About us
Tilehouse Counselling provides charitably subsidised professional counselling for clients living in North Hertfordshire and surrounding areas with an income below £60,000 pa, and private counselling across the UK via zoom / telephone. We are a The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited service.
Our experienced accredited counsellors are able to work with young people aged 13 to 18 and adults, face to face, online or telephone.
Our counselling centre is based in central Hitchin and has three comfortable, private counselling rooms. We have rooms that are wheelchair accessible.
Counselling can be short term or ongoing (we currently offer an inital period of 12 weeks with the option to extend for charity clients and open ended for private clients).
The counselling we provide is integrative, drawing on skills from psychodynamic, person-centred and cognitive behavioural methodologies. We are able to incorporate creative play techniques with our younger clients. Our counsellors are skilled at using psychodynamic principles such as facilitating self-exploration, examining emotional blind spots, identifying negative behaviour patterns and understanding complex relationships.
Training, qualifications & experience
We are a BACP accredited service. Ref 103256
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£15.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Adult charity clients from £15 - £70 depending on income and appointment time.
Young people (aged 13-18) an affordable weekly donations from parents is requested.
Private clients - £70 day time, £80 evening.
When we work
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Mon 10am - 6pm (last appointment start time)
Tue 10am - 7pm
Wed 10am - 6pm
Thu 10am - 7pm
Fri 10am - 1pm
Further information
People come to counselling for all kinds of reasons. The kinds of things you might want to address might include:
- Anxiety and depression
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Relationships
- Drug, alcohol and food-related issues
- Abuse and neglect
- Self-harming and suicidal thoughts
- A traumatic experience like abuse, violence, or a significant change or loss
- Health including sexual health
- Bereavement and loss
- Sexuality and gender identity
- Bullying, racism and sexism
- Work stress
What you tell your counsellor is confidential, and you can expect what you say to be treated with sensitivity, respect and discretion. However, in order to ensure the quality of counselling, all counsellors have regular consultative support in supervision. Identifying details of individual clients are witheld.
The only circumstances in which confidentiality would be broken is when a counsellor considers someone to be at risk of serious harm. Ideally, and in the majority of cases this is done with a client's full knowledge.
