If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines can help:
Crisis numbers in the United Kingdom
- UKNA helpline, for help with drug addiction: Tel: 0300 999 1212. Every day, 10am to midnight. Calls from withheld numbers do not connect.
- Samaritans: Tel: 116 123 (Free from any phone) | Tel: 0808 164 0123 (Welsh Language Line) | Tel: 18001 44 116 123 (Relay UK). 24 hours. The Welsh Language Line is open every day, 7pm to 11pm.
- Shout, text 85258: Text: 85258. 24 hours.
- NHS 111, the urgent mental health route (England, Scotland and Wales): Tel: 111 (then choose the mental health option). In Wales, 24 hours a day.
- National Gambling Helpline (England, Scotland and Wales): Tel: 0808 80 20 133. 24 hours.
- All crisis lines in the United Kingdom
This page lists Addiction Psychologists in London. 14 in all.
What addiction treatment covers
Addiction covers alcohol, other drugs, and behaviours such as gambling. Psychological treatment is only one part of addiction care.
For drug use disorders, the WHO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime list treatments that work, including cognitive-behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, contingency management and family therapy 1.
Guidelines recommend a range of treatments for opioid dependence 2. Those include maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, alongside psychosocial treatment and support.
Detoxification on its own does not treat a drug use disorder. Ask a practitioner what they treat, and where they refer.
What a psychologist does, and where assessment fits in
Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychologist. Psychologists apply the study of the mind and behaviour to assist people through difficulty. Clinical psychologists work with people of all ages, with families, carers, teams and communities 3.
Assessment belongs to a psychologist's training, and sits alongside therapy. Clinical, counselling and educational psychology are different training routes. Each route emphasises different work.
Which titles are registered varies by country. Where the title is registered, the register says what it covers. Ask a psychologist which route they trained through, and what they work with most.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Addiction and the professional title psychologist.
The London page answers more questions about therapy there.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
Do affordable options exist in London?
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth Talking Therapies. Phone +44 20 3228 6747. Talking Therapies care is free under the NHS. Adults aged 18 and older can refer themselves. You must live in Lambeth or have a Lambeth GP.
Who registers therapists in the United Kingdom?
Titles you will see include Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist and Educational Psychologist. Search the register by name at Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.
In the United Kingdom the practitioner psychologist titles are protected and held on a statutory register; counsellor and psychotherapist are not.
What these practitioners record
6 of the 14 have included their registration on their profile.
Sessions here are offered in English, Russian, Spanish and Ukranian.
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References
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