The Dover Counselling Centre
About us
Dover Counselling Centre was formed in 1988 and is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. We are a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and abide to the BACP Ethical Framework of Good Practice.
We are offering low cost, long term counselling
Past/current detriments do not have to define our life position. Choose to live life more comfortably by taking those first steps in contacting us. We offer a confidential, non judgemental service and look forward to welcoming and working with you Please feel free to contact us for an initial chat and more information by emailing in the first instance
Our experienced and highly skilled therapists offer an integrative approach so can provide a tailored and individual treatment plan.
Some presenting issues that we successfully work with are:
- Harmful patterns of behaviours
- Facilitating personal change
- Supporting parents struggling with child behavioural problems, ADHD, ODD, Autism etc
- Relationship Issues
- Trauma, symptoms of PTSD
- Work related Concerns
- Relaxation
- Appropriate coping mechanisms
- Stress
- Depression
- Gender Identity
- Complex Bereavement
- Personal Awareness
Training, qualifications & experience
Our therapists are experienced, qualified and specialise in various modalities including, Psychodynamic counselling, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Person Centred counselling, Eye movement Desensitisation (EMDR), Mindfulness, Pyschoeducation, etc
We offer long term therapy and short term therapy
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.
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.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Iapt (NHS) Free Short Term Therapy - Folkestone, Dover, Thanet
Community Counselling Low Cost Service £35 a session (low cost fee to support free/by donation service) Long Term Therapy - Folkestone and Dover
Community Counselling Service by donation/free - Folkestone, Dover. This service is available to those with genuine and proven financial difficulties. Long Term Therapy
Please contact us for the following rates and further details for:
- Employment counselling services which are offered throughout the UK
- We provide a schools/college counselling service throughout the local area
- Relationship/family counselling
- Group Therapy
- Clinical supervision. Group/Individual
- Counselling and Clinical Supervision for Counselling trainees
Availability
Mon -Thurs 8am - 8pm Friday 8am - 5pm Sat 9am - 1pm