This website is a comprehensive database of UK counsellors, with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling covered, fees and contact details. This service is free, confidential and easy to use so don’t suffer in silence anymore.
This site can help you find a counsellor and has information about counselling in general.
Is a meeting point and forum for debate, development and support on issues involving all aspects of counselling and provides a network for counsellors, trainers and those who use counselling skills.
The also offer a Directory Service.
This website aims to provide the basic information that survivors of sexual violence, friends and family need to access the services they need.
TheMix.org.uk aims to be the first place all young adults turn to when they need support and guidance through life. We believe all young people have the capacity to make their own decisions and life choices, provided they have access to high quality, impartial information and advice. We don’t tell anyone how to lead their lives – we just believe everybody should have all the information they need to make their own decisions.
This website aims to provide the basic information that survivors of sexual violence, friends and family need to access the services they need.
Self Injury Support runs a UK-wide multi-channel support service for women & girls affected by self-injury, trauma and abuse.
ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK. Children and young people can call us on 0800 1111 to talk about any problem – our counsellors are always here to help you sort it out.
The Children’s Society is a leading national charity, driven by the belief that every child deserves a good childhood. We provide vital help and understanding for those forgotten children who face the greatest danger, discrimination or disadvantage in their daily lives; children who are unable to find the support they need anywhere else.
The ISPCC exists to ensure that all children are given the opportunity to experience love and happiness, to stop discrimination and exclusion of children and to end cruelty and injustice to children.
NCH helps children achieve their full potential through our services we support some of the most vulnerable and excluded children in the UK. Please Tel: 01923 361500
Young Minds is the national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people.
TheMix.org.uk aims to be the first place all young adults turn to when they need support and guidance through life. We believe all young people have the capacity to make their own decisions and life choices, provided they have access to high quality, impartial information and advice. We don’t tell anyone how to lead their lives – we just believe everybody should have all the information they need to make their own decisions.
Dabs Directory is a signposting service that provides free support and information all over the UK and the Republic of Ireland to anyone and any organisation regarding issues to do with childhood abuse, incest and rape.
The Survivors Trust has 129 member organisations based in the UK & Ireland which provide specialist support for women, men & children who have survived rape, sexual violence or childhood sexual abuse.
In 1998 I was cruelly raped by someone I knew and trusted. The construction of this UK based site has been a way for me to come to terms with what had happened, and was the first step in the long, painful, healing process.
CIS’ters is a survivor led group for women who, as female children/teens, were raped/sexually abused by a member of their immediate/extended family.
We provide support, friendship and advice for any adult who’s life has been affected by childhood abuse.
NAPAC is the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. We are a registered charity which provides support and information for people abused in childhood.
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is dedicated to improving the service we provide to victims and witnesses of crime. We hope that you will find the information and links on these pages useful and informative.
Hantsnet contains thousands of pages of information, ranging from details of the County Council’s services and statistics, to directories of useful addresses and more besides. It includes both public and Council internal information.
A Council for Voluntary Service that provides voluntary sector support, enables collaboration, generates strategy, promotes best practice and strengthens the sector’s influence in order to sustain a strong, diverse and vibrant voluntary and community sector.
Relate provides relationship counselling and has services for families and young people.
Call our Advice & Support Line on 01962 868 688 or 01962 864 433
Anonymous SMS Text helpline service: 07860 027 793
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Testimonials
"I am now in control of my thoughts and my life. I have gained self-confidence in so many ways and I am no longer haunted by the past."
"I have been given the tools to cope with everyday life. Without counselling I would have continued to deny my situation and feelings which was having extreme detrimental effect on myself, family and friends… RASAC has saved me from self destruction without the support I would have crumbled – a true life saver."
"My RASAC counselling has completely changed my life… I am a better mother, a more involved member of the community and I am able to keep myself safe."
"I was counselled for almost a year. I had a wonderful counsellor who helped me through a very difficult and unpleasant time in my life. It has been a process of healing by revisiting past places which at one time felt unimaginable. The journey has been raw and unnerving but slowly I came to see how I was repairing my damaged self. I finally accepted ownership of what had happened to me and was able to let go of my guilt and shame. My counsellor understood my outlook on life and created a connection with me that was very special. I eventually looked forward to my session as a weekly debrief rather than a purge. I am as happy and confident as I have ever been and I tell people about what I have learnt to help turn their negativity into positivity. Fear can be a very powerful emotion and prevent us from moving on in our lives but once it is confronted the clouds separate and you can focus on that hint of sunshine."
"Thank-you for the support, for the first time since talking about the sexual abuse to someone it is really helping me."
"Thank you so much for all your time and support while I was working through all of the stuff that happened - I really couldn't have done it without your help and input." Male client - June 2021
"The support, understanding and guidance that I've received from START has been life-changing. The whole process has been crucial for me to understand some of the trauma I'd experienced during my childhood. Who I've become as a consequence, who I am today, and how I process some of my thoughts, feelings and emotions." - April 2023
"I cannot thank Sarah at START enough for the counselling I received. I was a bit sceptical of the EMDR therapy I was offered at first but it really has helped me a great deal and I'm grateful for having the opportunity to go through it." - April 2023
"I'd like to thank everyone involved at START. You're doing a phenomenal job. I can't stress how important this journey has been for me. It's been a life altering experience." - April 2023
"Thank you for the Lotus week end, my life is taking a turn for the better and my new journey begins now." - July 2023
