribbean psychoanalytic psychotherapist and addiction therapist with over 25 years of experience working with clients and in practice management in various clinical and voluntary settings.
If you are an individual seeking to unleash your full potential or wish to discover more about who you are and or resolve issues in your life. Are you anxious and/or depressed and want to find some relief from your symptoms? Do you find yourself struggling to maintain and establish relationships? Do you experience mental health problems or emotional difficulties? Have you become aware that you are repeating the same patterns and ending up in similar situations? I can help you gain insight into your difficulties and help you make the changes that will solve your personal problems.
I'm an experienced integrative counsellor specialised in all addictions, depression, anxiety relationships and bereavement with 30 years' experience in alcohol and drug addiction. I work with clients with a variety of different issues including psychosexual anxiety,domestic abuse, relationships loss and bereavements. I'm honoured to share the journey with my client. You choose your own goals and then we collaborate to achieve them. This journey starts with a desire to change. It is an opportunity to build healthy relationships and focuses on bringing change,hope,direction as well as purpose and fulfilment into your life.
I'm an experienced integrative counsellor specialised in all addictions, depression, anxiety relationships and bereavement with 30 years' experience in alcohol and drug addiction. I work with clients with a variety of different issues including psychosexual anxiety,domestic abuse, relationships loss and bereavements. I'm honoured to share the journey with my client. You choose your own goals and then we collaborate to achieve them. This journey starts with a desire to change. It is an opportunity to build healthy relationships and focuses on bringing change,hope,direction as well as purpose and fulfilment into your life.
I have also worked with clients who are in substance recovery.
You may already know what you want from therapy or you may feel that something is not quite right but you’re not sure what. Perhaps you’re looking for help to make sense of your current feelings. Maybe you are feeling painful emotions or want to improve relationships or get a better understanding of yourself. Perhaps you're feeling unsettled due to bereavement, separation, or health issues. Maybe you're feeling anxiety or stress. Well done for admitting that things aren't quite right and for starting your journey to bring back control. Counselling can provide a confidential space to bring clarity and order to your thoughts.
I have also worked with clients who are in substance recovery.
You may already know what you want from therapy or you may feel that something is not quite right but you’re not sure what. Perhaps you’re looking for help to make sense of your current feelings. Maybe you are feeling painful emotions or want to improve relationships or get a better understanding of yourself. Perhaps you're feeling unsettled due to bereavement, separation, or health issues. Maybe you're feeling anxiety or stress. Well done for admitting that things aren't quite right and for starting your journey to bring back control. Counselling can provide a confidential space to bring clarity and order to your thoughts.
Perhaps you’ve felt stuck for a while, or have been feeling that something isn’t right but can’t quite identify what that is. You may be anxious, depressed, have low self-esteem. Maybe you are struggling in relationships, or finding it difficult getting your needs met? You may have often felt that you don’t belong, or that you’re not supposed to be doing the work you do. Perhaps you’d like to feel less frustrated, angry or alone? You may be experiencing grief, or struggling with addiction, you might have low libido, or want to explore your sexuality. It might be a family or historic issue you’d like to make sense of. I can help.
Perhaps you’ve felt stuck for a while, or have been feeling that something isn’t right but can’t quite identify what that is. You may be anxious, depressed, have low self-esteem. Maybe you are struggling in relationships, or finding it difficult getting your needs met? You may have often felt that you don’t belong, or that you’re not supposed to be doing the work you do. Perhaps you’d like to feel less frustrated, angry or alone? You may be experiencing grief, or struggling with addiction, you might have low libido, or want to explore your sexuality. It might be a family or historic issue you’d like to make sense of. I can help.
As a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, I believe in evidence-based psychological therapy. My approach to the treatment is holistic, integrating eastern and western approaches of mind. My sessions involve an in-depth assessment of the causative factors of your emotional problems to offer you a solution-oriented approach. I believe in empowering you and will share several healing techniques to heal yourself. I will discuss the line of treatment after your in-depth assessment. I address a wide range of mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, Borderline Personality Disorder and relationship challenges
As a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, I believe in evidence-based psychological therapy. My approach to the treatment is holistic, integrating eastern and western approaches of mind. My sessions involve an in-depth assessment of the causative factors of your emotional problems to offer you a solution-oriented approach. I believe in empowering you and will share several healing techniques to heal yourself. I will discuss the line of treatment after your in-depth assessment. I address a wide range of mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, Borderline Personality Disorder and relationship challenges
My name is Thomas Brosnan and I am a Psychotherapist and Behaviour Change Expert. I specialise in Addiction and Relationships where for over 20 years now, I have supported the most amazing and beautiful people, because that’s what I believe we all are, to see what’s true about their experience of life.
