Counsellors
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CSCounselling
Ilford
Essex
Phone 07535 261757
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Useful organisations
Cardinal Heenan Centre, 326 High Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1QP
helpline: 020 8478 3400, tel. 020 8262 8891
web: www.anxietycare.org.uk
Helps people to recover from anxiety disorders
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
The Globe Centre, PO Box 9, Accrington BB5 0XB
tel. 01254 875 277
web:www.babcp.com
Can provide details of accredited therapists
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
BACP House, 35 37 Albert Street, Rugby CV21 2SG
tel. 0870 443 5252
web: www.bacp.co.uk
Contact for details of local practitioners
The British Psychological Society
St Andrews House, 48 Princess Road East, Leicester LE1 7DR
tel. 0116 254 9568
web:www.bps.org.uk
Produces a directory of chartered psychologists
First Steps to Freedom
1 Taylor Close, Kenilworth CV8 2LW
helpline: 0845 120 2916, tel. 01926 864 473
web:www.first-steps.org
Offers practical help to those who suffer from anxiety problems
The Institute for Complementary Medicine (ICM)
PO Box 194, London SE16 7QZ
tel. 020 7237 5165
web: www.i-c-m.org.uk
Has a register of professional, competent practitioners
National Phobics Society
Zion CRC, 339 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 4ZY
tel. 0870 770 0456
web: www.phobics-society.org.uk
Support, help and information for those with anxiety disorders.
NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence)
MidCity Place,71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6NA
web: www.nice.org.uk
Contact for copies of guidelines for doctors and medical staff on caring for people with generalised anxiety disorder.
No Panic
93 Brands Farm Way, Telford, Shropshire TF3 2JQ
helpline: 0808 808 0545, tel. 01952 590 005
web:www.nopanic.org.uk
Provides a helpline, step-by-step programmes, and support for those with anxiety disorders
Triumph Over Phobia (TOP UK)
PO Box 3760, Bath BA2 3WY
tel. 0845 600 9601, web: www.triumphoverphobia.com
Helpline and network of structured self-help groups for people experiencing phobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
167 169 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PF
tel. 020 7436 3002
web: www.psychotherapy.org.uk
A membership body of almost 80 psychotherapy organisations in the UK. Maintains a voluntary register of qualified psychotherapists.
Relationships
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - www.refuge.org.uk and 24-hour National Domestic Violence Helpline FREEPHONE 0808 2000 247
The Helpline is run in partnership between Refuge and Women's Aid and is available seven days a week for women experiencing domestic violence. Calls are confidential and are handled by fully-trained female workers who provide support, information and a listening ear. Abused women and their children can gain access to a network of refuges across the UK via this helpline.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - male victims - www.parents4protest.co.uk
Although this site is mainly for male victims, it also has lots of useful information for anybody who is suffering, or has suffered, any form of domestic abuse - adults and children.
DIVORCE AID - www.divorceaid.co.uk
This is an excellent site with some very interesting articles and it's full of hints, tips and useful information - especially on legal matters.
BBC HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS - www.bbc.co.uk/relationships
Thus is a site dedicated to a range of health and relationship issues, including handling conflict, coping with change, sexual problems, and domestic violence.
CARE FOR THE FAMILY - www.careforthefamily.org.uk
Care for the Family aims to promote strong family life and to help those who are forming step-families.
FAMILIES NEED FATHERS - www.fnf.org.uk
Families Need Fathers is chiefly concerned about the problems of maintaining a child's relationship with both parents before and after family breakdown.
DOMESTIC ABUSE - male victims - www.mankind.org.uk HELPLINE 0870 794 4124
If you are a man suffering from domestic abuse and require a safe place to stay, you can also call 01643 863352 to arrange for a referral to a refuge.
ONE PARENT FAMILIES - www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk or 0800 018502
Practical information for lone parents: childcare, employment, money issues, children's behaviour; also lists other useful organisations.
FEGANS CHILD and FAMILY CARE - www.fegans.org.uk
Child focussed with the priority being on their wellbeing. Working in the community, mainly within Kent and East Sussex, they undertake counselling services, child and family support, pre-school facilities, schools work and training. They underline the value of the family, working with parents, or those with parental responsibility, especially in times of crisis.
RELATE - www.relate.org.uk
A statutory body that deals with relationship crisis and providing couple counselling. Also, under the name RELATEEN, provides a service for young people.
SELF-HELP UK - www.self-help.org.uk
Provides a searchable database of over 1,000 self-help organisations and support groups across the UK that offer support, guidance and advice to patients, carers and their relatives.
WOMEN'S AID - www.womensaid.org.uk and CHILDREN - www.thehideout.org.uk also 24-hour National Domestic Violence Helpline - FREEPHONE 0808 2000 247
The Helpline is run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge. Women's Aid is the national domestic violence charity that co-ordinates and supports an England-wide network of over 500 local services, working to end violence against women and children and supporting over 200,000 women and children each year.
NOVO VITAE - www.zizzoo.com/guides/depression
A site dedicated to people suffering from depression.
FRIENDS FIRST - www.friends1st.co.uk
A Christian agency promoting friendship and companionship.
COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW GROUP - www.collablaw.org.uk
A body of lawyers promoting a less adversarial, more solution-focussed approach to resolving divorce and family dispute.
