Relationships Scotland
About us
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Relationships Scotland – Couple Counselling Central Scotland, provides counselling throughout Forth Valley.
We have been in existence since 1955 and during this time have been known as Marriage Guidance, Couple Counselling and Relate.
All Counsellors and Therapists are managed locally by a professional management team and board of directors.
The service is affiliated to Relationships Scotland in Edinburgh and are quality assured by the national executive structure.
Relationships Scotland is a strategic partner with the Scottish Government in recognition of our early intervention prevention work with parents of young children.
We wholeheartedly support the principle of equality are an all inclusive service no matter age, gender, sexual orientation, sex, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership, colour, race, nationality, culture, religion or belief, disability or socio-economic group.
We will endeavour to ensure compliance with the Equality Act 2010 and we are committed, wherever practicable, to achieving and maintaining service provision which broadly reflects the local community and reaches all members of that community.
We provide a safe and highly confidential service for those of 18 and above.
We offer individual counselling, couple counselling, family counselling, domestic and sexual abuse support, older persons counselling, sexual relationship therapy, sexual dysfunction and intimacy issues and highly specialist sexual/porn addiction work.
Training, qualifications & experience
All counsellors are trained to diploma level in either relationship counselling or individual counselling and are fully registered and accredited or working towards accreditation with either BACP or COSCA and work within the Code of Ethics of these professional bodies. All training is fully validated and accredited. Any students are either on a Relationships Scotland Course or other accredited University counselling training. All counsellors receive regular supervision by registered supervisors and are required to attend Continued Professional Development annually.
Sexual Relationship Therapists are qualified counsellors who have undergone additional diploma training to qualify them to work with sexual difficulties and sexual dysfunctions. They are accredited by COSRT the professional body for this work. This often means working closely with NHS clinicians to achieve the best outcomes for patients.
There is also a very specialist service for sexual/porn addiction.
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.
College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC.
It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists
COSRT is the UK’s leading membership organisation for therapists specialising in sexual and relationship issues.
All members must abide by their Code of Ethics and the performance of accredited members is regularly monitored.
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
As a registered charity we rely heavily on donations and our suggested donation is £40 per session.
Further information
Opening times: Monday to Thursday,9am -4.30pm & Friday 9am - 1.00pm
Counselling sessions available Tues, Wed & Thurs evenings 6-9,
Family sessions available Tuesday evenings.