My name is Thomas Brosnan and I am a Psychotherapist and Behaviour Change Expert. I specialise in Addiction and Relationships where for over 20 years now, I have supported the most amazing and beautiful people, because that’s what I believe we all are, to see what’s true about their experience of life.
Like all accredited therapists, I work with a wide spectrum of issues, but I specialise in Anxiety, Addiction, OCD & Codependency (key characteristics are: people pleasing, taking too much responsibility in any relationship, unhealthy boundaries, low self worth, over dependancy, poor self care, minimising or being unable to identify your needs.
I am a warm, intuitive & dynamic Transpersonal Integrative Therapist with a special interest in creative practice. Working integratively means I draw on a variety of therapeutic techniques, from exploring the impact of early life dynamics on the present, to CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy). The Transpersonal element adds depth and creativity to the process, examples of this are: helping you find wisdom and meaning in your struggles, using creative tools (e.g. bodywork, drawing, voice/sound, the written word) and most importantly, offering space for your authentic self, who you are under the wounding and conditioning, to flourish.
Like all accredited therapists, I work with a wide spectrum of issues, but I specialise in Anxiety, Addiction, OCD & Codependency (key characteristics are: people pleasing, taking too much responsibility in any relationship, unhealthy boundaries, low self worth, over dependancy, poor self care, minimising or being unable to identify your needs.
I am a warm, intuitive & dynamic Transpersonal Integrative Therapist with a special interest in creative practice. Working integratively means I draw on a variety of therapeutic techniques, from exploring the impact of early life dynamics on the present, to CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy). The Transpersonal element adds depth and creativity to the process, examples of this are: helping you find wisdom and meaning in your struggles, using creative tools (e.g. bodywork, drawing, voice/sound, the written word) and most importantly, offering space for your authentic self, who you are under the wounding and conditioning, to flourish.
For the last 16 years I have worked in a different role giving help and support to people who are actively in recovery from Addiction .
Welcome to my profile. You have made the courageous decision taking the first steps towards positive change and healing old wounds by reaching out for support. Many people come to counselling for different reasons, you are not alone. Counselling gives you a safe confidential space ,where you can explore thoughts and feelings, gaining awareness on unhelpful behaviour and perspectives by exploring healthier ways of coping and helps you make positive changes and move forward in life.
For the last 16 years I have worked in a different role giving help and support to people who are actively in recovery from Addiction .
Welcome to my profile. You have made the courageous decision taking the first steps towards positive change and healing old wounds by reaching out for support. Many people come to counselling for different reasons, you are not alone. Counselling gives you a safe confidential space ,where you can explore thoughts and feelings, gaining awareness on unhelpful behaviour and perspectives by exploring healthier ways of coping and helps you make positive changes and move forward in life.
The transformation that can happen within Counselling is life-changing. When you learn how to open up, share and reflect on the inner workings of your world with someone, amazing things can happen. In my practice, I love working with people from all walks of life with a diverse range of challenges to become a better version of themselves and reach their full potential. I have a deep understanding and knowledge of Addiction to alcohol and drugs, as well as many other common addictions like gambling, sex, and shopping.
The transformation that can happen within Counselling is life-changing. When you learn how to open up, share and reflect on the inner workings of your world with someone, amazing things can happen. In my practice, I love working with people from all walks of life with a diverse range of challenges to become a better version of themselves and reach their full potential. I have a deep understanding and knowledge of Addiction to alcohol and drugs, as well as many other common addictions like gambling, sex, and shopping.
Dr Dayyanah Sumodhee
Psychologist, PsychD, CPsychol
Verified Verified
London W1K (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Hi, I'm Dayyanah, a Chartered Health Psychologist helping people across all areas related to health and wellbeing. If you feel like you want to make changes to improve your health and wellbeing but find it difficult to get started, I may be able to help. My work focuses on helping people to cope with anxiety and stress using a therapeutic approach that will best fit my client. I also specialise in treating smoking addiction and supporting dietary change.
