Counselling

Counselling in Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Lewis Psychology CIC is an award winning ethical business and the only counselling service in Wolverhampton to gain Service Accreditation status with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). BACP Service Accreditation demands the highest standards of practice in the counselling and psychotherapy profession and is considered by many to be the highest honour in the field.

The BACP Service Accreditation helps the public and practitioners identify services providing a high standard of counselling and psychotherapy. It sets the standard to which all counselling and psychotherapy services can aspire to and demonstrates a commitment to excellence.

What is Counselling?

Counselling provides an opportunity to explore various aspects of your life, feelings and behaviour, talking about them in a way that is rarely possible with friends or family. The counsellor will help you to explore the issues that are proving troublesome and to find ways of moving forward.

In this world there are many different types of experience that can be difficult to cope with. Sometimes we are stopped in our tracks by an event or situation that we do not, at the time, have the resources to sort out. Counselling can prove useful at such times.

Issues That People Bring To Counselling

Stress
Anxiety
Depression
Relationship problems
Anger management
Low self esteem
Eating disorders
Bereavement
Sexual issues
Trauma
Unexplained medical symptoms
Chronic illness and/or disability
Domestic abuse
Phobias
Lack of meaning in life
Gender identity

Conflict with management and/or colleagues
Rape and sexual assault
Health anxiety
Physical injury
Weight management
Family conflict
Bullying and harassment
Work stress
Parenting issues
Lack of assertiveness
Career issues
Suicidal feelings
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Sexuality
Disability

The above list is not exhaustive. Our team of professional counsellors deal with many issues that are not listed.

How Can Counselling Help?

With the aid of counselling, individuals can think, feel, and respond more effectively at home, at work and in social situations.

Counselling can help in a number of ways:

Recover from debilitating emotional states
Improve relationships
Recover from trauma or abuse
Improve work satisfaction
Find rewarding work
Communicate with others in an easier and more constructive way
Develop effective coping strategies
Strengthen self-esteem and self-confidence
Understand thoughts, and feelings that cause difficulties and/or distress
Feel more in control of your life
Realise possibility for change
Make healthy life choices
Get solutions instead of going round and round in circles
Recognise and address destructive patterns or addictions
Examine the impact of change and loss
Achieve goals and develop solutions for resolving problems

The above list is not exhaustive. People report many additional changes as a result of counselling.

Referrals

Our clients come to us via several routes:

The general public: Individuals can contact us directly to arrange a counselling appointment.
Organisations: An organisation may contact us to arrange counselling for one or more of their staff.
Health insurance providers: A number of our therapists are registered with major health insurance companies. Please ask about this when you get in touch.
Other professionals: A professional such as GP, solicitor or social worker may contact us to arrange counselling for one or more of their clients.

Session Fees

Payment is made at the end of each session via cash or cheque. For further details of our pricing structure for our self-funding clients (the general public) please click: Fees

If you are an organisation, GP, social worker or other third party referral agent please telephone our Wolverhampton counselling practice for further details or our corporate pricing structure.

Make an Appointment for Counselling

If you would like to arrange an appointment, make a referral or require further information about counselling please telephone our Wolverhampton counselling practice on: 01902 827808. Alternatively fill out our online contact form.

For information regarding our opening hours please click: Practice opening hours

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