York St John Communities Centre
Counselling
Our counselling service offers counselling sessions to adults aged 18 and over.
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Who can access our service
Our counselling service offers counselling sessions to adults aged 18 and over.
We cannot offer counselling services to York St John University staff or students. Staff can access support through Care First (intranet). Students can access support through the student wellbeing service.
What we offer
Counselling is usually provided through face to face sessions. We also offer online sessions through Zoom or Microsoft Teams.
Face to face sessions are available at the following times:
- Monday to Wednesday: 9.00am to 9.00pm
Online sessions are available at the following times:
- Monday to Thursday: 9.00am to 9.00pm
- Friday: 9.00am to 5.00pm
The number of sessions we provide varies, depending on your need. This will be discussed at your first counselling session and regularly reviewed with your counsellor.
How we can help
We can provide help with the following:
- General counselling for a range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship problems, bereavement, loss
- Counselling for relational and domestic violence and abuse
- Specialist bereavement service
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How to access our services
As we are currently experiencing a high volume of clients we are not taking referrals at this time. Please keep checking this page as we hope to reopen our referral portal as soon as possible.
In the meantime, if you are in need of help we have several sources of support on our Resources page.
For information about how we collect, use, store and share your data please read our privacy policy.
To find out more about our fees and how to pay for sessions, use the link below.
Counselling client
York St John was an open, non judgemental and safe space for me to work through my interpersonal problems. The person centred approach allowed me to think deeply about what it was I wanted to change and has been the beginning of my journey in reflecting on how to approach and be aware of my emotions. It was useful to have an objective perspective.
Counselling client
My experience with the counselling was also really positive, my counsellor was really supportive, friendly and empathetic. I felt comfortable enough in sessions to talk through traumatic experiences with them and felt listened to and understood. Their approach of reflecting back what I’m saying and encouraging me to sit with my emotions has been transformative in how I approach dealing with problems day-to-day, and a lot of their techniques I intend to use on myself now that my counselling has come to an end.
Counselling client
Life-changing. I was speaking with Gaz, who from the very first conversation was so easy to talk to. He allowed me to talk about what I needed to and let me lead the conversations, but guided me when it was needed. I feel like so many things have changed since the sessions started – I feel more in control of my emotions, more confident and able to apply what we talked about in the sessions. I will forever be grateful to him.
Counselling client
All communication by email and with Pat over the phone was warm, welcoming, friendly and professional. I had to rearrange my initial session last minute and Pat was extremely understanding and helpful. Access to 1 to 1 counselling was quick to access (crucial in times of poor mental health) and the graded costing made this service accessible to me, when otherwise it might not have been. I have recommended the service to a friend who is in need of some counselling - thank you ever so much for all your kind support and help.
Counselling client
Brilliant. From the off my counsellor Sukie corresponded with friendly, professional emails to prepare me for our first session. Her demeanour was calm, open and made me feel comfortable and supported to work through some of the issues I have been experiencing. Working with Sukie over the last 10 weeks has been significantly helpful for my health and wellbeing, and helped me get through quite a rough patch of poor mental health. She has been a skilled, caring and compassionate counsellor.