Counselling Service Counselling can offer you the opportunity to talk over your difficulties with someone who is caring but completely impartial. Counselling can play an important role in helping you to find strategies to deal with difficulties and problems. Currently we have 20 counsellors and so far this year (01/04/09 to 31/01/10) we have completed 726 counselling hours and seen 89 clients. The Caring Role Caring is often rewarding but can also be demanding and isolating. Carers often experience mixed emotions about their caring role. There can be situations and/or issues which lead carers to: Feel angry or confused Have difficulty adjusting to the caring role Feel stressed and unhappy Feel anxious about the future and about decisions to be made Need time to be listened to Experience distress due to inability to continue caring Experience distress through loss and bereavement Is the Counselling Service for You? Here at CLASP we offer a professionally trained and supervised volunteer counselling service for carers. A counsellor can offer you regular appointments - arranged at a convenient time and place to suit your needs - a listening ear; provide emotional support and/or refer you to other services provided by CLASP. Counselling can offer you the opportunity to talk over your difficulties with someone who is completely impartial and caring. Counselling Sessions: Are confidential Last for one hour per session - usually weekly Generally take place at the Carers Centre BUT may be arranged at a mutually agreeable location. All CLASP Volunteer Counsellors: Receive regular supervision Have obtained, or are training towards, their Diploma in Counselling Have obtained, or are working towards, accreditation from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Are bound by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy's 'Framework for Good Practice.' How to Access the Counselling Service Anyone who is a carer can access CLASP's Counselling Service by ringing the Carers Centre on 0116 2510999 or click contact us. The Counselling Service is free, but we are grateful for any donations towards running this service.