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Wantage Counselling & Training Centre is a registered charity providing counselling and psychotherapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgmental environment for individual adults, couples and young people aged 15 years upwards, on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.
We are a charity providing affordable counselling and psychotherapy to adults and young people from the age of 12.
We’re here to listen to you and to give you the time and space to talk through your problems in a confidential and non-judgemental way.
You can contact us directly to arrange an initial appointment to discuss your needs and to consider if counselling and our service would be right for you.
Oxford Women’s Counselling Centre (OWCC) offers a professional counselling service to women in Oxfordshire. Counsellors are fully qualified or following an approved training course. OWCC provides a supportive counselling environment for women seeking help to explore the issues in their lives and to consider alternative perspectives. People can self-refer by phone, leaving their name and contact details. Cost is dependent on the person’s financial circumstances.
Relate offers telephone and online counselling and can provide specialist counselling for a wide range of relationship issues. Telephone Counselling is just like having a face-to-face counselling session, except you’re talking to a trained counsellor over the phone. You can arrange counselling sessions whenever it’s convenient for you. They can provide specialist counselling for a wide range of relationship issues – not just couple relationships.
Oxford Mindfulness (Foundation) offers mindfulness courses run over eight weeks, which includes 2.25-hour classes per week and home practice. These courses help the general public to manage their mental health. Courses are accessed via self-referral. The Oxford Mindfulness team also train individuals to teach mindfulness.
Oxford Men’s Counselling Service (OMCS) supports men (over 18) to explore issues relevant to them. The service works with men who may benefit from short or long-term counselling. The introductory session costs £20 and there is a charge on a sliding scale thereafter. Access to the service is by self-referral and enquirers are invited to leave their contact details on the voicemail. Counsellors are fully qualified or following an approved training course.
The Oxford Counselling Centre offers private counselling and hypnotherapy services. They can offer counselling in German, French and Polish. Counsellors are fully qualified or in their final year of training.
Oxford Counselling Centre is an organisational member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy so all counsellors adhere to the BACP ethical framework and guidelines. The Counsellors at Oxford Counselling Centre receive regular supervision and continuing professional development to ensure the highest standards of practice.
The Listening Centre is a low cost counselling service for people in East Oxford based in Blackbird Leys, Rose hill and Barton. The service is run by mainly trainee counsellors and psychotherapists. Many clients are signposted to the service by GP’s but all clients have to make contact themselves.
Cruse Bereavement Care Oxfordshire provides a range of services for people over 18 affected by bereavement, including face to face sessions with a Bereavement Support Volunteer, Bereavement support groups, Friendship groups and a Bereaved by Suicide support group run in conjunction with SOBS (Survivors of bereavement by suicide).