Counselling

What is Counselling?

The aim of counselling is to give you a safe place to come to talk with a trained and experienced person in order to try to work through what you are feeling and finding difficult to handle.

You might be having difficulties with relationship or having family problems. Or finding it hard to cope with angry feelings, or sadness or depression. You might have been physically or sexually abused, or have memories of distressing experiences. Someone close to you might have died. Or you might be unhappy and want someone to talk to.

Someone you know may have suggested counselling or you may have heard about it yourself. Essentially counselling means having someone to talk to in a supportive and safe place in a way which helps you understand yourself better.

The Saheliya counselling service is free to enable anyone coming for counselling to understand themselves better and more able to cope with their difficulties or distress. Counselling is provided in English and a variety of Black/Minority Ethnic languages. Counselling is voluntary - you decide that you want to see a counsellor and then you are responsible for keeping your appointment with your counsellor or phoning us to tell us if you can't.

Free childcare is offered for under 5's.

Counselling at Saheliya is provided by:
Trained and experienced Black/Minority Ethnic female counsellors who have an understanding of issues of race, gender, culture ad how these impact on the mental health of Black and Minority Ethnic women living in Scotland. The counsellors receive regular support, supervision and ongoing training. All Saheliya counsellors work the British Association for Counselling code of ethics and practice.