Counselling
Advice and support
Under current regulations anyone can set themselves up as a psychotherapist or counsellor and charge patients for consultations. This leads to a wide variation in the level of competence and expertise available.
Until such time as statutory regulation is introduced, those employing counsellors should ensure that their recruitment arrangements are stringent and that therapists meet the training and supervision standards identified by the relevant professional organisations.
Those individuals using counselling services should be aware of what to expect from a counsellor and should be encouraged to work with counsellors who subscribe to professional bodies recognised codes of ethics and practice.
Counselling is different from other forms of help; the focus is to enable you to clarify the issues about which you are troubled. This will involve you in exploring those issues in private with someone who is trained to listen and has no other role in your life. Through this confidential process, your counsellor will be seeking to enable you to clarify your thoughts and feelings.
Counselling is a positive process, which is often associated with times of personal crisis. It may involve talking about painful parts of your life and therefore, you may feel worse before you feel better! It is also a very effective way of developing personal potential.
Counselling and Psychotherapy can be helpful for a wide range of difficulties such as:
- Depression
- Relationship problems
- Stress
- Anxiety/Panic attacks
- Low self-esteem
- Eating problems
- Sexual problems
- Bereavement and loss
- Trauma resulting from accident, assault or abuse
Counselling Services
There are a number of local Counselling services within the borough. Your local GP should be able to advise you better on a service to suit your particular needs.
Pregnancy crisis counselling
Charlotte Road, Dagenham, RM10 8TD
Tel: 020 8526 7980
Careline|
This is a national confidential counselling line for children, young people and adults on any issue including, family, marital and relationship problems, child abuse, rape, sexual assault, depression and anxiety.
Cardinal Heenan Centre, 326-328 Ilford High Road, Ilford, IG1 1QP
Tel: 020 8514 1177 (Helpline), 020 8514 5444 (Office)
Fax: 020 8478 7943
Email: careline@totalise.co.uk|
Counselling Directory|
Offers a comprehensive database of UK counsellors, with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling covered, fees and contact details.
Relate|
This is an independent registered charity offering a professional Counselling Service with trained, supported and supervised counsellors across the boroughs of Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
11 Althorne Way, Dagenham, RM10 7AY
Tel: 020 8593 7711
Victim Support Barking and Dagenham|
Unit 5, St Georges Centre, St Georges Road, Dagenham, RM9 5AJ
Tel: 020 8595 4455
For a complete list of Counselling Services within the borough please see the local telephone directory.
Contact
Please speak to your local GP for more information and advice if you want to be referred to a counselling service. To find your local GP please see the Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust. They can also provide addresses for local private counselling services.
Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust|
The Clock House
East Street
Barking
IG11 8EY
Tel: 020 8591 9595
Fax: 020 8532 6201
Textphone: 020 8532 6230
Email: web.enquiries@bdpct.nhs.uk|
NHS Direct|
Information on health, NHS services, self-help groups, doctors, dentists, hospitals and details of how to make a complaint.
Tel: 0845 46 47
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