About us
At GCS, we offer professional counselling services and high-quality training courses across Gloucestershire, empowering individuals to navigate challenges and work toward meaningful change. We are a trusted support provider with a 40-year legacy.
Founded as a charity in 1984, we remain dedicated to making counselling accessible to those in our community.
Whether you’re seeking personal growth, support through difficult times, or guidance, our experienced team is here to help you take the next step.
Training, qualifications & experience
A British Association for Counselling And Psychotherapy Accredited Service.
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
Therapies offered
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Upcoming events
Fees
Up to £70.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
It costs £20 to register and this includes your initial assessment appointment.
It costs £55 per counselling session for adult counselling and £70 for child and family.
Gloucestershire Counselling Service is a registered charity (No. 1109904) and one of its principal aims is to make quality counselling accessible to the people of Gloucestershire.
If this is fee prevents you from accessing counselling you will be given the option to apply for reduced counselling fees.
If you have been referred to us with a referral code please view our ‘Referrals for Funded Counselling Page’.
Please contact the service directly to discuss fees for counselling and training courses.
When we work
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GCS has counselling venues in Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Cirencester. You will be offered an appointment at the venue/time most convenient to you if at all possible.
Further information
We are committed to ensuring that everyone has access to counselling. As a charitable organisation we provide affordable counselling because we believe in that counselling enables people to make positive changes in their lives. This is because we see this every day. With venues spread across Gloucestershire we are here to support the communities of Gloucestershire.
