Into The Light
About us
Into the Light is a London based not for profit project (all profits are reinvested for our users) founded in 1993 for men and women who have experienced child sexual abuse and for those that support them. We are a Registered Community Interest Company (Company No 8738759). We work in Association with The Lifecentre (www.lifecentre.uk.com) A National Counselling and Support Service for Rape and Sexual Abuse Survivors. Lifecentre is a registered charity an Organizational Member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Into The Light is a full Member of The Survivors Trust.
We also can offer support and help to people who are experiencing other difficulties and relationships issues.
Our philosophy is that change and healing from child sexual abuse come by:
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Giving Information
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Breaking Isolation
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Sharing Experience
We can offer you several services:
One to One Counselling
We offer one to one counselling for men and women who have been sexually abused in a safe and confidential environment by professional counsellors. Our counsellors have specialist training and knowledge of the impact sexual abuse has on lives and relationships. We also offer counselling to those who are supporting men and women who have experienced Sexual Abuse – for example partners or friends. Our counsellors are available:
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Face to Face in London: Fulham, Streatham, Ealing and Surrey
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By telephone throughout the UK
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By Skype throughout the UK
- Email throughout the UK
The Into The Light Ten Week Course For Survivors
We offer a ten week counselling and educational course which is topic based and information giving but with plenty of time for sharing experiences and feelings. During the course we focus on different aspects of the impact of sexual abuse on us as adults. We look at how it affects our self image, our relationships, ways out of negative cycles of behaviour and ideas for moving forward to gain better relationships and new hope for the future. The course is facilitated by a Professional Counsellor and is underpinned with a therapeutic approach.
You can access this course in three ways:
Groups:
Group sessions are held weekly for one and a half hours. Each group has 6-8 members.
This course is available for women in London in Ealing and Fulham.
One To One:
We also provide the course on a one to one basis for women and men. Counsellors are available in London in Fulham, Streatham and Surrey.
Skype:
If through distance or another reason you are not able to access our services we offer this course via Skype for women and men.
We also offer:
Workshops
On some of the main issues surrounding sexual abuse for men and women survivors and also for partners, support workers and counsellors that support them.
Seminars and Training
For community groups, counselling services and organizations on the issues surrounding supporting survivors of child sexual abuse.
A Website
Which provides information and resources for people who have experienced sexual abuse and those that support them (www.intothelight.org.uk)
We offer all our services at very reasonable rates depending on your income.
Training, qualifications & experience
All our counsellors are professionally trained to Diploma standard and beyond and Members of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists and abide by their ethics. They all have their own personal insurance, Supervision and are individually totally responsible for their clients in every way – that means you can talk to them directly about any questions or concerns you may have.
Our project has been running for twenty years and we have helped hundreds of people.
We have had some very good feedback including:
“The Counsellor was amazing… I could not have done my journey without her”
“The group helped me put in place strategies of self care for the first time.”
“The course was pivotal in my journey of recovery from sexual abuse.”
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.
Association for Christian Counsellors
The Association of Christian Counsellors is a professional body representing and setting standards for Christian counselling and care in the UK. The organisation is made up of various different membership categories, including Counsellor and Accredited, and requires all members working as counsellors to undertake Continuous Professional Development on a regular basis.
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.
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Fees
We offer all our services at very reasonable rates depending on your income.
