How to Get Free Theraputic Counselling

Service Six offers a therapeutic counselling service in a variety of locations within East Northamptonshire. This service is offered to all adults over the age of 18 years. You can access our counselling service in several ways. You can contact us directly or, someone can contact us on your behalf. We can be contacted by phone, text, email or by completing the online enquiry form below.

What is Counselling?

Counselling is a way of helping people with different personal problems.
Counsellors work with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression,
bereavement, bullying, loneliness, self-esteem, difficulties in relationships, self-injury,
eating problems and many other issues. It is based on the building of a trusting relationship between the counsellor and the client and it can enable people to talk about experiences and to make sense of them. Counselling can also allow people to express difficult feelings and learn how to manage them in a different way. Counsellors are trained to listen thoughtfully and carefully to people’s problems without judging or criticising them. They do not give advice but support clients to enable them to make positive decisions and positive changes to how they deal with problems.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is about offering someone a safe space to talk about what is going on for them, knowing that as a general rule the counsellor will not share what is said in counselling with anyone else. There are certain circumstances when confidentiality may need to be broken. Confidentiality will be broken where there is the threat of an act of terrorism or drug trafficking. It may also be broken if the counsellor thinks the person or someone else is at serious risk of being harmed or is being harmed by someone else, or, if the person is threatening suicide. However the breaking of confidentiality is very rare.The counsellor will, where possible, tell the person if they feel it is necessary to
break confidentiality, discussing why they feel confidentiality needs to be broken.

Counselling Assessment

Do not be put off by the sound of this. An assessment is just a chance for you to find
out what counselling is about and what we can offer and also for us to understand the
issues that are troubling you. The assessment usually takes around 45 minutes and is
generally undertaken on a 1-2-1 basis. However, if you would prefer someone to come
with you for the assessment this can be arranged. Once we have your details we will
contact you to arrange an assessment at the place and time best suited to you.

What Happens Next?

Once you have had your assessment, your details will be put on the waiting list and you will be contacted as soon as a counsellor is available and we can arrange sessions for you. During the first counselling session your counsellor will discuss a verbal contract (a spoken agreement) with you. This will include: the length of the sessions, where and how often counselling sessions are held, the number of sessions offered, arrangements for cancellations and contact information and confidentiality.