About us
The Counselling Foundation is a charitable counselling service offering affordable and accessible counselling starting from £20 per session. We are BACP accredited counselling and have been working to support people since 1974. Our counselling service offers in person counselling across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and remote counselling for anyone aged 18+ years old across the UK.
In addition to our counselling service, we prepare trainees for a career in counselling, contribute to professional development and offer a workplace counselling service to organisations. We are also a leading local provider for the NHS and take NHS referrals from 16+.
Please visit our website www.counsellingfoundation.org if you would like to find out more about our services, our counselling training provision or how you can get involved and support the work of the Foundation.
Training, qualifications & experience
We are a BACP accredited counselling service. Our counsellors have a wide range of skills and experience. The majority of counsellors who work for our service are at different stages of training. All work is supervised by senior clinicians and all our counsellors abide by the BACP Code of Ethics.
We are a BACP accredited provider of professional counselling training. We provide clinical supervision and placements to our trainees.
Member organisations *
school 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.
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
Other areas of counselling we deal with
We offer psychodynamic counselling to adults on a weekly basis.
We also deliver a range of professional counselling training courses which include; Introduction to Counselling, Foundation Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Counselling.
Details of all of our training can be found on our website.
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Please refer to our website www.counsellingfoundation.org for guidance on fees.
The Foundation is a ‘not for profit’ organisation, a charity whose aim is to make counselling accessible and affordable.
When we work
Phone and Online
Morning, afternoon and evening appointments available.
All counselling is by appointment only.
Further information
We also have a rich and varied CPD programme – details can be found on our website.
