Listening Post offers counselling to adults in Gloucestershire suffering from emotional distress. There are many reasons why people seek counselling. Sometimes a relationship has broken down or you have been bereaved. Sometimes the stress of hard working lives has become unmanageable. Sometimes wounds from much earlier in your life resurface and haunt you. Sometimes you just feel you have lost your way and no longer know what to do.
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Services Offered
Counselling
Counselling is way of addressing problems by talking them through with someone who is able to be professionally supportive, but who is not directly involved with the situation.
There are times in everyone's lives when they experience difficulties they cannot sort out on their own. At these times people close to them can often provide the help they need. However, some concerns may initially feel too difficult, embarrassing or painful to share easily with close friends or family. At times like these it may be helpful to talk to a trained counsellor.
A counsellor can: - Provide somewhere for you to explore and understand difficulties. - Enable you to express your feelings in a safe environment. - Help you to gain a greater awareness of yourself and of what is meaningful to you. - Help you to find a resolution or ways of managing your difficulties.
Counsellors do not offer direct advice or guidance, but provide an attentive listening presence that enables change to happen over time. Times of emotional distress do not have to be endured alone.
Fees and Payment
This is a registered charity
We do not charge a set fee for counselling but we do ask clients to make a contribution each session towards part of the costs of providing the session.
We are grateful to receive a minimum contribution of £15 per session but we never turn anyone away because of their financial situation. You are welcome to discuss your contribution with your assessor.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens
Special Groups: LGBTQ
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.