Counselling service
The St John’s counselling service supports individuals with a life-limiting illness and their families, offering high-quality, personalised care that addresses emotional, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. It aims to empower individuals and carers by providing tailored support.
Who are we?
The counselling and bereavement service is led by a lead counsellor, supported by qualified counsellors and volunteer counsellors.
What is counselling?
Counselling takes place in a private, confidential setting where a counsellor helps clients explore difficulties such as distress, dissatisfaction, or a loss of direction and purpose.
It aims to support individuals in making choices, creating change, or reducing confusion, without giving advice or directing a specific path.
Counsellors offer a non-judgmental space to help clients process overwhelming emotions like anger, anxiety, grief, and embarrassment, providing insight and understanding.
What does bereavement counselling involve?
The loss of a significant person can trigger a wide range of reactions, which is completely normal. Some people cope and process their grief, while others may struggle with their emotions, making it harder to move forward.
Counselling can assist individuals in managing grief by exploring challenging thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
There is no set timeline for starting bereavement counselling. In some cases, the counsellor may reach out before or shortly after the loss to offer support, while in others, counselling may begin later.
Who is counselling available to?
The counselling service is confidential and available to individuals over the age of eighteen who are:
- patients with cancer or a life limiting condition
- carers, family members, friends, and children of individuals with cancer or a life limiting condition
The service offers various counselling options, including bereavement, one-to-one, family, and couple counselling, as needed.
To accommodate different needs, appointments are available face-to-face, by phone, or online.
Contact St John’s counselling
Page last reviewed: November 27, 2024
Next review due: November 27, 2025
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