FREE Counselling

Counselling is a confidential helping activity whereby through the use of active listening you are empowered to help yourself, face your issues and develop strategies for coping with them.

Who can access Counselling?

The short answer, is anyone and everyone.  We currently take clients from any age or  gender, or indeed any background at all.

What type of Counselling do we offer?

Currently we offer a mixture of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Person Centred Therapy, as well as some Psychodynamic and Gestalt Therapies.

Is there an initial assessment?

Yes, all of our clients are fully assessed before counselling commences.  This is to make sure that counselling is the right choice for you and also to ensure that your therapeutic journey with us is as safe and effective as it can be.  The initial assessment is done as part of the first appointment and usually consists of paperwork and you getting to know your therapist.

Getting started is easy; simply click here to complete the referral form and you will be contacted to book your first session.

Personal Therapy For Students:

We are pleased to now offer Personal Therapy to Counselling Students, which some training establishments mandate as part of their courses.

If you would like to book personal therapy with Arcus; please complete and submit a referral form.

We want to reach as many people as possible with what we are doing!

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Clinical Supervision means that a counsellor or psychotherapist uses the services of another counsellor or psychotherapist to review their work with clients, their professional development, and often their personal development as well. Supervision is a professional service, rather than a managerial role, and for counsellors who work in institutions, supervision and management will normally be entirely separate. The supervisor acts not as a ‘boss’, but as a consultant.

If you are a trainee or qualified counsellor, contact us to see how we can deliver your clinical supervision.

07434794059

Contact@arcuslgbt.com

Be Represented! Join the Arcus Forum

Arcus forum is a regular meeting made up members of the LGBT+ community, Arcus and a representative from Darlington Borough Council.

We meet regularly to discuss issues facing the LGBT+ community with the aim of building community resilience and opening up conversations with local services and amenities to address inequalities and problems faced by the LGBT+ Community in and around Darlington.

Arcus forum is open to anyone who is LGBT+ and lives in and around Darlington. If you would like to join the forum and come to the next meeting please sign up to our mailing list.

Arcus recognises the importance of LGBT+ education and awareness in everything that we do.  We also want to roll this out to anyone who wishes to take advantage of it.  By working together with organisations it is our aim to encourage them to become an LGBT+ Champion. 

The benefits to the organisation:

• Assistance to produce and maintain inclusive policies & procedures
• Organisation will demonstrate inclusive involvement within the staff team
• Organisation will  demonstrate successful engagement of Allies/LGBT+ Support Networks
• Organisation will demonstrate effective managerial Support of LGBT+ People
• Organisation will achieve better LGBT+ Public Engagement
• Organisation will receive free publicity about their achievement
• Organisation will receive free advertising through our social media
• Organisation will receive updated and realistic training in LGBT+ awareness
• Organisation will gain recognition as being an LGBT+ Champion
• Organisation will be able to work competently, sensitively and effectively with LGBT + people

What is the process:

To begin with the LGBT+ Awareness Education is booked and delivered –  4 hour course, content of which includes:

• What is LGBT+
• Defining Equality and Diversity
• Sex, Gender Spectrum and Identities
• Challenges to the equality and diversity of LGBT people
• Discrimination
• Mental Health & Self Harm
• Hate Crime & LGBT+ Wellbeing
• Legal Landmarks
• Importance of Allies
• Putting Theory into Practice
• Then, the Evidence based agreement paperwork is completed

What happens after the training:

• Presentation of award takes place
• LGBT+ Champions logo is made freely available for promotional purposes
• The organisation receives publicity across Arcus social media
• Press release is drafted for local press
• All participants in the training receive an individual certificate of achievement
• Copies of presentation & glossary are circulated
• An increased public profile with relation to the organisations Equality and Diversity

What is the cost and how do we book?

The cost is negotiable depending on the organisations budget and whether or not they are a charity, etc.

Getting started is easy; simply contact us and we will discuss how we can help you.

