REVIVE - Empowering Emotional Change (previously known as LifeLine Port Elizabeth) was founded in September 1977 as a Training and Counselling organisation. Through all the years LifeLine Port Elizabeth has remained a movement of skilled lay counsellors who provide a 24-hour confidential counselling service to anyone facing an emotional crisis by means of our telephone or face-to-face counselling.
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Services Offered
REVIVE offers you the opportunity to talk about your problems and feelings in a confidential and safe environment with a trained lay-counsellor.
People seek counselling in order to deal with a wide variety of life challenges, such as: - Depression and anxiety - Feelings of helplessness or hopelessness - Having thoughts of suicide, or knowing someone who is having thoughts of suicide - Relationship difficulties - Having experienced a traumatic event and many more...
The purpose of the counselling services offered by our lay-counsellors is not to address long-standing psychological problems, but rather to help clients deal with the immediate crisis in their lives, and to mobilise their internal (emotional) and external (social) resources in order to cope more effectively with challenges in the future. In cases where clients are in need of professional therapeutic services, we discuss the options with them and provide them with an appropriate referral.
Fees and Payment
This is a registered non-profit organisation
Free counselling is one of the service we provide
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Payment: Pro-bono
Online Counseling: Yes
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.