Addiction counselling for Dubai, online and confidential
For people living and working in Dubai, Dr Philippe Jacquet offers confidential, specialist addiction counselling online by secure video, in English and French. He trained as an addiction specialist at the Hazelden Foundation, the international benchmark in addiction treatment, and has twenty-five years of clinical experience, including supervising the clinical teams at PROMIS Recovery Centre and at Cardinal Clinic, a private psychiatric hospital rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
Discreet help without a residential stay
Dubai compresses professional reputation, social visibility and private life. For senior executives in DIFC, founders, private-wealth families and the wider international community, the difficulty is rarely access to resources. It is finding genuinely specialist, English-speaking help that can be undertaken in complete confidence, without exposure and without a record. Going to a residential clinic means absence and disclosure; the alternative offered here is intensive, consistent one-to-one work, conducted privately, on the client’s schedule and in their timezone.
What is treated
The work covers the full range of addictions: alcohol dependency, including high-functioning presentations where professional life appears intact but the relationship with alcohol has crossed a line; cocaine and stimulant use; prescription medication dependency; gambling and behavioural addictions; and sex and pornography addiction. Recovery is treated as a long-term process that addresses the underlying psychological drivers, and the trauma the addiction was often managing in the first place. Read more about the practice’s addiction counselling and its specialist areas.
Confidential, and outside the local world
In a tight, visible community, discretion matters. Working online with a senior practitioner outside the region gives clients a genuinely private space and a depth of clinical training not always available locally. Nothing is disclosed to any employer, family member or third party without explicit consent.
Common questions
Is addiction counselling available online in Dubai?
Yes. Dr Jacquet works with clients in Dubai online by secure video, in English and French, with the same clinical depth as in-person work and complete discretion.
Is it confidential?
Strictly. Nothing is disclosed to any employer, family member or third party without explicit consent. For senior professionals and people in the public eye, that discretion is central to the work.
Do I need to go to residential rehab?
Not necessarily. Many people who cannot step away from their responsibilities for weeks do their recovery work through intensive, confidential one-to-one therapy that addresses the underlying causes, not only the behaviour.