Counselling support
Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, loss or bereavement, work related stress or a range of other emotions impacting on your day-to-day life?
It may seem hard to reach out for support, but it’s important to remember that it’s okay to ask for help and you deserve to get the support you need.
Counselling allows you the opportunity to talk about issues affecting your life in a safe and confidential environment. It can help you to explore your thoughts and feelings in order to change behaviours and achieve your goals. This can lead to positive change with increased self-confidence, self-esteem and the ability to face the future.
Our free counselling service is for individuals aged 18 and above registered with a GP in Hull. This service is provided in collaboration with NHS Hull Talking Therapies and may have a waiting list due to its high demand. For East Riding, you will need to contact NHS East Riding Talking Therapies.
More information can be found below.
For private counselling, click here.
NHS Talking Therapies
Counselling is a talking therapy that involves a trained therapist listening to you and helping you find ways to deal with emotional issues. This can be offered as part of the NHS Talking Therapies scheme.
For Hull Residents
You can self-refer through the NHS Hull Talking Therapies (formerly Let’s Talk) website by clicking here. Alternatively, you can telephone 01482 247111.
For East Riding Residents
If you live in the East Riding, you can refer yourself into the NHS East Riding Talking Therapies service by calling 01482 335451 or you can self-refer online here.
UKSPF Exploring Opportunities East Riding
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind are working in partnership with Humber Learning Consortium (HLC) delivering counselling as part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Exploring Opportunities East Riding (EOER) programme, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).
This is an employment programme, aimed at economically inactive and unemployed adults and young people (16+) living in the East Riding of Yorkshire area. The programme aims to progress beneficiaries into employment or further learning by providing a support package that helps address their barriers to employment, e.g., debt advice, mental health issues, personal development, social activities, employability skills, self-employment advice and support, volunteering, work experience, ICT, literacy and numeracy support, and job search.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind deliver counselling services to participants on the programme who are experiencing difficulties relating to their mental health. Participants can access to one-to-one sessions with the same qualified counsellor and take place at various locations in the East Riding area or online.
For further information, or to discuss a referral, please contact an Exploring Opportunities East Riding Key Worker from one of the programme partners:
- ActivFirst (Bridlington area)
- East Riding Council (ER-wide)
- Shores (Withernsea)
- Two Rivers Community Pantry (Goole)
- Working for Health (Cottingham)
- Yorkshire in Business (ER-wide)
