Adult Counselling 18+
Counselling is a special time for you to talk through your concerns with someone who is trained to help you explore your feelings and situation.
The aim of counselling
Counselling is a special time for you to talk through your feelings, worries or concerns in a confidential setting, with someone who is trained to help you explore your feelings and situation. We are a person centred counselling service, though from time to time we offer other forms or counselling. For further information about this: https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/types-of-therapy/person-centred-counselling/
The aim is to help you understand yourself and your situation and enable you to gain greater control over your life. A counsellor can help you consider your options but will not give you advice or tell you what to do.
People come for counselling for many reasons but often because they feel depressed, or worried about things that have happened to them. Sometimes they feel anxious about the present or the future. Problems may be related to home, work, relationships or life in general.
Confidentiality
Our counsellors work according to the ethical and confidentiality standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy(BACP). What you talk about will not be shared with others, outside or our organisation, without your consent unless we are concerned about your safety or the safety of someone else, or you disclose child abuse, terrorist activities or money laundering activities.
How to access counselling at the centre
We provide counselling for teenage girls and women aged 13 years or over, who live in the Sefton area. There is no charge for counselling. If you think counselling might help you, complete the self referral form below, or if this is a 3rd party referral (with consent from the client) please complete the appropriate referral form. Alternatively you can phone the centre, during opening hours or drop into the centre. We will contact you to confirm that we have received your referral and we will arrange a time that we can contact you to carry out an initial assessment.
Complete a SELF REFERRAL FORM HERE and a member of staff will contact you within 5 working days of your referral. Please contact us if you do not hear from us within this time scale.
Professional and Third Party Referrals
For professional and third party referrals you can complete the form below. Please, ensure that the person that you have completed the referral for, has agreed to this referral as we will be contacting her directly.
IMPORTANT *Please ensure you have completed all sections of the referral form as we will be unable to accept the referral without the form being completed in full. Please note, we do not have the capacity to work with clients who are currently in crisis, or who are not in control of emotions and behaviour due to their poor mental health or actively using substances (illegal drugs and/or alcohol) at the time of referral.
