How many sessions can I have?
- Up to 24 sessions – one session per week lasting 50 minutes.
What will counselling cost?
- We have a fixed charge of £25 per session.
How long is the wait for counselling?
Please click here for information about the waiting list
What can I talk about?
Counselling may help if you are:
- Coping with a significant bereavement, separation or divorce
- Facing unemployment, redundancy or retirement
- Coming to terms with serious or chronic physical illness or disability
- Feeling anxious, stressed or depressed
- Struggling with low self esteem
- Encountering relationship difficulties
- Wanting to change patterns of behaviour which are destructive to yourself or others (eg unhealthy eating patterns; difficulty in controlling anger; self harm)
- Trying to overcome fears
- Finding it hard to cope
- Having to make difficult decisions about the future.
How can I access counselling?
- Sessions are available online or in person at our premises in Filton
- Please see our accessibility page for more information.
See our Apply for counselling page to find out how you can access counselling.
Can we get couples counselling at Network?
Unfortunately, no.
- We only offer counselling to individuals.
- Relate Avon offer joint counselling for couples/pairs https://www.relate-avon.org.uk/
- However, if you and someone close to you want help with the same issue, you are welcome to both apply individually. For confidentiality reasons, we will ensure you see different counsellors.
What if I need to make a complaint?
Please click here to find out more about our complaints procedure.
“When I began coming to Network I was feeling utterly desperate, desolate and despairing… nine months later I was a transformed person.”