Breaking the dependency loop by treating the nervous system dysregulation underneath the substance.
Traditional approaches often focus purely on behavioural abstinence. However, compulsive cocaine and ketamine usage are deeply tied to chemical and emotional regulation. Cocaine is frequently used to mask profound fatigue, social anxiety, or an overactive inner critic by forcing artificial dopamine spikes. Ketamine is often used as a powerful dissociative agent to completely detach from painful, overwhelming emotional realities or unprocessed developmental trauma.
In-person sessions in Bromley (BR1), plus online therapy across the UK.
With stimulants and dissociatives, the substance is not the root problem — it's the solution your nervous system has found. To achieve sustainable recovery, we must safely explore and treat the internal pain you are attempting to self-soothe.
Driven by an underlying sense of unsafety, creating an unconscious urge to self-medicate with stimulants to feel powerful, connected, or hyper-focused.
Using stimulants to override exhaustion, silence self-criticism, and manufacture confidence.
Driven by a profound sense of overwhelm, where the mind seeks total emotional numbing to escape intense inner shame or anxiety.
Using dissociation to detach from painful emotional realities and unprocessed developmental trauma.
These are not moral failings — they are survival adaptations. And they can be rewired with the right therapeutic support.
Schedule Your Free 15-Minute ConsultationBy utilising a trauma-informed lens alongside Post-Induction Therapy (PIT), our therapy sessions do not simply track sober days. Instead, we work together to address the root causes.
We identify the exact emotional triggers that send your nervous system into survival mode — the unspoken cues that precede the urge to use.
We deconstruct the deeply internalised shame and negative self-talk that fuels the relapse cycle — replacing it with self-compassion.
We develop robust, embodied grounding tools to help you tolerate distress without needing to alter your consciousness.
I'm Richard Lee, a BACP Accredited therapist with experience at Priory and Nightingale Hospitals and specialist Post-Induction Therapy (PIT) training. My approach integrates trauma-informed care with the PIT model — addressing the developmental roots of addiction rather than just managing symptoms. In-person sessions available in Bromley (BR1), plus online therapy across the UK.
This work is for anyone who feels their cocaine or ketamine use has shifted from something they *choose* to something they *need* — and wants to understand and heal the reasons behind it.
You're using more often, in larger amounts, or needing it just to feel "normal."
To quiet self-criticism, manage social anxiety, or detach from painful feelings.
Money, relationships, health, sleep, or your sense of self are quietly eroding.
You've cut back or quit before, only to relapse — often when stress or shame returns.
You function outwardly while privately carrying a habit that's getting harder to control.
Not just white-knuckling sobriety — but genuine freedom from the urge itself.
Sessions are 50 minutes, held weekly to begin with. Early sessions focus on understanding your personal history of use and building safety and stabilisation — so you don't feel out of control as you begin. From there we work with the underlying emotional and developmental patterns, learning to tolerate distress without the substance, and rebuilding a grounded sense of self. You'll never be asked to stop "cold turkey" against your wishes; the pace is set collaboratively, with you.
Taking the first step can feel like the hardest part. Enquiries are treated in complete confidence — you can simply ask a question, or book a free 15-minute consultation with no obligation to continue.
hello@richardleetherapy.co.uk
07932 329413
67-69 Widmore Road, Bromley (BR1 3AA), plus online UK-wide
Richard Lee — BACP Accredited therapist, PIT-trained, with Priory & Nightingale experience.