A list of counselling organisations, support groups and help-lines based in the UK.
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Counselling organisations
Infertility counselling
Abuse counselling
Bereavement counselling
Mental health
Bullying
Domestic Violence
Parents and families
Legal Advice
Gender Counselling
Mediation
Counselling Organisations
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
UK's professional membership association for counsellors and psychotherapists.
Holds lists of counsellors, counselling and psychology organisations throughout the UK. Write, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope, to:
BACP House, 35-37 Albert Street, Rugby, Warks CV21 2SG
Tel: 0870 443 5252
British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy (BASRT)
Holds lists of professional and specially trained psychosexual counsellors and psychotherapists.
Tel: 020 8543 2707
"Counselling"
A Registered Charity Caring for Emotional Health
A Professional Body of counsellors and psychotherapists with its own Code of Conduct and Independent Complaints Procedure
Website http://www.counselling.ltd.uk/
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Infertility counselling
British Infertility Counselling Association
69 Division Street, Sheffield S4 1GE
Tel (Information Line): 0114 263 1448
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Abuse counselling
Witness (formerly known as POPAN)
Works with people who have been abused by health or social care workers, including counsellors, psychotherapists and hypnotherapists.
Witness, Delta House, 175-177 Borough High Street, London SE1 1HR
Help line 08454 500 300
Rape And Sexual Abuse Counselling
Free and confidential listening, for WOMEN AND MEN. Also face to face counselling.
WOMEN'S HELP LINE 01962 848024
MEN'S HELP LINE 01962 848027
National association for people abused in childhood
Telephone 0800 085 3330
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Bereavement counselling
CRUSE Bereavement Care
A charity which offers free information and advice to anyone who has been affected by a death; provides support and counselling one to one and in groups; offers education, support, information and publications to anyone supporting bereaved people; increases public awareness of the needs of bereaved people through campaigning.
Help line 0870 167 1677
Support After Murder And Manslaughter SAMM
For families and friends, who have been bereaved as a result of murder and manslaughter, through the mutual support of others who have suffered a similar tragedy.
Cranmer House, 39 Brixton Road, London SW9 6DZ
Telephone 020 7735 3838
SANDS National Help Line
Support for parents and families whose baby is stillborn or dies soon after birth
Telephone 020 7436 5881
9.30am - 5.30pm, Monday – Friday
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Mental health
Mind (National Association for Mental Health)
Information about mental health and related topics. Mind is a national UK charity with many regional branches
Telephone information line (infoLine) Open Monday to Friday 9.15am to 5.15pm -0845 766 0163
Samaritans
24hr help line offering emotional support for people at crisis point
Telephone 0845 790 9090
Rethink
'Rethink' is the new operating name for the 'National Schizophrenia Fellowship'
Head Office , 30 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A 4DD
Telephone 0845 456 0455
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Bullying
BullyOnLine
This web site deals in particular with work-place bullying. The site aims to help a variety of people around bullying issues: employees being bullied, an employer dealing with bullying, a concerned family member, a union rep, counsellor, professional, researcher, journalist, etc.
Website http://www.bullyonline.org/
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Domestic Violence
Women’s Aid National Domestic Violence
This is a national charity whose aim is to end domestic violence against women and children.
Women's Aid National Domestic Violence 24 Hour Helpline 08457 023 468
MEDA - Men Experiencing Domestic Abuse
Telephone (24 hrs) 01686 629114
Website http://www.familycrisis.co.uk
Refuge
A National Domestic Violence Charity
2-8 Maltravers Street, London WC2B 3EE
Telephone 0990-995-44324
24-Hour National Domestic Violence Help-line: 0870-599-5443
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Parents and Families
Home-Start UK
A national organisation that offers volunteer help for families with babies and pre-school children and drop-in sessions for support.
2 Salisbury Road, Leicester, LE1 7QR
Telephone 0116 233 9955
The Association for Post-Natal Illness
Provides support to mothers suffering from post-natal illness
145 Dawes Road, Fulham, London, UK, SW6 7EB
Help line (UK) 0207 386 0868
Childline
Telephone 0800 1111
Website http://www.childline.org.uk
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Telephone 0800 800 500
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Legal
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Provide free, confidential and independent advice
Website http://www.adviceguide.org.uk
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Gender
The Gender Trust
Registered Charity in the United Kingdom that specifically helps adults who are Transsexual, Gender Dysphoric or Trangender i.e. those who seek to adjust their lives to live as women or men, or to come to terms with their situation despite their genetic background.
Information about trained counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists, and advise on initiating the proper referral procedure to a choice of psychiatrists.
Telephone 07000 790 347
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Mediation
Birmingham District Family Mediation Service
Help for couples, married or unmarried who are in the process of separation and divorce
First Floor, Coleridge Chambers, 177 Corporation Street, Birmingham B4 6RG
Telephone 0121 233 1999
National Family Mediation
A network of local not-for-profit mediation services in England and Wales.
Head Office telephone number: 01392 271 610
Website http://www.nfm.org.uk
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