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Counselling
Our confidential and non-judgemental counselling service provides one to one counselling sessions to help relieve stress, anxiety and depression, increase self-esteem and improve relationships.
What is Counselling?
Counselling is a talking therapy that involves a counsellor listening to you in a confidential and non-judgmental environment to help you explore thoughts and feelings which are impacting on your mental health and wellbeing.
Counselling can address a range of issues such as feelings of panic, anxiety, stress, depression, and low self-esteem. It is an opportunity for you to develop coping strategies and come to decisions to understand and make sense of what is best for you.
Who can access the service?
Our counselling service is available to anyone 18 years or older, living in, or whose GP is in Rochdale, Heywood or Middleton and is not accessing counselling/therapy elsewhere.
We are unable to offer counselling to people affected with PTSD, under 18s, residents outside of Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood. We will try to help you find another service that would be able to support you.
How can I access counselling?
You can complete a self-referral form on our website here:
Alternatively, you can call our Information Line on 01706 752 338 or 0800 107 0729 and we will post a referral form out to you.
What happens next?
You will be invited to meet with one of our Wellbeing Coordinators, this would be an opportunity for you to see if any of our other services or activities would be beneficial alongside counselling.
Next, there will be an initial counselling assessment, where a £2 charge for new referrals will be collected. From there you will be offered weekly sessions with your counsellor. Our counselling sessions are free of charge and we are very grateful for any donations to help us continue to deliver this service.
Times & Venues
We offer most of our counselling sessions at our Wellbeing Centre in the centre of Rochdale, along with outreach venues in Heywood and Middleton. Counselling sessions are available at the following times.
Monday to Thursday 9am – 5pm
Friday 9am – 4pm
Tuesday evenings 5pm – 8pm (Wellbeing Centre only).
BACP Accredited Psychological Service
Rochdale and District Mind are members of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). We are committed to providing a safe, ethical and professional counselling service and hold liability insurance. Please visit www.bacp.co.uk for more information.
Wellbeing Directory
Search our Wellbeing Directory for Services in and around the district of Rochdale Find out more
Elefriends
Elefriends is a supportive online community where you can be yourself. We all know what it’s like to struggle sometimes, but now there’s a safe place to listen, share and be heard. Find out more
Information Line
Rochdale and District Mind operate a confidential mental health telephone information line: Please telephone our freephone number 0800 107 0729 or 01706 752338 Find out more
Latest Updates
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june, 2020
We have adapted our group support. If you, or someone you know would like to join one of our groups please get in touch #togetherrochdale #NeverMoreNeeded
Our free & confidential telephone counselling is open & accepting new referrals. We currently have a very short waiting list. If you are experiencing feelings of panic, anxiety, stress, depression, or low self-esteem please contact us www.rochdalemind.org.uk/how-we-can-help/how-to-refer/ or call us on 01706 752 338 #TogetherRochdale
Mind believes Black Lives Matter. In mental health there is a huge disparity in how black people are listened to and supported at every level.
Black people are four times more likely to be detained, and more likely to be restrained and isolated under the outdated Mental Health Act. This weekend marks 18 months since the Mental Health Act review - and we are still waiting for the UK Government to make vital changes.
At Mind, we have campaigned alongside the most marginalised and discriminated against. We also recognise the white privilege inherent in our own organisation and we are committed to addressing this.
We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We know there is a lot of work to do and we will fight for everyone.
It's #VolunteerWeek and we would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all our volunteers. We couldn’t deliver our vital services across #Rochdale #Middleton and #Heywood without your support #NeverMoreNeeded
It’s important to look out for one another, please check in with others, in a safe way, and if anyone is struggling with their mental health and wellbeing, please contact us. Our self-referral form is here: www.rochdalemind.org.uk/refer & Information Line 01706 752 338
We have adapted our group support. If you, or someone you know would like to join one of our groups please get in touch #TogetherRochdale #NeverMoreNeeded
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