Addiction treatment in London
Most people with a serious addiction have stopped many times. The question is rarely how to stop. It is how to build a life in which the addiction is no longer needed. That is the work this practice is built around.
Dr Philippe Jacquet is a Hazelden-trained addiction specialist with 25 years of integrative clinical practice. He offers individual psychotherapy for the full range of addictive behaviour, including alcohol, cocaine, gambling and sex addiction. Treatment is private, one to one, and conducted with complete confidentiality.
What the addiction is managing
Addiction is rarely the real problem. It is usually an attempt to manage something else: anxiety, shame, the gap between how a person feels inside and how they need to appear, the pressure of a demanding role, or a pain that has never been put into words. Effective treatment works on several levels at once, the immediate compulsion, the function the addiction has served, and the patterns of thought and relationship that keep it in place.
This matters particularly for professional clients. In finance, law and senior leadership, a high level of functioning can mask a dependency for years. Stopping without understanding what the behaviour was holding together tends to produce a short period of abstinence followed by relapse.
A private alternative to residential rehab
For many clients, leaving their life for several weeks in a residential clinic is neither possible nor desirable. Dr Jacquet offers intensive individual outpatient treatment as a discreet alternative, drawing on his training at the Hazelden Foundation and his work supervising the clinical teams at PROMIS and the Cardinal Clinic.
“I can help someone stop. That is the easy part. The hard part is helping them build something worth staying sober for.”
Philippe Jacquet
Specialist areas
Treatment is tailored to the specific addiction, including alcohol addiction, cocaine addiction, gambling addiction, and sex and pornography addiction.
Addiction counselling across London
In person at Harley Street W1, Central London and Bermondsey, with help also available in Colchester and online across the UK and internationally.
For an independent view of residential treatment — when it helps, how to choose one, and what to watch for — read Rehab, Honestly: when it helps, and how to choose one.
Confidentiality
Sessions are held in complete confidence. The Central London and Harley Street consulting rooms are used by many clients for whom discretion is a particular priority. Work is available in English and French, in person or by secure video.
Addiction rarely travels alone. Where an untreated eating disorder is quietly driving relapse, see why an eating disorder can undermine recovery on Men Who Heal, Dr Jacquet’s specialist site for men.
Arrange a consultation with Dr Philippe Jacquet, addiction specialist and psychotherapist, London.
For senior professionals who need a discreet, flexible alternative to residential care, see confidential executive addiction support.
Dr Jacquet also works with international clients online, with confidential, English-speaking addiction support for Zurich, Geneva, Dubai, Tokyo, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.
Common questions
Do you treat alcohol, drug and behavioural addictions?
Yes, alcohol, cocaine and other drugs, gambling, and sex and pornography addiction, along with the underlying patterns they share.
Is this an alternative to residential rehab?
Yes. Intensive one-to-one treatment is a private, flexible alternative to residential rehab, in person in London or by secure video.
Where in London can I be seen?
In person at Harley Street W1, Central London (Fitzrovia) and Bermondsey SE1, and online across the UK and internationally.