The Beresford Centre is a registered charity, established in 1993 to support couples in unexpected pregnancy, post termination and following baby loss.

We aim to provide long and short term support that is client led. Our help is impartial and confidential.

Services Offered

Counselling for Pregnancy Choices, Post-Abortion and Baby Loss
We recognise that it can be really difficult to take the first step of contacting someone to talk to. We aim to give you a safe confidential place to explore your thoughts and feelings. As we are a registered charity we are able to see you free of charge.

Women
* Pregnancy choices - You may be feeling very tossed about and wondering if you are pregnant. We can give you a free pregnancy test and give you the result immediately. Or you may have done the test and are feeling very unsure what to do. We aim to give you a safe confidential place to explore your thoughts and feelings.

* Post-termination problems - You may be struggling to cope with unexpected emotions and thoughts following a decision for termination. This could have happened some years ago and yet you have tried to push those thoughts and feelings away, to get on with life. It can be hard to find that those unresolved feelings do not go away. Or perhaps the termination was recent and you find it hard to believe it is affecting you so much.

There is specific help available for you. Your counsellor will help you to explore what happened and the feelings and thoughts which you now have. She will use a supportive programme designed to enable you to move forward. We would welcome hearing from you.

* Stillbirth/ Baby Loss - This experience of loss may feel impossible for you to deal with. You may feel overwhelmed by the grief of losing a child. Though it is hard to talk, we find that to begin to share those emotions with your counsellor can help. She will listen to you, help you to talk about your loss and will seek to give you a calm unhurried space in which to grieve.

This time can be offered to both you and your partner. You may be puzzled to find that he is coping in different ways to you. We find that grief is very unique and can be different for men and women. We encourage you to get in touch and make an appointment with us.

Men
We are very keen to help men as we recognise that men can also be deeply affected by a pregnancy, termination, miscarriage or stillbirth. We will offer you confidential, free, appropriate counselling and support.

Sometimes a male counsellor will be available if that is your preference.

Fees and Payment

Services offered are free and confidential.

This is a non-profit agency.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Bilingual

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Pro-bono

Online Counseling:
During COVID-19