About us
Relationship Works (formerly Relate Avon) are relationship specialists. We're an independent local charity with over 80 years experience and have helped over 100,000 people. We deliver counselling from our centres in Bristol and Bath, as well as online.
Our counsellors all have special training and many have worked with us for years. They are all supervised by one of our highly experienced supervisors. We offer appointments at lots of different times to suit you. You can come on your own, with a partner or with other others - and you don't need a GP referral. If for whatever reason you don’t get on with your counsellor then we will find you a different one.
We offer the following services:
• Relationship counselling
• Family counselling
• Psychosexual therapy
• Education and training
Training, qualifications & experience
We take our training very seriously. We have a dedicated team of over 20 counsellors, all have received special training in relationship counselling and many have expertise in related specialisms like sex therapy or family counselling. Many have first degrees, masters degrees or other post-graduate qualifications, and many have worked with us for many years.
The training doesn’t stop. All our counsellors undertake annual mandatory training as well as a minimum of 30 hours a year of ongoing professional development to ensure they’re prepared to offer the highest standard of help.
In addition, we have a long and proud history of supporting counsellors through relevant trainings. Because of this, your practitioner may be a student or a qualified practitioner who is now undertaking training in a different discipline. An example of this may be a qualified relationship practitioner who is now training in sex therapy.
All our counsellors have been assessed as competent to work with their clients on a wide range of issues.
Member organisations *
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Other areas of counselling we deal with
Couples counselling
Couples therapy
Marriage counselling
Marriage guidance
Relationship counselling
Relationship therapy
Sex therapy
Psychosexual therapy
Family therapy
Family counselling
Bristol
Bath
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
£68.00 - £110.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees vary according to income and are set in discussion with us. As a charity, we don’t make a profit but we do need to cover our costs. We also aim to support everyone whatever their financial circumstances.
When we work
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We offer appointments (both face-to-face and online) at lots of different times during the week to suit you.
Further information
Our counselling is online or from one of our centres:
Bristol:
Pavilion House
Bishop Road
Bristol
BS7 8LX
0117 9428444
enquiries@relationship-works.co.uk
Bath:
21 Milsom St
Bath BA1 1DE
01225 465596
enquiries@relationship-works.co.uk
