ST BARNABAS COUNSELLING CENTRE

Profile

The Centre was founded in 1974 and has evolved into a professional counselling agency with a reputation for providing a high standard of care to its clients and providing good support and on-going training for its counsellors.

We aim to offer affordable long term or short term counselling in a warm and caring environment.

We are an open organisation with no religious affiliations.

We have 25 counsellors all professionally trained offering a wide range of skills and experience.

We deal with all areas of counselling and after your Intake session we aim to offer you appointments with a counsellor who best meets your needs.

You can expect to be treated with respect and without judgement and to be seen as soon as possible after your Intake appointment.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

The Centre is an organisational member of the BACP and as such is bound by its code of ethics and practice and its complaints procedure.

All our counsellors are qualified to advanced or post-graduate diploma level or are completing their training. All have regular counselling supervision.

Our counsellors have a wide range of skills and experience and work in different ways according to their training.

Areas of counselling we deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• ADHD
• Adoption Issues
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Anxiety
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Bereavement
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Gambling
• Gender Identity
• Generalised Anxiety
• Internet Addiction
• Learning Difficulties
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Psychosexual Therapy
• Relationship Issues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Behavioural Therapy
  - Cognitive Therapy
  - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychoanalytic Therapy
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transactional Analysis
  - Transpersonal Psychology
  - Psychosynthesis
  - Existential Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative
  - Art Therapy/Art Psychotherapy

Fees

St Barnabas is a not-for-profit organisation and we aim to offer affordable counselling open to everyone.
Our professional counsellors, many of whom also work in the private sector, give their time without charge for certain days each week. There are however still substantial costs in running the Centre and in order to provide our services we do need a contribution towards your counselling.

INTAKE (your first appointment) £12

EACH COUNSELLING SESSION as a guide we suggest;

£15 per session if you are on a low income
£18 per session if family income is£15,000
£25 per session if family income is £20,000
£30 per session if family income is £25,000
£35 per session if family income is £30,000
£40 per session if family income is £35,000

EVENINGS : minimum £25 per session

If you are unable to pay the minimum contribution of £15 per session every consideration will be given to your financial circumstances to ensure that we can offer you counselling.

Further Information

Please look at our web-site for more information and details of how to find us.

www.stbcc.org.uk

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