Other Services & Useful Links – Gloucestershire Counselling Service

Other Services

GCS regularly enters into Service Level Agreements with other organisations to provide a range of professional services relating to emotional wellbeing including short-term counselling, clinical supervision for counsellors, reflective supervision for staff groups as well as training to improve mental health awareness, listening skills and wellbeing-related training. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs.

Useful Links

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) – https://www.bacp.co.uk
Samaritans – https://www.samaritans.org
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) – https://www.bpc.org.uk
NHS Let’s Talk – https://www.talk2gether.nhs.uk
Turning Point – http://www.turning-point.co.uk
P3 – https://www.p3charity.org/
Shaw Trust – https://www.shaw-trust.org.uk
Stroud District Council – Homeless – https://www.stroud.gov.uk/housing/homelessness
Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning – https://www.ghll.org.uk/partnership-projects
Glos Families Directory – https://www.glosfamiliesdirectory.org.uk/kb5/gloucs/glosfamilies/home.page
On Your Mind – https://www.onyourmindglos.nhs.uk/
Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers – http://www.garas.org.uk/Services.aspx
Mind – https://www.mind.org.uk
Your Circle – Gloucestershire – https://yourcircle.org.uk/

Referral/Collaboration with other appropriate agencies

GCS have strong links with other charity and voluntary sector organisations and has a mutual signposting or direct referral partnership where another service is more appropriate or where joint working is required such as:

HOPE Support Services (for young people coping with a family member with a life threatening illness).
Infobuzz (Schools exclusion, Young Offenders, Transitions to adult mental health).
GDASS (Gloucestershire domestic Abuse Support Service)
GRASAC (Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre)
RETHINK (Self-Harm Helpline)
Winston’s Wish (Bereavement Support)
Young Carers Gloucestershire
Carers Gloucestershire
AGE UK Glos
GAY GLOS (LGBT)
Family Lives (for parenting support)
Young Gloucestershire (Young parents and NEET education and support)
CGL (Addictions)
SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide)
Independence Trust (Mental Health Support Groups)

Specialist Statutory Services

NHS 2gether Trust Children and young People Service
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
Eating Disorder Service – Brownhill Centre
The clients GP in the first instance
NHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams
NHS 2gether Adult Mental Health Services
Gloucestershire Recovery in Psychosis (GRIP) Team
SARC (Sexual Assault referral Centre)

Mental Health Helplines

(https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/)

Anxiety UK

Charity providing support if you’ve been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.

Phone: 03444 775 774

Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Bipolar UK

A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.

Website: www.bipolaruk.org.uk

CALM

CALM is the Campaign against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35.

Phone: 0800 58 58 58

Website: www.thecalmzone.net

Men’s Health Forum

24/7 stress support for men by text, chat and email.

Website: www.menshealthforum.org.uk

Mental Health Foundation

Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.

Website: www.mentalhealth.org.uk

No Panic

Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia/OCD. Includes a helpline.

Phone: 0844 967 4848 Website: www.nopanic.org.uk

OCD Action

Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources.

Phone: 0845 390 6232

Website: www.ocdaction.org.uk

OCD UK

A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. Includes facts, news and treatments.

Phone: 0845 120 3778

Website: www.ocduk.org

PAPYRUS

Young suicide prevention society.

Phone: HOPElineUK 0800 068