Referrals
Disclaimer: the services referred to in this resources list are known to offer support and counselling on a variety of issues. While we are interested in hearing from you about your experiences, it is not possible for the Counselling Service to monitor the quality of service offered. The Counselling Service does not accept responsibility for any outcome.
ALCOHOL ADVICE
Newham, Rise
327 High Street
Forest Gate
London E15 2TF
Tel: 0800 652 3879
Hackney Recovery Services
110 Mare Street
Hackney
London E8 3SG
Tel: Call free on 0300 303 2611, or out of hours on 0808 168 8669
Alcoholics Anonymous
London Office: 020 7407 0700
National Number: 0800 9177 650
Free self-help groups based on mutual support for complete sobriety. Ring main number for local groups.
Turning Point
Ring main number for local service - 020 7481 7600
Alcohol and drug services, mental health, learning disabilities.
ASIAN STUDENTS - EAST LONDON
Asian Womens’ Resource Centre
108 Craven Park
Harlesden
London NW10 8QE
Tel: 020 8961 6549/5701
Newham Asian Women’s Project
661 Barking Road
Plaistow
London E13 9EX
Tel: 020 8472 0528
Cultural conflict/Domestic violence/Isolation/Suicide self-harm
Ashiana Project, Safe Housing Advice information - South Asian/Turkish Women
PO Box 816,
Leytonstone,
London E11 1QX
Tel:020 8539 9656/0427
BEREAVEMENT AND LOSS
City and East London Bereavement Service including Muslim service
Room 12, St Margarets House
15 Old Ford Road
London E2 9PL
Tel: 020 3022 5177
Barking and Dagenham Bereavement Service
Oxlow Lane Clinic
Oxlow Lane
Dagenham
Essex RM10
Hackney - Bereavement Service
5 Balls Pond Rd
London N1 4AX
Tel: 020 7254 9804
Bereavement Services Association
Ring main number for local service - 07766 137 210
COUNSELLING
Crossroads Christian Counselling Service
144 Roman Road
Bethnal Green
London E2 0RY
Tel: 020 8981 8388
Family Care Counselling Service
5A Greenyard
Waltham Abbey
EN9 1RD
Tel: 01992 788499
Guild of Psychotherapists
Cultural Referral Centre for East London
47 Nelson Square
London SE1 0QA
Tel: 020 7401 3260
Harman House Counselling Centre
3 Harman House
341 Valence Avenue
Dagenham
London RM8 3RA
Tel: 020 8597 7686
Relate North East and North Essex
49 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4N 4SA, Tel: 01708 441 722
London Hackney (Picturehouse) Relate, 270 Mare St, Hackney Picture House, London E8 1HE, Tel: 01708 441 722
London Harringay Relate, London N4 1ER; Tel: 01708 441 722
Restoration for Abused People (RAP)
51 Freemasons Road
London E16
Hotline: 020 3488 1847, Tel: 07960 172 928
Turning Point
Standon House
21 Mansell Street
London E1 8AA
Tel: 020 7481 7600
CRIME
Victim Support
Call their Supportline for free on 08 08 16 89 111. Nationwide support system.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Victim Support
If a student/staff have been affected by domestic violence, there are a number of ways you can contact them to get support or information:
- Call Supportline for free on 08 08 16 89 111
- Request support online
- Contact your nearest Victim Support team
- Email our Supportline
- Call the Victims’ Information Service for free on 08 08 16 89 293
- Visit our You & Co site if you're a child or young person affected by crime.
DRUGS
Drug and Alcohol Service for London (D.A.S.L)
Tower Hamlets: 020 7702 0002
Counselling, including Lesbian and Gay counsellors; home detox; daytime support groups; domestic violence service; family counselling.
Narcotics Anonymous Helpline
020 7730 0009
National Drugs 24 Hour Helpline
0800 77 66 00
Hungerford Drug Project
Advice, information and counselling for people with drug related problems, their families and friends.
Drop-In Mon-Fri 2-5. Can also telephone and arrange to meet one their detached workers in the West End.
32A Wardour St W1
020 7437 3523
FRANK - Information and advice line with referral to other organisations
0800 776600
Release
Legal and welfare advice re drugs - 020 7324 2989, www.release.org.uk, e-mail ask@release.org.uk
FAMILY THERAPY
Eva Armsby Family Centre
6 Glamis Road
London E1W 9EQ
020 7780 9604 - Holistic approach to family and parenting difficulties: support, assessment, therapy and treatment.
Institute of Family Therapy
24-32 Stephenson Way
London NW1 2HX
020 7391 9150 - Works with families and couples on a wide range of difficulties including care of elderly family members.
