Surrey Care Trust is a local charity that changes lives
Surrey Care Trust provides learning, training and mentoring to support young people and adults in improving their chances in life.
We are enabling people to overcome the disadvantage of low skills, poor educational achievement, limited opportunities and tough financial circumstances.
Nurturing skills for life, work and learning creates brighter futures.
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Services Offered
Counselling
Our counselling service for 16 to 25s year-olds is free and completely independent.
Young people can turn to us when they are having a difficult time in all kinds of ways: relationship difficulties, coping with bullying, unemployment, anxiety and stress, and many other situations.
You decide what you want us to know about yourself and it will be you who tells us, not a social worker, or a parent, or any other adult, unless you would like someone to give us information on your behalf.
Fees and Payment
This is a registered charity
Whether you see a counsellor just once or twice or want to have a course of sessions, there is no charge.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Payment: Sliding Scale Pro-bono
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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.