Counselling Information Trust (registered charity)
About us
Counselling Information Trust is a registered charity. We used to be known as Alliance Counselling.
We are able to offer free or very low-cost counselling to people who cannot afford private counselling.
We have been in existence for over 8 years now, working from peaceful premises in Ashley Cross.
We see adults and young people (minimum age 16) and we also work with couples.
When you contact us, either by phone or email, we will arrange an initial assessment for you and that will enable us to decide if we think we are the best place for you, otherwise we will help you find somewhere more suitable.
We initially offer short-term counselling but there is also the potential to work longer term if we believe this would help you.
The counsellors who work for the service are very carefully chosen and we aim to provide the best possible service to our clients. As well as supervision for the counsellors there are also regular in house training sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
All counsellors in the service are appropriately qualified and CRB checked, they are all members of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists and receive regular supervision from BACP accredited supervisors.
Member organisations *
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.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
There is no payment required if you cannot afford to pay.
Otherwise we negociate a donation with you based on what you can easily afford.
Further information
If you make contact with us by phone or email an appointment for an initial assessment can be made to determine whether this service is right for you.
We are in Ashley Cross and easily reached by public transport - bus or train. There is a public car park opposite our premises.
