Counselling

Request Counselling

Before you fill in our Request Form, please read the information under ‘Helping You for an outline of how the PF Counselling Service works.

Unfortunately, the PF cannot offer specific therapies, specialist treatments, or therapy in a specific modality or approach. Most of our counsellors are not trained in specialist methods and so are unable to work with:

  • Complex or multiple mental health diagnoses
  • Severe or complex trauma
  • Complex personality disorders
  • Severe eating disorders
  • Complex gender/transitioning issues
  • Practical support for living with autism and neurodiverse diagnoses

Availability

In order for the PF to be able to offer you an appointment, we ask you to provide your up to date availability including days and times of the week you expect to be available to attend in person for weekly counselling sessions. If your availability is limited to only a few hours each week or to evenings only (i.e. after 6.00pm), you are likely to need to wait significantly longer than average to receive counselling. Click here for details of our opening times.

Applying to the PF

To arrange an initial session we need you to complete the Request From. All information you supply will be treated in strict confidence, as detailed in our Privacy Policy, but for us to be able to offer you counselling you need to consent to us holding and processing your data.

The PF offers a face-to-face (in-person) counselling service, and does not provide counselling that is primarily delivered remotely. However, remote (video or telephone) sessions are sometimes used when necessary. It is therefore important that you read our Guide to Remote Sessions, and consider what might be possible for you.

To request counselling, please click or tap the button below.

Request counselling

Please let us know if you cannot access our Request Form this way. We can send you a paper Request Form to be returned in the post.