Counselling for College Staff

The University Counselling Service comprises both a Student Counselling Service and a Staff Counselling Service.

The Service is not funded to see College staff, but we are able to offer a single session in the Student Counselling Service to staff who have a College contract. This would normally be to help you find suitable support elsewhere.

Sometimes a consultation appointment is useful as an opportunity to discuss your situation in confidence. If counselling seems an appropriate way forward, College staff can then:

• Ask their GP for a referral
• Contact one of the local agencies providing counselling in the Cambridge area (see details below)
• Find a private counsellor or therapist via the BACP, UKCP or BABCP websites (see details below)
• See their line manager or College Personnel officer to ask whether the college could fund private counselling

N.B. If you have a University contract as well as being employed by a College, you can be seen in the Staff Counselling Service. Please follow the Staff Counselling link on the left to arrange to be seen.

Useful websites

The following professional counselling organisations' websites can be used to find counsellors & therapists working privately in the locality:

British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
http://www.babcp.com

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)
http://www.bacp.co.uk

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
http://www.psychotherapy.org.uk

Local agencies with self-referral and low-cost schemes:

The Cogwheel Trust

47-51 Norfolk Street, Cambridge CB1 2LD.
Tel/Fax: 01223 464385
Email: cwt@btconnect.com
http://www.cogwheel.org.uk

Offers a wide range of counselling and consultancy resources for individuals, couples, families and groups. Children and adults alike.

Relate Cambridge

3 Brooklands Ave, Cambridge CB2 8BB.
Tel: 01223 357424
Open Mon-Fri: 9am-9pm; Sat: 9am-1pm
http://www.relatecambridge.org.uk/

Support and counselling for individuals or couples experiencing relationship difficulties. Sex therapy service and drop-in counselling also available. Open to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.

The Cambridge Society for Psychotherapy

Tel: 01223 510229
http://www.cambridge-psychotherapy.org.uk

The Cambridgeshire Consultancy in Counselling

Tel: 01223 233047
http://www.cambridgeshirecounselling.org.uk

Parkside Counselling Group

Tel: 01223 242029