(The training is also available on an individual one to one basis)

Current Award Holders Roll of Honour:

Listed below are the organisations that have successfully completed our LGBT Champions Scheme and are the proud holders of their very own LGBT Champion Award

• Primary Healthcare Darlington 
• Mangobean Darlington 
• William Brown Medical Centre 
• Alzheimer’s Society Durham & Chester-le-Street Local Service Office 
• Family Help Darlington CIO
• The Boot and Shoe, Darlington
• Haughton Academy at The Education Village, Darlington
• Park Wellbeing 
• Bluebell Medical Centre

Inner Being Therapy is one of the Counsellors who make up part of our Co-operative; you can read about them here:

Welcome to Inner Being Therapy! My name is Bridget and I am a qualified and professional counsellor. I have experience in working with adults and young people with a variety of issues.

– Are you feeling depressed?
– Are you feeling anxious?
– Are you feeling stressed?

“ Let’s get talking and end the stigma of mental health! “

I offer a safe, confidential and comfortable environment, to support you to get through this difficult time. I will help you to develop coping strategies and tools to move forward. We will work together with you to build self-esteem and confidence

To find out more about my service you can visit http://www.innerbeing.info/

If you’d like to refer yourself directly through Arcus you can do so by completing a referral form

BRIDGET CHAPMAN,

FdA, Counselling, MBACP

07902 618400 – innerbeingtherapy3@gmail.com

Waterfall Wellbeing is one of the members of our Counselling Co-Operative; you can read about them here:

Sarah Henderson – Waterfall Wellbeing

Hello and welcome.  I am Sarah a fully qualified Counsellor and a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and I uphold its Ethical Framework.  I have substantial experience of working with both Adults and young people, especially within the LGBT+ community. 

I offer confidential, genuine and non-judgemental face to face personal therapy and my work is predominately Person-Centred, meaning the emphasis is on you as an individual and you wholly.  We shall work together to build upon a therapeutic relationship which will help to develop your own understanding of self.   

My role as a counsellor is not to offer advice but to assist people gain an insight into their feelings and behaviours.  I help people identify and achieve their personal goals by coping with the issues that are causing them distress, anxiety and stress.  There may be times within my practice whereby I integrate other therapies such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), but this depends on the individual client’s needs. I take great pride in the progress and success of my clients and look forward to helping you. 

If you want to make a referral you can do this by completing the Arucs referral form and marking it for my attention. You can access the form by clicking here.

Counselling is a confidential helping activity whereby through the use of active listening you are empowered to help yourself, face your issues and develop strategies for coping with them.

Who can access Counselling?

The short answer, is anyone and everyone.  We currently take clients from any age or  gender, or indeed any background at all.

What type of Counselling do we offer?

Currently we offer a mixture of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Person Centred Therapy, as well as some Psychodynamic and Gestalt Therapies.

Is there an initial assessment?

Yes, all of our clients are fully assessed before counselling commences.  This is to make sure that counselling is the right choice for you and also to ensure that your therapeutic journey with us is as safe and effective as it can be.  The initial assessment is done as part of the first appointment and usually consists of paperwork and you getting to know your therapist.

Getting started is easy; simply click here to complete the referral form and you will be contacted to book your first session.

Personal Therapy For Students:

We are pleased to now offer Personal Therapy to Counselling Students, which some training establishments mandate as part of their courses.

If you would like to book personal therapy with Arcus; please complete and submit a referral form.

We want to reach as many people as possible with what we are doing!

To subscribe to our mailing list, to receive our news-letter, information and advice, interesting articles and other import news and announcements; please enter your your email address below; don’t worry, you can always unsubscribe later using the link in the emails.

TO SIGN UP CLICK HERE

PLEASE SHARE THIS AND ASK OTHERS TO SIGN UP TOO!

Clinical Supervision means that a counsellor or psychotherapist uses the services of another counsellor or psychotherapist to review their work with clients, their professional development, and often their personal development as well. Supervision is a professional service, rather than a managerial role, and for counsellors who work in institutions, supervision and management will normally be entirely separate. The supervisor acts not as a ‘boss’, but as a consultant.

If you are a trainee or qualified counsellor, contact us to see how we can deliver your clinical supervision.

07434794059

Contact@arcuslgbt.com