What is Counselling?
Person-Centred Counselling offers a confidential, safe and non-judgemental environment where you can gain and develop insight into yourself, current situations and life experiences. Through talking and sharing you will be able to explore thoughts and maybe difficult feelings and develop a clearer understanding of yourself so that you can cope more effectively in life and allows potential for growth and change. The counsellor will be supportive in this but will not give advice or their own opinion.
Colchester Institute Counselling Service
Colchester Institute Counselling Service is an organisational member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works within the BACP Ethical Framework which provides a foundation for good practice.
The service has been running since 1990 and we have links with Community Mental Health Teams, GP Practices and many Voluntary Organisations.
The service runs throughout the academic year but breaks will be negotiated over Christmas, Easter and Summer.
The Counsellors
- All counsellors are individual members of the BACP and work within the BACP Ethical Framework.
- They are all professional trainee counsellors working towards the completion of their counselling training.
- All counsellors are required to monitor counselling through on-going supervision.
- All trainee counsellors are required by the training programme to tape record the counselling sessions for supervision and course work purposes only.
Please note that as the counsellors are students in training, it is not appropriate to request reports and/or the release of confidential counselling notes for legal purposes. It is advised that counselling is sought with a qualified BACP counsellor if reports or case notes are required in support of a legal claim.
All sessions are 50 minutes
Appointments Available: Monday – Friday, day times and evening.
You will have an initial assessment session with the counsellor to decide whether counselling is for you and whether the counsellor feels the service is right for you. After an initial session you will have a 6 week contract with your counsellor, which can be extended for a following 11 sessions if appropriate to do so. If your counsellor finishes their training during this time then the sessions will end and an arrangement will be made known to you if further counselling is required.
Your appointments will be arranged for the same time and location each week.
There is a fee of £5 per counselling session*
Fees are payable via the Colchester Institute Online Store in advance of sessions. Please see the Sessions Fees guidance sheet for further information. If online or card payments would be difficult for you we can discuss this during the assessment process.
Counselling Fees – Online Payments
We appreciate coming to counselling can be daunting but we aim to provide you with the best possible service. If you have decided that counselling is for you then you can contact our services on the number provided or you can fill out a referral form on the link below. Do not hesitate to call us for more information.
*Under certain circumstances some clients may be eligible for a discretionary fee reduction.
