Counselling & Therapy
Counselling and therapy gives you the opportunity to talk about issues affecting your life in a safe and confidential environment. It can help you explore your thoughts and feelings in order to change behaviours and achieve your goals.
If you think that counselling could benefit you, then our counselling team is here to help.
How can Counselling & Therapy help?
Counselling & Therapy services could support you with facing difficulties such as:
- Depression, anxiety, stress
- Unprecedented life events, such as bereavement, loss of relationship or employment
- Relationship difficulties
- Upsetting or traumatic experiences, including past trauma and PTSD
- Difficult emotions such as anger, guilt, sadness, frustration
- Confidence problems, low self-esteem or self-worth
- Long-term physical or mental health problems
Some people may think that therapy is an extreme option, and that unless things get really bad you should try to manage on your own. But this isn’t true. It’s ok to ask for support and try therapy at any point in your life, whatever your background.
In fact, getting support from a therapist when you’re not at crisis point can be really helpful – it might feel easier to reflect on what’s going on, and could help you keep things from getting worse.
What happens during counselling?
Counselling helps people with physical, emotional and mental health issues improve their sense of wellbeing, alleviate feelings of distress and resolve crises. Counsellor’s dedicated time is set aside to explore your difficulties, stressful situations, or emotional upset by helping you to see your situation and feelings from a different viewpoint and to facilitate change.
A counsellor will not give you their opinions or advice, prescribe medication or solve your problems. They will support you to find your own solutions – whether that’s by helping you to eliminate or control troubling symptoms and supporting you to better understand yourselves, your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, enact effective changes, develop coping strategies or enhance self-worth, self-esteem, confidence and resilience.
How do we deliver counselling?
We offer one-to-one counselling sessions which are held weekly and last for 50mins.
Appointments are available Monday to Friday, with time slots in the morning, afternoon or evening.
Our counsellors can deliver counselling sessions in a number of different ways:
- Face-to-face at either our Mansfield or Worksop building
- By telephone
- Using a digital video platform such as Teams
About our counsellors
Our counsellors are either fully qualified volunteers, or trainees working towards their professional counselling qualification.
All our counsellors have received, or are working towards recognised training and abide by the Ethical Framework of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). This ensures that the service we provide is safe, ethical and confidential. You can find more information about the BACP Ethical Framework here: BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
Is there a fee?
Our Counselling service is a paid for service.
£25.00 for the Counselling Assessment
£15.00 per Counselling session for those on means tested benefits
£30.00 per Counselling session
A reduced rate is available for those on means-tested benefits, but please note that we will ask for evidence of this to confirm eligibility before you begin your counselling with us.
Please note that these charges apply for ALL our Counselling and Therapy Services.
When therapy may not be appropriate
Counselling and therapy is a uniquely personal process which at times may feel challenging, uncomfortable or difficult. It is not a crisis service though.
If you are in crisis or feel you need immediate support, then counselling might not be right for you at this moment in time.
If you need urgent help, please click here.
Get in Touch
If you are thinking of counselling or other forms of therapy but feel anxious or unsure, a member of the therapeutic team can talk this through with you to help you with your decision. If you want to find out more about forms of therapy we offer, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Please note that we are not currently accepting new referrals to our Counselling services.
For information about other Counselling support please visit the BACP or Nottinghamshire NHS Talking Therapies website.