Confidential Counselling

Confidential Counselling Service

Do you feel stressed all the time?

Do you feel that nobody listens to you?

Do you feel low and find it hard to get motivated?

Do you feel nobody understands you?

Do you feel that life is getting you down?

Do you feel you have nobody to turn to?

Do you want to change your life?

Do you struggle with your confidence?

Do you struggle with difficult issues from the past?

Do you suffer from anxiety?

Do you cry and don’t know the reason why?

If you have answered Yes

to one or more of the questions above

…

Maybe we can help!

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The IPSC now offers a free counselling service

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What is Counselling?

Counselling gives you the time and space to talk privately about whatever may be troubling you, even if you are not sure what it is, with a person who has been trained to help you understand and come to terms with your situation

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How will Counselling Help Me?

Counselling can help you to:

Deal with difficult thoughts or feelings

Understand yourself and other in a better way

Find the solutions to your own problems

Focus on what is important

Focus on your options and choices to change things

Decide what changes, if any, you want to make

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Is the Counselling Service Confidential?

There is no such thing as

“absolute confidentiality”

However, the fact that you have asked for counselling, anything you discuss during a counselling session and any decisions that are made, will generally be kept in confidence.

Only the person working with you, and if appropriate their supervisor, will be the only people who will have access to your records.

In some cases confidentiality may be broken if the law says we must or if we are issued with a court order - But all this will be explained fully before any counselling sessions are arranged.

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What is expected of Me?

First and foremost Honesty

If you are not honest with yourself and the person trying to help you – you will be wasting your time

We ask that you do not attend under the influence of drugs or alcohol

Not be abusive to the Counsellor, not to use violence and not to remove IPSC property without permission

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Is there anything else I should know?

This web page is to give you an idea of what counselling is, that it is confidential and what is expected of you when you attend.

Before you have your first counselling session, someone will go through everything you need to know and answer any of your questions, they will also tell you if they feel they can help or if you should be referred on to someone else. The choice to continue or not will be yours.

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Why has the IPSC set up a Counselling Service?

The Church currently has three ministers, two of whom are qualified Healer/Counsellors.

The opportunity has been there for those seeking counselling to have it – but it has never been formalised

Both Joseph McKeown & Yvonne Fleet have been qualified for many years as Counsellors and Spiritual Healers. They offer their services for donations to the Church.

Jacqui Davies is a counselling student within Wirral Metropolitan College studying for the BACP’s Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. She has undergone rigorous training and has had to satisfy the college and the IPSC that she has the necessary skills to offer counselling. She has been using these skills on a voluntary basis for the past 2 ½ years in order to gain more experience and has recently begun a training placement with a local GP practice in order to work in the local community. It was Jacqui’s idea to set up the Counselling Service to offer formal counselling to those in need who attend, or are referred to, the IPSC. Jacqui is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and adheres to its codes of practice – including all aspects of confidentiality. She is currently qualified to Level 3 and has training in counselling skills and counselling studies - which involved many hours of practice whilst being observed. Jacqui is offering her services free of charge, although donations may be made to the Church.

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If you are interested in using this free and confidential service please contact Joseph on 0794 747 5212 to arrange and informal meeting to discuss your needs

The Independent - Peoples Spiritualist Church

Run by the People - For the People