About us
Covid-19 update: Wellspring has now re-opened for a limited number of face-to-face sessions. Zoom and telephone counselling are also continuing to take place. Please see our website and Facebook page for helpful guides resources to look after your emotional wellbeing at this time.
Wellspring is a Counselling Centre based in Starbeck, Harrogate. We offer offer professional, confidential counselling to anyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or cultural background, and to people of any faith or none.
We are experienced in working with people who are dealing with many different issues including: Stress, Anxiety, Loss and change, Abuse, Abortion, Anger, Rape, Self-harm, Eating disorders, Addictions, Depression, Relationships, Faith and spirituality.
What are the advantages of seeing a therapist?
You will be heard and understood
You will not be judged
You will have time to explore your thoughts, feelings and difficulties
You can make fundamental and far-reaching changes to your life
Counselling can help you come to terms with past and present experiences, increase in confidence and self-esteem, change unhelpful behaviour, improve communication and set realistic goals.
Training, qualifications & experience
We have a team of Associate Counsellors, all of whom are fully qualified to postgraduate level, and either BACP accredited or working towards accreditation.
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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)
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
Additional information
The fee for our Associate Counsellor Service is £45 per session. Each counselling session will last for 50 minutes, and will take place on the same day, at the same time, with the same counsellor each week. Appointments are available during the day or evening and take place at our premises in Starbeck, which are accessible to people with disabilities.
We also have an Affordable Counselling Service where we ask you to contribute a fee you feel is affordable to you.
Our Associate Counselling Service and Affordable Counselling Service offer two different waiting lists. The ACS one is inevitably shorter at approximately 2-3 weeks whilst our affordable list is currently 7 months.
When we work
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9.00-20.30 Mon-Thurs
Further information
If you would like to refer yourself for counselling, please use our online referral form on our website: https://wellspringtherapy.co.uk/therapy/ .
The info you give us helps us allocate you a counsellor suited to your needs.
If you are a Christian and would like to see a Christian counsellor, you will have an opportunity to specify this on your form.