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (Female Circumcision)
African Well Woman’s Clinic
Guy’s Hospital; McNair Centre
St Thomas Street
London SE1 9RT
Telephone: 020 7955 2381 - Offers support, advice and information. Also offers de-infibulation (reversal).
FORCED MARRIAGE/ HONOUR BASED ABUSE
Karma Nirvana
UK Helpline: 0800 5999 247
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
info@karmanirvana.org.uk
Forced Marriage Unit
fmu@fco.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7008 0151
From overseas: +44 (0)20 7008 0151
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Out of hours: 020 7008 1500 (ask for the Global Response Centre)
The Sharan Project
The Sharan Project, founded in 2008 is a U.K. based charity providing support and advice to vulnerable women, particularly of South Asian origin, who have been or are at risk of being disowned due to abuse or persecution.
GAMBLING
Betlocker
BetBlocker is a free tool to help you control your gambling. Install it on as many devices as you like and you can block yourself from accessing over 13613 gambling websites. You can select how long you want to be blocked for.
GamCare Support Group
- Freephone: 0808 8020 133
- General Enquiries: GamCare, 1st Floor, CAN Mezzanine Old Street, London, N1 6AH
- Tel: 020 7801 7000
Email: info@gamcare.org.uk
GENERAL
Your Doctor
Many GPs now employ their own counsellors. Your GP can also refer you to counselling/psychotherapy services within the NHS and provide urgent medical/psychiatric attention and referral.
BACP
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy can supply lists of local counsellors and counselling organizations - 01788 550899
AGIP Fairbridge Clinic
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost psychoanalytic psychotherapy (fees £5 to £15). You will normally be expected to attend the Clinic twice weekly for a minimum of two years
020 7272 7013
Arbours Association
Low cost individual and group psychotherapy for students and those on low income/benefits
020 8340 7646
The Association of Jungian Analysts
Network of trainees and graduates offering reduced fee Jungian analysis (three times a week).
020 7794 8711
BAP
British Association of Psychotherapists. Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee Jungian and Psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Three times a week for reduced fee scheme.
020 8452 9823
Careline
Advice and information on any issue.
Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm, then 7pm to 10pm
Tel: 020 8514 1177
Centre For Better Health
1A Darnley Road, London E9 6QH,
Tel: 020 8985 3570.
info@centreforbetterhealth.org.uk
Self referral. Rapid response. Counselling for up to 1 year. Counsellors and psychotherapists offer a wide range of therapeutic approaches and experience of many issues. The fee starts at just £2 for people currently in receipt of benefits and £15 for people in full time employment.
CPPD (UK) Ltd Counselling School
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost counselling/psychotherapy.
Hornsey. Contact: 020 8341 4843
Fresh Start Psychotherapy
Beauchamp Lodge, 2 Warwick Crescent, London W2 6NE
Tel: 020 7691 7638
Counselling and psychotherapy based on a variety of approaches. Short and long term.
Fees: £5 to £20.
The Guild of Psychotherapists
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee analytic psychotherapy (1 to 3 times a week), only available to residents of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
Tel: 020 7401 3260
WLM Highbury Counselling Centre
Trainees and graduates on placement offering counselling/psychotherapy. Very low cost. Charges based on contribution. Tel: 020 7354 4791
Highgate Counselling Centre
21 years old +, low cost individual, group, couple and family counselling.
Tel:020 8883 5427
Inner City Centre
Low cost individual, couple and group counselling/psychotherapy.
Tel: 020 7247 1589
Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee integrative arts psychotherapy.
Tel: 020 7704 2534
Institute of Group Analysis
Network of group analysts offering group psychotherapy
Tel: 020 7431 2693
Institute Of Psychosynthesis
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee counselling/psychotherapy.
Tel: 020 8202 4525
The Lincoln Clinic and Centre for Psychotherapy
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee analytical psychotherapy (three times a week)
Admin office: 020 7978 1545
Reduced fee counselling: 020 8691 0980
London Centre For Psychotherapy
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee analytical psychotherapy (2 or 3 times a week)
Tel: 020 7482 2002
Metanoia
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee counselling/psychotherapy.
Tel: 020 8832 3080
Mind
Many local branches provide free or very low cost counselling. Ring to find counselling provision in your area.
Tel: 020 8519 2122
Minster Centre
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee short and long term psychotherapy.
Tel: 020 7644 6240
Psychosynthesis and Education Trust
Network of trainees and graduates offering low cost and full fee counselling/psychotherapy.
