About us
Counselling Portsmouth is an inclusive, easy to access counselling service for all adults (18+ years) living or working in the city of Portsmouth (PO1-PO6).
We offer a safe and private place where you can talk about the things that are preventing you from living the life you want.
Training, qualifications & experience
Our friendly and professional team of volunteer counsellors will listen and help you talk the issues through, so things are easier to cope with and you can find a way forward.
Counselling Portsmouth is part of The You Trust, registered charity 291489, and an organisational member of the BACP.
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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.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
The first session is free and will help you decide if counselling can support you with the changes you want to make in your life.
We aim to provide an affordable service which benefits the community. Our fees are low-cost, from £5-£25 per session, and linked to your level of benefits or income.