Renew Counselling
About us
We operate from two centres -
Sycamore Centre (Chelmsford)
t: 01245 359353
e: sycamore@renew-us.org
and
Bridge Centre (Basildon)
t: 01268 822800
e:bridge@renew-us.org
and we offer:
We offer a wide range of high-quality, affordable and effective counselling and therapy services.
Counselling for Children (5 years old and upwards):
Helping children to make the right start in life
Renew counsellors are involved in early intervention work with children and young people, offering one-to-one counselling, art and play therapy in several schools and at our centres in Basildon and Chelmsford.
Counselling for Young People:
Supporting young people who feel ‘unloved’
The young people who come to us are feeling anxious, depressed, angry, or even suicidal, and we do all we can to help them get their lives on the right track.
We work extensively with children and young people who are NEET (Not Engaged in Education or Training) or at risk of becoming NEET.
Counselling for Adults:
Giving confidence and hope
Through our counselling and long term psychotherapy services, adults from all walks of life can gain a clearer understanding of themselves and their life situations. As a result, they start to make new decisions for satisfying lives.
Counselling for Couples:
Strengthening relationships
This is an opportunity to help couples address issues that might be hindering them from enjoying their relationship. We help one or both partners to resolve issues of communication, roles, responsibilities, conflicts and other concerns.
Counselling Training
BA (Hons) in Counselling & Psychotherapy Our exciting course is designed for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists to top up their training from Diploma to a full BA (Hons) and engage in practical research. You’ll develop your skills, knowledge, clinical practice and enhance employability with a choice of two specialist routes: Counselling Adults or Counselling Children and Young People. This is a vibrant course designed to challenge you professionally, personally and academically. Duration: 1 Year 1 day per week
Diploma HE in Counselling (Children and Adolescents) is run in association with Anglia Ruskin University. This is a 4 year part-time course which provides students with the specific and unique skills and theory to be able to effectively counsel and support children and young people.
Schools Service
School counselling offers emotional support to children and young people. Meeting every week in school, the pupil develops a trusting relationship over a period of time with their counsellor, who supports them to attend to their thoughts and feelings about past experiences and current relationships so they are not preoccupied with these when in the classroom.
Counselling for Clergy:
Helping clergy and their families
Recognising the fact that ministry can be challenging Renew offers confidential counselling services to clergy and their families enabling them to share their burdens and grow in ministry effectiveness.
We also provide bespoke training for clergy, youth workers, pastoral care teams and other church-based workers or volunteers who are seeking to engage with people with mental and emotional health issues in their communities.
Training, qualifications & experience
Renew Counselling (formerly WHCM Counselling and Support) have over 60 years experience of providing counselling and support.
All of our counsellors are professionally qualified and either accredited with BACP, UKCP or another professional body or are registered on the BACP voluntary register.
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
As a multi modal charity, we offer a wide range of therapies to suit our clients needs.
Therapies offered
Fees
Fees are on a sliding scale up to £45 per session and will be negotiated with you dependent on household income. There are a limited number of bursary places available for those on benefits or low income.
Further information
What we can help with:
- anxiety & panic attacks
- feeling depressed or low mood
- relationship problems
- loss and bereavement
- feeling overwhelmed
- self-esteem & confidence issues
- identity issues
What we do:
- listen
- give you an opportunity to talk over, clarify and express your problem, thoughts and feelings
- be non-judgemental
- don't give advice
- help you gain a better understanding of what's going on for you
- clarify possible choices and ways of dealing with your problems
