Counselling and Support Service

Hospice in the Weald recognises that having a terminal illness or a life limiting condition and living with all the implications of this as well as having treatment and possible side effects can be physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually challenging.

Similarly, we appreciate that it can be a difficult time for family and friends as they embrace a new role of caring for their loved one or coming to terms with life without their loved one following their death.

The Counselling and Support Service provides a number of ways to support patients and those important to them and the details of these can be found below. We are committed to offering compassionate, personalised and holistic care. Support is available to patients and to those important to them, free of charge. Sessions are 50 minutes long and usually take place weekly.

All our support can be offered face to face, over the phone and online via video call (Zoom). We can also support clients who may struggle to communicate by offering non-verbal support, for example through a chat function whilst online.

Please contact the Counselling and Support Service to find out about 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 820525 or email counselling@hospiceintheweald.org.uk.