The following counselling services are available for self-referral or referral on a patients' behalf by one of the healthcare team. Please also check the main Mental Health services listing as well, to ensure you find the right service for you. Please note that some services are not free. Always ask in advance if there is a fee.

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Find the right counsellor for your situation and location, plus useful articles to support counselling needs. Please be aware that most of those listed are private counsellors and charges will apply.

Website: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/

Directory of counsellors and psychotherpists by location and specialism. Please be aware that most of those listed are private counsellors and charges will usually apply.

Website: https://www.bacp.co.uk/search/Therapists

Free counselling sessions by video, delivered by people who are in training. Birmingham and Devon-based face-to-face clinics are available but national delivery by video call.

Tel: 01803 294 919

Email to access free sessions:

admin@keycounsellingacademy.com

If a qualified counsellor is required after initial session/s you will be offered this, but these will usually be paid services. Please establish fees before you agree.

Online mental health and wellbeing digital support programme using iCBT (Internet Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), aimed at carers, parents and other supporters, but it can be used by anyone living in Devon who would like some support with:

• ·       Improving sleep  
• ·       managing stress
• ·       building resilience
• ·       supporting an anxious child or teen

 The programmes are free and confidential.

Website: https://dpt.silvercloudhealth.com/signup/

Face-to-face, phone and online counselling for people across Cornwall. Home visits may be possible. Sessions cost between £10 and £20, depending on means.  If fees are not affordable, as you may be eligible for grants or bursaries, so please contact.

Call: 0333 050 8825

Website: LCC Cornwall

Invictus CLEAR Counselling is for young people living in Cornwall aged between 11 and 21 who are struggling with issues that are affecting their mental health and wellbeing such as:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Self-harm
• Relationship difficulties
• Learning Coping Skills

If Invictus CLEAR Counselling is the right service for you, they typically offer around 14 sessions, however this can vary according your needs and circumstances. Counselling can be face-to-face or online according to where you live and your personal circumstances. They do not provide face-to face counselling in your home but will arrange a mutually convenient time and venue..

They can also offer up to 6 sessions of counselling for the parents / carers of a young person being supported through this service.

Text / Call / WhatsApp: 07483 427551

Website: https://invictustrust.co.uk/clear-counselling/

Safe space for people aged 18-35. Creative workshops and free counselling sessions available through Counselling for Social Change.

Pitch n’ Putt Building, Crooklets Road, Bude, EX23 8HN (currently closed, as moving to new premises in Bude Spring 2024 - check social media and website for current venue)

Website: PEARL EXCHANGE

Talkworks is the talking therapy service for Devon - previously known as the Depression and Anxiety Service (DAS). Refer yourself online by clicking the link: TALKWORKS 

or calling 0300 555 3344

If you have a long-term condition, please mention this when referring yourself.