Hi, I'm Dayyanah, a Chartered Health Psychologist helping people across all areas related to health and wellbeing. If you feel like you want to make changes to improve your health and wellbeing but find it difficult to get started, I may be able to help. My work focuses on helping people to cope with anxiety and stress using a therapeutic approach that will best fit my client. I also specialise in treating smoking addiction and supporting dietary change.
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I am a qualified Group Analyst and Psychotherapist, working with groups, couples, and individuals. I have extensive experience working in the NHS, the voluntary sector and in further education, particularly in the areas of sexual health, drug and alcohol addiction, and mental health. A group analytic group meets weekly for 90 minutes in a confidential and a containing space. Over time, you will experience the benefits of exploring with other group members the issues that burden you and are causing you distress. We look at your past, as a means of exploring and understanding how it has shaped your present.
I am a qualified Group Analyst and Psychotherapist, working with groups, couples, and individuals. I have extensive experience working in the NHS, the voluntary sector and in further education, particularly in the areas of sexual health, drug and alcohol addiction, and mental health. A group analytic group meets weekly for 90 minutes in a confidential and a containing space. Over time, you will experience the benefits of exploring with other group members the issues that burden you and are causing you distress. We look at your past, as a means of exploring and understanding how it has shaped your present.
Whether it is anxiety, depression, addiction or another issue something is maintaining it to the point that you just can’t shake it off.
I offer short term Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which will enable you to better understand what is maintaining a particular issue so that we can work together towards making you feel better. To be clear you are the expert on you and my role is to support you so that you may help yourself without having to spend an inordinate amount of time having therapy or continually returning to therapy. I offer an initial six entirely confidential sessions at a safe space in North Dulwich. Alternatively I am also qualified in Gestalt humanistic therapy too for if the issue runs a bit deeper and the support needed is longer term.
Whether it is anxiety, depression, addiction or another issue something is maintaining it to the point that you just can’t shake it off.
I offer short term Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which will enable you to better understand what is maintaining a particular issue so that we can work together towards making you feel better. To be clear you are the expert on you and my role is to support you so that you may help yourself without having to spend an inordinate amount of time having therapy or continually returning to therapy. I offer an initial six entirely confidential sessions at a safe space in North Dulwich. Alternatively I am also qualified in Gestalt humanistic therapy too for if the issue runs a bit deeper and the support needed is longer term.
As a psychotherapeutic counsellor, I will encourage awareness, and facilitate change, using transactional analysis psychotherapy tools and drawing on my rich personal life experience and previous work with clients. I work with a broad range of clients who come to me with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief and loss, relationship, work issues, stress, and low self-esteem.
As a psychotherapeutic counsellor, I will encourage awareness, and facilitate change, using transactional analysis psychotherapy tools and drawing on my rich personal life experience and previous work with clients. I work with a broad range of clients who come to me with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief and loss, relationship, work issues, stress, and low self-esteem.
At certain points in everyone lives, there comes a time when life, work, family, loss, or the unhelpful ways you cope with stress can become overwhelming. I have worked with many people for over sixteen years who have experienced relational difficulties, I have experience in working with people who suffer with anxiety, depression, work related stress, relationship difficulties, addiction and addictive disorders, bereavement and loss. People who have been in recovery from addiction, and young people who have found self-isolation and lockdowns from Covid-19 too much to manage. Even though everyone has stopped talking about Covid.
At certain points in everyone lives, there comes a time when life, work, family, loss, or the unhelpful ways you cope with stress can become overwhelming. I have worked with many people for over sixteen years who have experienced relational difficulties, I have experience in working with people who suffer with anxiety, depression, work related stress, relationship difficulties, addiction and addictive disorders, bereavement and loss. People who have been in recovery from addiction, and young people who have found self-isolation and lockdowns from Covid-19 too much to manage. Even though everyone has stopped talking about Covid.
The world can be frustrating when you get tangled up in unhealthy thinking patterns. You can feel lost, or overwhelmed, with moments of real darkness. That is where I can help. If you lose control of your anger or your anxiety holds you back, we can unpack what makes you tick. If you hide your emotions in harmful behaviour, we can uncover them. What I enjoy most is helping people to build healthy relationships with themselves and others. I used to this when working with the Prince's Trust and Mind, the leading UK mental health agency. This gave me insight into those dealing with addiction, anxiety and depression.
