Our Service
We provide free counselling for people living in Edinburgh concerned about their stimulant and other drug use, for example cannabis, cocaine (including crack cocaine), ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy), amphetamines (speed) and GHB/GBL.
If alcohol is the main drug that you would like to talk to someone about, we can signpost or refer you to other services in Edinburgh such as Edinburgh and the Lothians Council on Alcohol. If opioids or benzodiazepines are the main drugs causing you concern, we can refer or signpost you to Simpson House.
We welcome people of all cultures, gender identities, sexual orientations, religious and ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. If you have particular access needs, we can discuss how we can support you in accessing our counselling service.
We offer up to 18 weekly sessions, on a Monday to Friday daytime, for individual counselling with a qualified counsellor.
We offer limited evening sessions and remote appointments on a Saturday, but there may be a longer wait for these appointments.
Our counselling is person centred, which means that we work with what feels important to each individual client. For some people, this might mean looking directly at their drug taking, and for other people it might mean exploring more about underlying issues or things from their past.
We offer up to 6 weekly sessions, on a Monday to Friday daytime, for people affected by another’s drug use, for example, a partner, a friend or a family member, with a qualified counsellor. We can also signpost people in this situation onto longer term support where needed.
We offer limited evening sessions and remote appointments on a Saturday, but there may be a longer wait for these appointments.
Please ask us about this if it is relevant to you or someone you know.
Referral to Crew Counselling
You can access Crew Counselling by phoning (0131 220 3404), visiting our Drop-in or by email. To make a referral or inquiry about counselling by email, please contact: referrals@crew2000.org.uk.
We’ll ask you for some initial details, and after this a counsellor will contact you to arrange an initial appointment to see if this is the right service for you.
If it’s not the right time for you to engage in counselling, we can look at options for referral on to other organisations and try to put more support in place if this would be helpful to you. Find out more about our counselling service here.
If you would like to enquire about Crew Counselling for someone you are working with, as a professional, please call us to discuss.
Please note that we cannot take referrals from family members or friends.
What clients have said
Photos of our counselling rooms, Coming soon!
- Walking from Waverley station towards the Royal Mile, you head up Cockburn Street.
- Crew is located about half way up on the right hand side. We are opposite Pie in the Sky.
- Crew is next door to a coffee shop, and you’ll see our neon lights in the Drop-in window.
- Crew (the Drop-in) is on the street level, but our counselling service is up Anchor close.
- There are 22 steps to the door of Crew, which is half way up Anchor Close, on the left hand side.
- The Green door has a buzzer to the left side, which you can press to let us know you are here!
- Once inside, please wait at the bottom of the stairs for someone to meet you and show you where to sit for your counselling appointment with Crew.
Accessibility
Our counselling service is located on Anchor Close, just off Cockburn Street, and there are 22 steps up to our door.
If this is not possible for you to access, please let us know and we can discuss alternative arrangements, as well as offering remote online counselling sessions.
