Counselling & Support
Counselling is a talking therapy that helps you deal with and overcome issues that are causing emotional pain or making you feel uncomfortable.
A counsellor or certain support organisations can provide a safe and regular space for you to talk and explore difficult feelings, offering emotional and practical support.
Relate
Relate is the UK’s largest provider of relationship counselling and sex therapy. We offer our services in: Oxford, Banbury, Bicester & Witney. Read more here...
Home-Start
Home-Start around Oxfordshire is a voluntary organisation which is committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age.
Oxford: www.home-startoxford.org.uk/
Banbury: www.home-startbanbury.org.uk/links.php
South Oxfordshire: www.homestart-southernoxfordshire.org.uk/
Oxfordshire Mind
Oxfordshire Mind is a mental health charity here to make sure that anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support. Read more here...
The Children’s Consultancy
The Children’s Consultancy provides counselling and psychotherapy to children, young people and parents. Read more here...
Samaritans
The Oxford Samaritans provide confidential and emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. Read more here...
Talking Space
Talking Space is a service hosted by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (working in partnership with Oxfordshire Mind) to offer you help and support when you need it. It is a confidential service for people aged 18 years and over. Read more here...
Riverside Counselling Service
Riverside Counselling Service is a charity that provides professional affordable counselling and psychotherapy to adults, couples and young people from the age of 12 who live in Henley-on-Thames and the surrounding area. We also work from rooms in Wallingford. Read more here...
Oxford Women’s Counselling Centre
Oxford Women’s Counselling Centre are committed to providing a professional counselling service in a supportive environment for women of Oxfordshire. Read more here...
The Listening Centre
The Listening Centre provides low-cost counselling to people who are otherwise unable to afford it. Read more here...
Private Counselling
Certain types of counselling may not be available on the NHS. The cost of private counselling can vary considerably. A session can cost between £20 and £100 an hour. To find the right therapist for you locally you can search a directory. Read more here...