Ipsum
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Ipsum is a charity based in the heart of Swindon which supports people through counselling, couples counselling and therapeutic creative music and art. We welcome applications from all people in Swindon, Cirencester and the surrounding areas.
Counselling is available for over 18's.
Therapeutic music and art can be available for all ages.
Training, qualifications & experience
The counselling service is managed by Julie Mattinson MBACP and Barbara Pike MBACP with over 10 years experience as qualified counsellors and as fully trained and qualified couples counsellors. We manage a team of counsellors who work with different therapeutic models. We are able to support people through counselling who present with a wide range of issues.
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Areas of counselling we deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- ADHD
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Attachment disorder
- Autism
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Dementia
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Discrimination
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug abuse
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Hearing voices
- HIV/AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infertility
- Internet addiction
- Learning difficulties
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic disorder
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Psychosis
- Redundancy
- Relationship issues
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sex addiction
- Sex problems
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Tourette's syndrome
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Fees
Affordable fees are determined at assessment.
Maps & Directions
Swindon, SN1 5JE
Type of session
| Online counselling: | No |
| Telephone counselling: | No |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Practical details
| Sign language: | Unspecified |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair access: | Unspecified |
