Counselling is an opportunity to share your thoughts, feelings and experiences which you may not feel able to share with loved ones. Counselling is a talking therapy and can help bring a new understanding to your situation and the challenges and changes that this may bring.
Whether you are the person with the illness or you are supporting that person, counselling is a chance to share and explore feelings or experiences with a trained therapist, who will listen without judgement.
It is an opportunity to help you find ways of coping with change and face the challenging effects of loss. We provide integrative counselling; this draws on techniques from different types of therapy in a way that is tailored specifically for you.
Time-to-Be is a an alternative to more traditional counselling and can offer support to those who feel counselling may not be quite appropriate for themselves. Time to Be is a model of care which involves you in finding your own ways to cope with, and talk about, loss and bereavement. It includes learning about relaxation and breathing techniques and about creating space for yourself.
Support for Families We can provide support and information for parents, grandparents and carers on how to talk to children, in relation to patients receiving Hospice care.
Consultations provide a space for family members or partners to speak together with a counsellor about their situation and any difficulties they may be facing.
CBT First Aid is focussed support to help you address a specific issue that is causing you distress or inconvenience and help you achieve a clear goal.
Tea Junctions are informal social gatherings where recently bereaved carers, family and friends are invited to come together so they can meet others who are going through a similar experience. We provide tea, coffee and a warm welcome and, most importantly, the opportunity to talk.
People often value the opportunity to meet others in a similar situation as well as the chance to enquire about further support available. Tea Junctions are held once a month at the Hospice and loved ones are invited within three months of bereavement.
Please contact the Counselling and Support Service to find out about all of our services.
Your first appointment will be an opportunity to meet with a counsellor and discuss your situation in confidence. If you then decide that counselling may be helpful, arrangements will be made for you to meet with a counsellor on a weekly basis for an agreed number of sessions. To book an introductory appointment, ring the Counselling and Support Service on 01892 820 554 or email jane.pantony@hospiceintheweald.org.uk.
It can be challenging talking to children and young people, especially when the subject is terminal illness or bereavement. You may feel anxious or uneasy in discussing these subjects and it is easy to put off the conversation.
If this is the case, the Counselling and Support Service would like to help you.
