Counselling via the NHS

Counselling is available through the NHS via your doctor/GP (General Practitioner). You can find out more on the NHS website:

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Counselling/Pages/Introduction.aspxLink opens in a new window

Counselling and CBT are also available through the NHS via Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) for people with mild, moderate and moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety or depression living in Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire. You can contact the service directly yourself or you can be referred by your GP:

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/iaptLink opens in a new window

If you are not registered with a GP locally, you can find out which is your local IAPT service from the following website:

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-psychological-therapies-service/Link opens in a new window

Local free or reduced fee counselling/wellbeing services options:

MINDLink opens in a new window – up to 8 sessions coping strategies
MINDLink opens in a new window – other information
Lighthouse Christian CounsellingLink opens in a new window
New Hope Christian CounsellingLink opens in a new window
Coventry Tamarind CentreLink opens in a new window – holistic health and wellbeing support service for BME Communities in Coventry
Coventry Refugee and Migrants' CentreLink opens in a new window – specialist emotional and mental health services for asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants

Private counselling/psychotherapy

The following professional counselling and psychotherapy organisations' websites can be used to find counsellors and psychotherapists working privately. Some have reduced fees or sliding scale of fees options. For information about the different types of therapy, see https://warwick.ac.uk/services/wss/topics/rangeofmodels/Link opens in a new window

Association of Child PsychotherapistsLink opens in a new window (ACP) (Find a Therapist service for young people up to and including the age of 25, who are interested in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy)
Association of Cognitive Analytic TherapyLink opens in a new window (ACAT)
Black, African and Asian Therapy NetworkLink opens in a new window
British Association for Counselling and PsychotherapyLink opens in a new window (BACP)
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive PsychotherapiesLink opens in a new window (BABCP)
British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
British Psychological Society (BPS)
College of Sexual and Relationship TherapistsLink opens in a new window (COSRT)
Institute of PsychoanalysisLink opens in a new window (Low Fee Scheme)
RelateLink opens in a new window (various forms of relationship counselling) (Coventry)
United Kingdom Council for PsychotherapyLink opens in a new window (UKCP)
West Midlands Institute of PsychotherapyLink opens in a new window (Adult Jungian and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy)

The University of Warwick and its employees cannot be held responsible for the content of websites or any subsequent counselling/psychotherapy provided.