Confidential addiction counselling in Bermondsey
One of the things that makes addiction difficult to address is also one of the things that makes it persistent: the secrecy. The management of who knows, the careful partitioning of the part of your life that no one sees, the energy spent maintaining the appearance of control. That management is exhausting. And the exhaustion is rarely named because naming it would require acknowledging the thing being managed.
This practice offers confidential addiction counselling in Bermondsey, genuinely confidential, which means nothing shared in sessions is disclosed to any employer, GP, family member or third party without explicit consent.
The approach
Addiction counselling at the Bermondsey practice is depth-oriented and individual. It draws on integrative psychotherapy, psychodynamic and Jungian frameworks, work that treats addiction not as a failure of willpower but as a response to something that has not yet been adequately addressed. The therapeutic task is to understand what that something is.
Where trauma underlies the dependency (and it frequently does, even when it does not feel obvious) EMDR may be incorporated as part of the process. Dr Jacquet is an EMDR practitioner with over 20 years of experience.
What is treated
The Bermondsey practice works with alcohol and drug addiction, gambling, sex and pornography addiction, cocaine and stimulant use, compulsive overeating, and other behavioural dependencies. Where addiction co-occurs with eating disorders, depression, anxiety or trauma, those presentations are addressed together as part of the same therapeutic process.
Practical details
No referral is needed. Sessions are available without a waiting list. The initial consultation is a private conversation, at your pace, without obligation to continue beyond it.
South of the river, away from the West End
For people who live or work in South East London, the trek to a West End consulting room is itself a barrier, and for some, the anonymity of their own side of the river is precisely the point. The Bermondsey practice on Spa Road serves the London Bridge and Borough corridor, the City workers who cross the bridge each morning, and the residential neighbourhoods from Rotherhithe and Canada Water down to Dulwich. Addiction work here follows the same Hazelden-informed standard as the Harley Street practice, with the discretion of a quiet SE16 street rather than a famous medical address.
Common questions
Is addiction counselling in Bermondsey confidential?
Yes, genuinely and absolutely. Nothing shared in sessions is disclosed to any employer, GP, family member or third party without your explicit consent. Much of what makes addiction persistent is the secrecy and the energy spent maintaining the appearance of control; the work begins from a place where that no longer has to be managed.
What is your approach to addiction counselling?
The work at the Bermondsey practice is depth-oriented and individual, drawing on integrative psychotherapy and psychodynamic and Jungian frameworks. It treats addiction not as a failure of willpower but as a response to something that has not yet been adequately addressed. Where trauma underlies the dependency, EMDR may be incorporated.
What kinds of addiction do you treat?
The Bermondsey practice works with alcohol and drug addiction, gambling, sex and pornography addiction, cocaine and stimulant use, compulsive overeating, and other behavioural dependencies. Where addiction co-occurs with eating disorders, depression, anxiety or trauma, those are addressed together as part of the same process.
Do I need a referral, and is there a waiting list?
No referral is needed, and sessions are available without a waiting list. The initial consultation is a private conversation at your pace, with no obligation to continue beyond it.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no set number, and it would be wrong to claim to know it in advance. It depends on the severity of the difficulty and on how each person responds to therapy. The work is reviewed together as it develops.