Abusive behaviour can have a significant impact on our mental health and well-being, not only at the time of the abuse, but there can be lasting effects throughout a person’s life.
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Thank you for visiting Release Counselling.
We offer a professional, friendly and affordable Counselling service and our aim is to offer you an initial appointment within two weeks, whether that be face to face, telephone or video counselling sessions.
This is a chance for us to find a little more about what’s brings you to us at this time, how day to day life is for you at the moment, and what you may want to be different as a result of having counselling. It’s also a chance for you to find out a bit more about Release Counselling and if it’s the right type of support for you at this time.
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Counselling is known as a talking therapy. This means that you have a regular time, day and space to talk about things that may be impacting on your day to day life with a trained professional. These might be recent issues or events, or from longer ago, including from childhood.
Counselling is helpful as it gives you an opportunity to explore your thoughts and feelings in a confidential and supportive environment. The reasons that people seek counselling will vary on an individual basis. Some of the reasons may include:
Anxiety describes feelings of worry, fear and unease. The intensity of these feelings will differ from person to person, but will often be experienced physically as well as emotionally.
Physically you may notice:
rapid and/or irregular heartbeat, faster breathing, sweating, nausea, dizziness, trouble sleeping, feeling irritable, lack of concentration or experiencing panic attacks
Emotionally, you might find that you are thinking about thinks more, ruminating, unable to go about your day-to-day life in the way that you would like to.
Depression is different from feeling sad. Sadness can normally be linked to a specific event or events that are happening in your life.
Depression can be described when you feel persistently sad for weeks or months, rather than just a few days. Sometimes there is a trigger for depression. Life-changing events, such as bereavement, losing your job or even having a baby, can bring it on.
People with a family history of depression are more likely to experience it themselves. You can also become depressed for no obvious reason.
Counselling can support you to understand how depression is effecting you and ways to support you on a day-to-day basis as well as in the future.
You may feel:
You may experience:
You may also:
Grief is a natural reaction when someone has passed away. For most of us, grief will be the most distressing experience we will ever face. We are often ill-prepared for how it will impact us in the days, months and years ahead.
There is no right or wrong way to grieve. Grief can impact in all aspects of our lives, and can leave us feeling unable to cope day to day, with the future feeling overwhelming.
There is no right or wrong way to grieve. There are a range of emotions that will vary in intensity for person to person.
These may include:
You may notice some or all of the following are affected:
Physical feelings
As well as the range of emotions experienced when you are grieving, it is not uncommon to notice physical reactions. Again, there is no right or wrong way nor set amount of time this will last, but you may notice:
Relationships, whether with family, friends or professionals are central to our lives. However, for a variety for reasons, including conflict, communication and health needs, they can often be complex, challenging and difficult and this can have a significant impact on our day to day lives.
Loss covers many events that happen throughout our lives. These may include:
Stress comes from a build up of pressure, either from ourselves or from others. Almost everyone experiences stress from time to time, and while a small amount of stress can motivate us, too much or prolonged stress can be damaging to both our physical and mental health.
There are many things in life that can cause stress, including work, relationships, family issues and financial problems.
Abusive behaviour can have a significant impact on our mental health and well-being, not only at the time of the abuse, but there can be lasting effects throughout a person’s life.
These are some of the reasons you may be interested in counselling, but the list is not exhaustive. If you are interested in affordable counselling for a different reason, do contact us.
Release Counselling
Phone
0208 339 7336
As a charity, we aim to keep our fees as low as possible, to be accessible and affordable to all. We offer a sliding scale starting at £25.00 per session up to £55.00. Fees are based on income and discussed with you prior to attending your assessment.
We have a range of sessions available; morning, afternoon and evenings. Monday to Friday.
Release counselling is part of the YMCA St Paul’s Group.
All our Volunteer Counsellors are either fully qualified or in the final stages of their training. All Volunteer Counsellors have undertaken a rigorous interview and induction process. We offer a fully professional service and are members of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Release Counselling abides by The BACP Ethical Framework for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
https://bacp.co.uk
All personal information shared during counselling is confidential to the service. No information will be disclosed to any other person without prior consent, unless in exceptional circumstances, e.g. legal requirement or harm to self and others.
Please contact your GP
Call NHS 111
Visit the A & E department of your local hospital.
Call Samaritans 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org
For men only – CALM (campaign against living miserably) 0800 58 58 58
For children and young people
Childline – 0800 11 11
Papyrus – Hopeline UK call 0800 068 4141 – Text 0778 620 9697 – Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
If you would like further information or to book an assessment please call during our office opening times.
Release Office Opening Times: 9.15am to 2.15pm, Monday to Friday.
Telephone: 0208 339 7336 Email: team.release@ymcaspg.org
or alternatively fill out the form and we will contact you (If you have any issues with the form please try use Chrome web browser).
Private comfortable rooms on the ground floor of YMCA Surbiton
Comfortable rooms in South Ealing
Comfortable rooms in Wimbledon, the Broadway.
Comfortable rooms in YMCA Walthamstow
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We offer opportunities to student members on Level 4 training or above that are recognised by or affiliated to the BACP to become volunteer counsellors, whilst on placement. Please download the following documents for more information. Currently we are not recruiting but please check back in the new year.
For alternative services to ours, we also recommend the Counselling Directory
Counselling Directory – Find a Counsellor Near You (counselling-directory.org.uk)