Register for counselling
Expert Therapy with Gloucestershire Counselling Service
With over 4 decades of experience, GCS connects you to one of 80+ in-house trained counsellors, committed to providing the highest standard of care.
As a charity-driven service, we are dedicated to making quality support accessible to everyone. We’ll match you based on your location, preferences, availability and reasons for coming to us to ensure the best fit for your needs.
Our Approach
What to Expect
✅ The next page will take you to a short registration form.
✅ You’ll be asked for basic details and, if applicable, payment information.
✅ We will then contact you via email or text for additional details.
How We Can Help
Counselling can help if you are:
- Experiencing anxiety or anxious feelings, these may include panic attacks
- Not feeling like your ‘usual self’ and disconnected from the world around you
- Feeling confused and unable to cope or lack confidence
- Having difficulties within personal or family relationships
- Experiencing loss or bereavement
- Facing a problem which is hard to talk about
- Experiencing stress or problems related to your work
We provide a safe place to talk to a skilled counsellor, who will listen and help you understand how past experiences, worries about the future, or lack of self-confidence may be affecting your life. Counselling will help you reflect on how you respond to events and explore the way you interact with those around you.
You can bring thoughts and feelings which you may not feel able to share with friends or family. Your counsellor will not tell you what to do but will help you to make your own choices.
Confidentiality: Our counselling sessions take place in a secure environment where you are free to talk safely, without fear of rejection, criticism, or blame. The confidentiality of the relationship between GCS and those seeking counselling is protected within current legislation and the ethical frameworks we work within.
Fees & Payment
£20 Registration Fee (includes your initial assessment appointment)
*£55 per counselling session
*£70 per child and parent counselling session
*If the fee is a barrier, you can apply for reduced rates during the registration process.
Referral Codes
If you’ve been referred with a code, enter it at the payment stage. See our Referrals for Funded Counselling page for more details.
GCS is a registered charity (No. 1109904), dedicated to making quality counselling accessible to the people of Gloucestershire.
Pay It Forward
When you pay the full fee, you’re not just investing in your own wellbeing, you’re also helping others access the support they need. Your contribution enables more people to benefit from the care GCS provides.
If you’d like to make an even greater impact, you can pay it forward by making a donation here, giving someone else the opportunity to receive counselling.