This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About us
Founded in 1995 we are committed to offering a service that makes therapy available to as wide a range of people as possible in the local community and beyond.
Spiral makes an ethical commitment to setting all fees on a reasonable scale. We offer an extensive low-cost counselling and psychotherapy service for people on a limited income. Unusually for a low cost project, it is often possible to see a therapist for a year or more. In addition, we have a team of experienced therapists providing therapy at reasonable fees with some concessionary spaces. Our service also includes complementary therapies.
The therapists are from diverse backgrounds and work with a wide range of therapeutic issues. We value and respect each person’s uniqueness, giving careful awareness to differing cultures and choices. We believe that understanding the marginalisation of people from minority groups is an important part of the therapeutic and holistic frame.
The counsellors, psychotherapists and complementary therapists at Spiral come from a variety of disciplines and training. What we have in common is that we all work holistically, honouring the interconnected nature of mind, body, heart and spirit. As well as considering thoughts and feelings, both of which may be experienced physically, we each hold a sense of something more, whether connection with nature, with energy, with shared humanity or with a deeper or higher power within or outside the self.
Training, qualifications & experience
Spiral has high standards of professionalism. The therapists all hold insurance and adhere to the code of practice of their professional organisations. Many have been qualified for between 5 and 20 years, others have qualified more recently and some are in training on recognised diploma courses. What all share is depth of insight, self-awareness and sensitivity.
Member organisations *

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£11.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Low cost therapy: £11 - £60 according to income.
Other therapy at reasonable fees, between £60 and £100, with some concessions.
Further information
If there is no therapist at Spiral who can offer you the support you need then we will do our best to suggest alternatives.