Online sessions across the UK

Specialist help with drugs, alcohol and the things underneath them.

I'm Paul Burrows, an addiction counsellor with lived experience of trauma and recovery. We work at a pace that suits you, and nothing has to be settled in the first session.

MSc Psychology · FDAC specialist · Online sessions available UK-wide

My approach

Less telling you what to do. More working out what's going on.

  • 01We start with what's happening now, not with a list of your failures.
  • 02Change is treated as something you decide, at a pace you choose.
  • 03I bring tools from several evidence-based approaches and use what helps you.
  • 04Sessions are online, so recovery can happen from your own home.
"Part of you wants to change, and part of you doesn't. Both are telling you something useful." Working with ambivalence, one of my core ideas

You don't have to work this out on your own.

Online sessions are available across the UK. Reaching out is the first step, and it's a good one.

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How to Bend But Not Break.


Listen to tales from the front lines as those who face the flames on a daily basis talk through how they adapt, adjust and overcome unexpected obstacles and unforeseen setbacks.

How to build emotional mental endurance.

How To See Through The Storm.


Hear from people at the top of their game as they explore what can be termed "Spiritual Stability", but not in a religious sense: it's about what your heart & your spirit value most in life.

The Brain Is A Body Part.


For all that Alexi Pappas knew about her body in 2016: suffering severe depression, she began to think of suicide, this shows how mental health and wellbeing are inseparable from sustainable high performance, especially for those trying to climb their own Mt Olympus.

Finding A Way.


When you don’t know where your next meal is coming from, how can you still dream big? Freddie Stevenson has lived the answer to that question.