The world can be frustrating when you get tangled up in unhealthy thinking patterns. You can feel lost, or overwhelmed, with moments of real darkness. That is where I can help. If you lose control of your anger or your anxiety holds you back, we can unpack what makes you tick. If you hide your emotions in harmful behaviour, we can uncover them. What I enjoy most is helping people to build healthy relationships with themselves and others. I used to this when working with the Prince's Trust and Mind, the leading UK mental health agency. This gave me insight into those dealing with addiction, anxiety and depression.
With over 25 years of experience, ranging from addiction through to sexual and emotional abuse, anxiety, depression, anger and numbness, I'd like to support you. In recent years I have moved my work focus to integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) as I find this way of working empowering to the client, engaging and highly effective. It may be you hear a loud critical voice inside or joy and fun may be fleeting or missing, you might like to access them again (or for the first time!). If your goal is a compassionate, connected, creative Self then maybe Internal Family systems be what you are looking for in therapy.
With over 25 years of experience, ranging from addiction through to sexual and emotional abuse, anxiety, depression, anger and numbness, I'd like to support you. In recent years I have moved my work focus to integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) as I find this way of working empowering to the client, engaging and highly effective. It may be you hear a loud critical voice inside or joy and fun may be fleeting or missing, you might like to access them again (or for the first time!). If your goal is a compassionate, connected, creative Self then maybe Internal Family systems be what you are looking for in therapy.
I have both a personal and academic interest in addiction and have extensive experience and knowledge in this area.
I am an Integrative Counsellor and Life Coach. Additionally, I am a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, holding a PhD in Addiction Psychology. I am passionate about supporting people who are struggling to overcome addictive behaviour, mental health challenges, or who simply need a safe space to talk through their difficulties. I feel deeply inspired by the resilience, adaptability and capacity for change shown by individuals when faced with difficult circumstances. My aim is to listen to you attentively, compassionately and without judgement.
I have both a personal and academic interest in addiction and have extensive experience and knowledge in this area.
I am an Integrative Counsellor and Life Coach. Additionally, I am a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, holding a PhD in Addiction Psychology. I am passionate about supporting people who are struggling to overcome addictive behaviour, mental health challenges, or who simply need a safe space to talk through their difficulties. I feel deeply inspired by the resilience, adaptability and capacity for change shown by individuals when faced with difficult circumstances. My aim is to listen to you attentively, compassionately and without judgement.
I work with issues around anxiety, addiction, work, relationships, body-image and self esteem.
Are you struggling to feel happy in yourself, and feel like everything you try to make yourself feel better isn’t working? Perhaps things you do may be causing distance between your friends and family yet you don’t know how to stop. Your work life, food and exercise routines may feel out of control, or that they’re running your life. All this can leave you feeling isolated, alone and grasping for unattainable goals. On the outside, things may look OK but inside you feel empty, with no sense of who you are and who you want to be.
I work with issues around anxiety, addiction, work, relationships, body-image and self esteem.
Are you struggling to feel happy in yourself, and feel like everything you try to make yourself feel better isn’t working? Perhaps things you do may be causing distance between your friends and family yet you don’t know how to stop. Your work life, food and exercise routines may feel out of control, or that they’re running your life. All this can leave you feeling isolated, alone and grasping for unattainable goals. On the outside, things may look OK but inside you feel empty, with no sense of who you are and who you want to be.
I am an NHS Consultant Psychologist leading a gambling addiction service.
We could all do with help sometimes. I get it. Our world is imperfect and challenging and there is no way to know what life throws next. You may have experienced a loss or trauma and others around you cannot grasp its magnitude. Or you may have resorted to ways of coping that harm you and cannot break free. Or perhaps you are tired of recurrent disappointments, rejections, criticism that have affected how you feel within yourself and your relationships. Forming a genuine connection with each other in therapy will hopefully make it possible for you to work toward changes or make what you cannot change easier to bear.
I am an NHS Consultant Psychologist leading a gambling addiction service.
We could all do with help sometimes. I get it. Our world is imperfect and challenging and there is no way to know what life throws next. You may have experienced a loss or trauma and others around you cannot grasp its magnitude. Or you may have resorted to ways of coping that harm you and cannot break free. Or perhaps you are tired of recurrent disappointments, rejections, criticism that have affected how you feel within yourself and your relationships. Forming a genuine connection with each other in therapy will hopefully make it possible for you to work toward changes or make what you cannot change easier to bear.
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Addiction Counsellors
What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.
How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.
How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.
How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.