Counselling/Therapy

The directory is a resource hub which enables individuals struggling with their emotional well-being to find a qualified and insured counsellor. Counselling Directory was set up by a team who know how difficult it can be to find the right support, and we’re passionate about connecting people to the support they deserve. As well as providing a directory of counsellors, we also share free advice and guidance from counsellors through our expert articles. We also list counselling organisations and charities who offer free or low concession counselling. To ensure the professionalism of our website, all counsellors have provided us with their proof of membership with a professional body.

We offer one-on-one counselling sessions face-to-face and via video chat, telephone calls, or chat messenger on our new online platform, EDAS First Connect.

Our therapists are discreet, understanding, and knowledgeable in their field and will work with you on whatever issues you are facing. We cover a range of issues including stress, anxiety, addiction and substance misuse, relationships, changing behaviour, and much more.

Face-to-face sessions are available for those who live nearby to our offices in 54a Asley Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. Contact us directly on [email protected] or 01202 735777 to learn more.

Intercom Trust is a community-led charity that aims to build a South West region where people are treated with respect, celebrated, and where vibrant LGBT+ communities live with real equality.

Here are some of the services we offer:

• LGBT+ counselling
• Support and Advocacy
• Youth Groups
• School Groups
• Domestic Abuse Support
• Gender Identity Family Days

STARS is a pan-Dorset charity that offers one to one support, free of charge, for anyone of any age or gender, who lives works or studies in Dorset and has experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives. We provide several different types of support including an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Service, Counselling, a Children and Young People’s Service and a Support Line – 01202 308855

Redlands is a provider of high quality, accessible counselling, counselling training, personal skills training and related services. These services are all provided by a team of dedicated and experienced counsellors and trainers who are all members of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Counselling can be an effective way of helping with any difficulties or problems you may be experiencing in your life, including anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, bereavement, redundancy.

Redlands offers counselling at convenient locations across Dorset through its network of qualified counsellors and also through Redlands Community Counselling Service.

Relate Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch offer counselling services to children and young people from ages 6-25.

Children and young people can be referred to our centre directly by a parent or guardian, or through their school with parental consent. We offer subsidies for families on low incomes as well as some school-funded sessions.

AtaLoss helps bereaved people find support and wellbeing.

Chat live to a specially tained GriefChat bereavement counsellor. This service is free and available Monday- Friday 09:00 – 21:00

Oakhaven Hospice now have the Coates Centre – they offer bereavement support, counselling, social support groups, courses and activities and complimentary therapies. They are based in the New Forest but anyone living in local area can access.

We offer psychological therapies for mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and stress.

Wessex Cancer Trust is here to support you and your loved ones through your personal cancer experience . We offer Counselling, complimentary therapies, pampering, activities and coffee mornings. We provide the best possible personalised wellbeing support for you and your family in a tranquil and sensitive setting.

Our volunteers offer a warm welcome and will listen non-judgementally to your experiences and concerns.

Call or email us to find more about our services.

We offer one to one sessions with one of our trained bereavement supporters. These usually take place over the phone or via a video call. You’ll normally see one of our volunteers between one and six times.

In one to one sessions you can explore your grief with your bereavement supporter. You can talk about the person who died, how their death is affecting you, and how you are coping. Using counselling skills, your supporter will help you to understand what you are going through and develop coping strategies.

One to one support offers a safe, confidential space for you to explore emotions. It helps to you explore feelings and thoughts and make sense of your world. It can be very helpful if you are feeling a lot of distress.

Please note due to high demand for our services, there is a waiting list for one to one support. Please call us to find out more about our support services and how you can help you. If our volunteers are not available to take your call please call our national helpline, free on 0808 808 1677.

At Cancer Support UK, we understand that it’s perfectly normal to be left with anxiety and concerns after treatment – sometimes for a long time – and following discharge, it’s hard to know where to go for help.

When cancer treatment finally finishes, family and friends often expect cancer patients to feel better, but for many, it’s when they feel worst of all.

Our Cancer Coach support groups can help.

SAMM National provides a wide range of peer support services to people bereaved by murder and manslaughter. There is no time limit on becoming a member. Our services are open to everyone regardless of how long ago they were bereaved

We support close relatives as well as wider family members. Even if a loss has affected a bereaved friend, we will support them. As a national charity our support services cover England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Our unique support services have been designed by the bereaved for the bereaved to meet a persons’ emotional support needs. All volunteers receive bespoke training and have been bereaved through homicide themselves. They have a unique understanding of what it’s like to be traumatically bereaved.

We are DorPIP: Dorset Parent Infant Partnership. We work with Mums, Dads & Carers to help them create healthy bonds with their baby in the first 1001 critical days of life. From conception until age two, with specialist infant- parent psychotherapy and attachment led infant massage classes, families can flourish. The service is currently free of charge, due to recent Lottery funding.

DorPIP offers a warm, nurturing, confidential space for parents to talk about the emotional transition to parenthood. Theirs and their child’s mental health and wellbeing is our priority.

We provide a nurturing comfortable environment for them to explore any difficult thoughts and feelings they may be experiencing. Magic happens in this safe space and so relationships in families can flourish. Working together with our DorPIP specialist team, we can make a difference that lasts a lifetime.