Tel: 020 7403 7814
The Stress Project
Low cost counselling and complementary therapies for people experiencing mental health problems and living in Islington. Referral is via a Health Professional.
Tel: 020 7700 3938
Tavistock (YPCS)
Tav. Clinic Young Peoples Counselling Service, 120 Belsize Lane, NW3 5BA. Free and confidential counselling within NHS for 16 to 30 year olds. Self referral only, by appointment.
Tel: 020 8938 2337
Terrence Higgins Trust
Counselling for individuals, couples, families, carers and groups - main administration: 020 7831 0330 THT Direct Helpline: 0845 122 1200 counselling: 020 7816 8511
Information and advice. 52-54 Grays Inn Rd, WC1
Tel: 020 7242 1010
W.P.F.
Westminster Pastoral Foundation. Network of trainees/graduates offering low cost and full fee counselling/psychotherapy. Tel: 020 7378 2000
Renew Counselling
WHCM is a Christian charity working with young people and adults to meet a range of mental and emotional health needs by providing counselling for people of any faith or none.
Head office: 01245 269335; Plaistow (020 7473 4060); Chelmsford Counselling: 01245 359353; Basildon Counselling: 01268 822800
HATE CRIME
Victim Support
If a student/staff have been affected by hate crime, there are a number of ways you can contact them to get support or information:
- Call Supportline for free on 08 08 16 89 111
- Request support online
- Contact your nearest Victim Support team
- Email our Supportline
- Call the Victims’ Information Service for free on 08 08 16 89 293
- Visit our You & Co site if you're a child or young person affected by crime.
HEALTH
Accident and Emergency, Royal London Hospital across Whitechapel Road from Whitechapel Tube Station, E1.
Main switchboard number: 020 7377 7000
General Practitioners
‘Find-a-Doc’ service: 020 7655 6688
Whitechapel Walk-in Centre
Tel: 020 7943 1333
Open weekdays 7am to 10pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays 9am to 10pm.
No appointment needed. Advice and treatment for minor illnesses and conditions.
174 Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, Whitechapel, E1 1BZ
HEARING VOICES
Voice Collective (in affiliation with Mind in Camden)
Offering weekly drop-in support groups and an online forum
Mind in Camden, Barnes House, 9-15 Camden Road, London, NW1 9LQ
Email: info@voicecollective.co.uk
Tel: 020 7911 0822
HOUSING AND FINANCES
The Money House Project
Address: 5–15 Cromer Street, London WC1H 8LS
Tel: 020 3581 9920
Email: info@mybnk.org
INTERCULTURAL
Nafsiyat
Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre, Unit 4, Lysander Mews, Lysander Grove, London N19 3QP
Tel: 020 7263 6947
Free short term counselling/therapy for people from ethnic and cultural minorities.
IRISH
London Irish Women’s Centre
59 Stoke Newington Church Street
London N16 0AR
Phone: 020 8416 7277
E-mail: info@thewishcentre.org.uk - Offers individual and group counselling, employment rights information, housing and welfare advice including advice on domestic violence.
JAPANESE
Japanese Helpline
Tel: 020 7287 5493. Leave a message and they will return your call.
Japanese Counselling Service in London
c/o Yoko Totsuka, Japan Psychological Practice
York House, 411 Barking Road, Plaistow, London, E13 8AL
Tel: 0207 055 8400
Tel: 07050 029171
JEWISH
The Raphael Centre Jewish Counselling Service
The Shalvata Building
Parson Street
London NW4 1QA
0800 234 6236
Jewish Crisis Helpline MIYAD
Tel: 0800 652 9249
LGBTQIA+
East London Out Project (ELOP)
56/60 Grove Road
Walthamstow
London E17 9BN
020 8509 3898
E-mail: info@elop.org
Sliding-scale counselling. LGBT counsellors. Wide range of social events and activities as well as promoting health and well-being.
London Friend
Free, open-ended counselling. Donations invited. Ring for appointment or for support over phone: 020 7833 1674
The Metro Centre
Unit 401; 49 Greenwich High Road
London SE10 8JL
N206 Vox Studios
1-45 Durham Street, London, SE11 5JH
Tel: 020 8305 5000
Offers drop-in and long-term confidential counselling for ‘Lesbians, Gay Men, bisexuals and those uncertain of their sexuality.’
NAZ Project
241 King Street
London W6
Tel: 020 8741 1879/9609
An organisation specifically for Asian Lesbians and Gay Men.
