Counselling and Emotional Support

We all experience times in our lives when things seem to If you require counselling from someone who is bi-lingual get on top of us. At such times, it can help to talk to or of a particular culture, please ring us and we will try to someone about our feelings and how we are affected. find an appropriate service. As a carer, even with friends and relatives offering support, we may feel that nobody really understands Al-Anon Family Groups what we are going through. Helpline: 0207 403 0888 Website http://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/ What is Counselling? Email: [email protected] Counselling is an opportunity for you to express your These groups provide understanding and support to experiences in a safe, supportive and confidential setting, anyone whose life is, or has been, affected by someone to someone who is trained to listen and empathise with else’s drinking. They have three groups which meet in the your situation. It can offer a way of helping you to explore Trafford area, your options.  Friday at 8pm at the Sale United Reform church, Counselling is not the same as being offered advice or M33 3BU being told what to do. Your counsellor will not offer any  Tuesday at 8pm at Sale Moor Community Centre, easy solutions. However, by talking over your feelings, you Norris Road, Sale, M33 2TM can gain a clearer understanding of what is happening in  Sunday at 7pm at Sale Moor Community Centre, your life. Norris Road, Sale , M33 2TN You don’t need to be depressed to see a counsellor. People come to counselling for a variety of different Alzheimer's Society Support Groups reasons. Because we use volunteer counsellors, we cannot Address: Dunham House, Cross Street, Sale M33 7HH offer you counselling if you have a mental illness. Tel: 0161 962 4769

Email: [email protected] Who is the Counsellor? Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk Trafford Carers Centre works in partnership with trainee counsellors from local further education colleges. The counsellors will be in diploma level training or above and Cruse Bereavement Care their work will be professionally supervised. The Cruse National Helpline is staffed by trained bereavement support volunteers and offer emotional How do I make an Appointment? support to anyone affected by a bereavement. A helpline worker can make a counselling referral over the Helpline: 0808 808 1677 phone or a caseworker may refer you when they come out Website: www.cruse.org.uk and see you. Our administrator will then contact you as Email: [email protected] soon as possible to make an initial appointment. At busy The telephone helpline is open Monday-Friday 9.30-5pm times we may need to operate a waiting list but we will (excluding bank holidays) keep you informed. Sometimes our waiting list can be up Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30-8pm. to six months long. At your initial meeting, the counsellor will explain about Being There confidentiality and how the sessions will work. Offers care and support for people living with cancer, their Counselling sessions will typically last for 50 minutes and carers and families in the Trafford area. will be at the Carers Centre or at other community Tel: 0161 747 2452 Helpline: 0845 123 23 29 locations. Website: www.beingthere.org.uk/

The Centre will normally offer about five/six sessions with Child Death Helpline a counsellor. It is unusual to see a counsellor for longer A telephone support service offering emotional support than this period, however further sessions could be for parents and others affected by the death of a child, offered if the counsellor feels it would be beneficial. from pre-birth to adult. We will try to find a location which is convenient for you Tel: 0800 282 986 Mobile: 08088006019 and the counsellor. If you are unable to attend an Website: www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk appointment please ring us on 0161 848 2400 so that we can give your slot to another carer who may need it.

Trafford Carers Centre, 1st Floor, 19B School Road, Sale, M33 7XX 0161 848 2400 Registered Charity No: 1102075 Company Ltd By Guarantee No: 4695523 @TraffordCarers www.traffordcarerscentre.org.uk /Traffordcarers The Counselling & Family Centre GP Counselling Tel: 0161 941 7754 (counselling) You also may be able to access a free counselling service Website: www.counsellingandfamilycentre.co.uk through your GP. Please contact your GP for further details

Self Help Services Private Counselling Tel: 0161 226 3871 Private counselling can also be accessed through Fax: 0161 877 2740 counsellors advertised in your local yellow pages. Email: pws.manchester@selfhelpservices.org.uk Website: www.selfhelpservices.org.uk Diversity Counselling Service Offer a range of user-led support groups, dealing with Tel: 0161 434 7800 issues such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders and Website: www.pakistani-resource.org.uk self-esteem. A free and confidential counselling service to individuals of

Black and Minority Ethnic heritage aged 18+ who have Manchester Rape Crisis been a witness or victim of crime. Tel: 0161 273 4500

Email: [email protected] Counselling Directory Address: The Pankhurst Centre, 60-62 Nelson Street, Website: www.counselling-directory.org.uk Manchester, M13 9WP The purpose of the site is to provide the UK with a huge A service for women and girls who have experienced rape or sexual abuse. counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their

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Helpline: 0844 967 4848 Youth Helpline: 01753 840393 BluSci Crisis Helpline: 01952 680835 (This is a recorded Tel: 0161 912 4828 message available 24 hours). Address: 54-56 Seymour Grove, Old Trafford M16 0LN Email: [email protected] Web: www.bluesci.org.uk Website: www.nopanic.org.uk Blue SCI offers a range of therapeutic intervention Offer practical help to those who suffer from phobias, including low intensity CBT (Cognitive behaviour therapy), obsessive compulsive disorder, general anxiety, panic Counselling and guided self - help. attacks Trafford MS Therapy Centre The Samaritans Address: The Cornerhouse, Fourth Ave, Trafford Park, Helpline:08457 90 90 90 M16 1BD Local: 0161 236 8000 Tel: 0161 872 9444 Text: 07725 90 90 90 Web: www.tmstc.org Email: [email protected] Macmillan Wellbeing Centre Provides counselling to people from across Tel: 0161 746 2080 Trafford who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Website: www.macmillancentretrafford.org Help patients, family members, carers aged 18+, residents Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF) in Trafford, or registered with a Trafford GP. Address: Number 5 Richmond Street, Manchester M1 3HF Trafford Rape Crisis (TRC) Phone: 0345 3 30 30 30 Tel: 0800 783 4608 Web: http://lgbt.foundation/About-us/Contact-us/ Website: www.traffordrapecrisis.com Email: [email protected] A service that supports any women in Trafford who have People of all ages consider counselling for a variety of experienced rape, sexual abuse or any other form of reasons such as coming out, struggling to accept their unwanted sex, no matter when or where it took place. sexuality, experiencing problems in their relationship or They have a dedicated call back service for Black and feeling anxious or depressed. Asian women on 0800 434 6484. Greater Manchester South: Relate Centre Trafford Victim Support Address: 346 Chester Road, Cornbrook, Manchester, Helpline: 08 08 16 89 111 M16 9EZ Local: 0161 912 3238 Tel: 0300 003 2331 Victim Care Unit: 0161 200 1950 Website: www.relategms.co.uk Email: [email protected] Website: www.victimsupport.org.uk The Centre can provide you with relationship and family counselling, as well as sex therapy and counselling for young people aged 10-25.