Release Counselling & Therapy for Women
About us
Release Counselling and Therapy for Women is a community counselling project, set up in January 2013, to provide affordable counselling for women in Brighton & Hove, experiencing any mental health distress. Since our launch in 2013, we have had referrals from over 300 individual women, and we currently work with approximately 60 individuals each year.
Release offers one-to-one counselling and a range of therapeutic groups to women in Brighton and the surrounding areas, providing opportunity to change how they feel and to live better.
Release is open to all women regardless of age, gender, race, nationality, faith,
sexual orientation or disability.
Release Therapeutic Groups:
1. Into the Light (survivors of sexual abuse)
This 10-week course focuses on different aspects of the impact of sexual abuse on us as adults. The group is topic based and information giving, but with plenty of time for sharing experiences.
2. Mummyshock ( a group for new mums)
Mummyshock is a 10-week therapeutic group for new mums and their babies. It provides a supportive space to talk, as women begin their journeys as new mums.
3. Hold me Tight- Relationship Course
This 7- week group is written by Dr Sue Johnson, the pioneer of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), for couples who want to take time out to strengthen their relationship and gain insight and help in strengthening their communication, intimacy and connection.
We also have a limited amount of individual counselling available, subject to funding. These are some of the common problems we work with:
-relationship difficulties- with partners, children, parents, family, friends
-anxiety
-stress
-worry
-low self-esteem
-depression
-loss or bereavement
-spirituality or faith issues
-trauma
Session details
Our groups take place in a variety of locations within Brighton & Hove. The groups last between 7 - 10 weeks, and run weekly, at the same time each week.
Our individual counselling takes place within central Hove. We offer weekly sessions lasting 50 minutes, which will continue for an agreed period of time. We offer a maximum of 18 sessions.
Release Counselling and Therapy for Women is a Registered Community Interest Company (Company No. 8344605).
Training, qualifications & experience
We have a small counselling team at Release, and all of our counsellors are qualified, fully insured, supervised and work within the BACP (British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists) Ethical Framework. As a team we have additional specialism in the areas of trauma & sexual violation, couples therapy, faith & spirituality, addictions and bereavement & loss.
Member organisations *
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Specialist training in sexual abuse and rape.
Specialist training in alcohol addiction.
Specialist training in couples counselling.
Therapies offered
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Fees
How much will it cost?
Group sessions- £10 per session
Individual counselling- £20-£40 per session