Mermaids
Tel: 07071225895
E-mail mermaidsuk@geocities.co
MEN
Men's Centre
Individual counselling/psychotherapy for men with sexual, gender and relationship problems. Group based programme for men who are physically/emotionally violent to those they love. Charges based on income - 020 7267 8713
PREGNANCY ADVICE
BPAS: British Pregnancy Advisory Services
Action line lo-call,
Tel: 08457 30 40 30
Family Welfare Association
Tel: 020 7254 6251
Brook Advisory Centre
Counselling, birth control, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing
020 7387 8700 (North of River) 92-94 Chalton Street, Euston, NW1 1HJ
020 7703 9660 (South of River) Porlock Hall, Porlock Street, London, SE1 3R
RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE (RASAC)
Men's helpline 01962 848027
Women's helpline 01962 848024
Phone on Monday 11.30am to 1.30pm and Thursday 7am to 9.30pm
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING
Relate
Couple counselling involving one or both partners. Psychosexual therapy also offered. Telephone, webcam and livechat support are also available. General enquiries: relate.enquiries@relate.org.uk Search for your nearest centre: https://www.relate.org.uk/find-your-nearest-relate
Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships
Psychotherapy for couples and consultation service for couples or individuals with relationship problems -
- https://tavistockrelationships.org/
- 020 7380 1960
- Fees dependent on income.
- Webcam therapy also offered.
SELF HARM
Self-Harm Crisis Recovery Unit
Maudsley Hospital
London SE5 8AZ
- 020 3228 4414
- Email: slm-tr.shops@nhs.net
- Assessment, treatment and weekly therapy.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Victim Support
If a student/staff have been affected by sexual violence, there are a number of ways you can contact them to get support or information:
- Call Supportline for free on 08 08 16 89 111
- Request support online
- Contact your nearest Victim Support team
- Email our Supportline
- Call the Victims’ Information Service for free on 08 08 16 89 293
- Visit our You & Co site if you're a child or young person affected by crime.
SUICIDAL FEELINGS
A centre for anyone who feels suicidal or that life is no longer worth living, the 'Listening Place' provides a safe place to meet and talk freely and confidentially. Staff are warm and non-judgemental and are willing to engage with your feelings and support you through your darkest times.
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020 3906 7676
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Trained volunteers offer regular 50 minute listening sessions.
Maytree Suicide Respite Centre (24/7 phoneline)
Email: maytree@maytree.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7263 7070
TELEPHONE HELPLINES
Samaritans
For people in despair or suicidal, Tel: 0345 90 90 90
Sexual Helpline
Free telephone helpline, 24 hrs, 7 days a week - 0800 567 123
TRAUMA
Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
111 Isledon Road, Islington, London, N7 7JW
Tel: 020 7284 4321/7831 7777
WOMEN
Limehouse Project
The Limehouse Project provides a wide range of advice, support, education and employment training services for communities across Tower Hamlets
789-791 Commercial Road, Unit 2 – St Anne Street, London E14 7HG
London E14 (Tower Hamlets residents)
Tel: 020 7538 0075
Open Door Sexual Health Project
The Brandon Centre - Sexual Health/Contraception support for young women
Information related to domestic violence issues. Refuge for women fleeing domestic violence - Freephone: 0808 200 0247
Women and Health
Free and very low cost counselling for Camden women only. 4 Carol St, NW1 - 020 7482 2786
Women's Therapy Centre
Free and low cost individual and group counselling and psychotherapy.
- phone: 020 7263 7860
- Email: referrals@womenstherapycentre.co.uk
Women and Girls Network
Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a free, women-only service that supports women in London who have experienced violence, or are at risk of violence. They offer counselling, advocacy and advice for women and girls who have experienced gendered violence, including sexual and domestic violence.
- Advice Line - 0808 801 0660 (Mon - Fri 10-4pm and late evening Weds 6 - 9 pm)
- Email: advice@wgn.org.uk
YOUNG PEOPLE
- Providing Mental health resources for young people experiencing mental health difficulties
- 24/7 Crisis Messenger
Crisis Messenger can help with urgent issues such as:
- Suicidal thoughts
- Abuse or assault
- Self-harm
- Bullying
- Relationship issues
Off-Centre, Counselling for Young People
- Family Action
Unit 7
Textile Building
2a Belsham Street
E9 6NG
(entrance on Belsham Street) - Tel:020 8986 4016
- E-mail: OffCentre@family-action.org.uk
Step Forward, Advice and Counselling for Young People
- 234 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 0AA - Tel: 020 7739 3082
- info@step-forward.org
The Brandon Centre
- 26 Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, London, NW5 3LG
- Tel: 020 7267 1321
You and Me Counselling
- 24 North Street, Hornchurch ,Essex
RM11 1QX - Tel: 01708 477 663 / 07449 467223
