COUNSELLING
NEW MALDEN COUNSELLING SERVICE
METHODIST CHURCH
49 HIGH STREET
NEW MALDEN
SURREY
KT3 4BY
Tel. 020 8287 0900
AIMS
New Malden Counselling Service was started in 1995 by some committed
people working in association with the Methodist Church. Our vision was to
provide a professional counselling service. This has been achieved through
bringing together a group of counsellors with different backgrounds and
experience. Although based at a church, the Counselling Service is an
independent body and is open to everyone. The service is confidential.
THE
SERVICE
The Service offers general counselling enabling individuals to work
through personal problems.
What sort of problems?
It
could be
the loss of
a relationship in life or death
the loss of a role in the family or at work
the loss of an ability through accident
or
illness
it could be
uncertainty about difficult choices or a feeling of paralysis about moving
forward with a particular issue there may be problems resulting from low self
esteem
It is difficult to cover all possible areas of need. Our counsellors are
fully trained or in the last stages of training (where they are building up
their experience) and bring skill and sensitivity to their work.
THE
PROCESS
You
can contact the Counselling Service yourself. If you prefer contact can also be
made through a GP or other representative. An initial interview is given to
assess the suitability of our service. The Service is part of a wider network of
helping agencies and can often redirect people to other groups and resources.
The help we give consists of weekly sessions of fifty minutes which will
continue for an agreed period. These sessions take place in dedicated rooms at
New Malden Methodist Church. Every attempt is made to chose a counsellor who is
best suited to an individual's need.
FURTHER
INFORMATION
If you would like further information about the Counselling
Service, please write to the address on the front of this leaflet. Simple
telephone messages can be left on a confidential answering machine which is
listened to daily. We are always happy to ring back appropriately.
THE
COSTS
The
Counselling Service is a non-profit making organisation. The costs in running
the service are reclaimed through fees which are charged at appropriate rates.
These are negotiated at the initial interview. Whatever people can afford
contributes to the service and signifies the value placed in it by its users.
THE FUTURE
The Counselling Service is developing all the time. At present we offer
counselling to individuals, but we are open to other ways of working with
people, and would want to respond to whatever needs present themselves.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Counsellors subscribe to the British Association for Counselling's Code
of Ethics. All personal information shared with a counsellor is confidential to
the Service. No information will be disclosed to a third party without the prior
permission of the individual concerned, unless in exceptional circumstances e.g.
requirements of a Court of Law.
HOW TO FIND US
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