Individual counselling at the heart of the service.
The Epsom Counselling Service (ECS), providing individual and couple counselling and therapy in Epsom, commenced in 1999. Its aim to offer affordable, easily accessible counselling and therapy in a confidential and safe environment.
The ECS is situated at the Epsom Methodist Church in the centre of Epsom. We offer counselling and therapy in Epsom, and surrounding areas in Surrey, to all members of the community whatever faith, personal belief or denomination.
We continue to offer individual counselling at the heart of our service, providing support to clients in difficulty. Additionally, the practitioners can offer psychotherapeutic help especially if client and counsellor choose to develop their therapy, looking deeper at issues that may come to light.
The ECS provides a counselling and therapy service to Epsom and Ewell, though clients often come from further afield; Banstead, Kingston, Sutton, Esher, Cobham, Leatherhead, Ashtead, Redhill, Reigate and Dorking.
Clients seek counselling and therapy for a wide range of difficulties some of which are listed below:
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As part of the wider range, at the formal end of the services available, ECS also offers couples counselling .
Whilst for those people who want to further develop their understanding of self and others, but not wishing to commit fully into a formal counselling relationship, the service offers a ‘psychologically minded’ Reading Group as well as a varied range of workshops, seminars and lectures.
For qualified and ’in training’ counsellors the ECS offers peer network and support groups, lectures, seminars and workshops toward continuing professional development (CPD certificates provided), offering affordable support within a professional environment. Practitioners are also welcome to particpate in the Reading Group.
About Us
The counselling team is led by experienced, qualified, professional practitioners who are accredited members of the UK’s leading counselling regulatory body, the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
The team members are qualified or are in their last years of training on a BACP accredited training course, leading to either an advanced diploma or degree in Integrative counselling. The Epsom Counselling Service is proud to have retained its strong links with the counselling faculty at Kingston College, a leading counsellor training establishment in the South East. All team members are regularly supervised by experienced, senior BACP or UKCP accredited supervisors.
The Epsom Counselling Service is pleased to be working in association with East Surrey NHS through their Primary Care service, First Steps
Seminars, lectures and workshops are run either ‘in house’ or by invited guest speakers, practitioners and health professionals.
What’s New?
27th July, 2010
Coming for the 2010/2011 academic year
Working with a ‘Couple Dynamic’
A must for all those interested in furthering their knowledge on couple relatedness with its associated impact on the client in counselling, whether presenting as an individual or as a couple.
A series of six one day workshops, monthly, on a Friday, aimed at practitioners seeking an initial training in the couple dynamic. Full details can be found on the seminars, workshops and lectures page.
The course fee per student for the full six sessions is £290 with a 10% discount available for full payment prior to commencement. Places are limited – expected to be no more than ten participants.
The course tutor is Ruth Morgan MA a senior practitioner, trainer and supervisor with a wealth of experience working in the field. Ruth is a Relate-trained couples counsellor.
Please Note: There are now only a limited number of places available for the coming year, so if you are interested please contact the ECS.
Continuing through 2010….
The ECS is delighted to welcome guest speaker, Mickey Yudkin BA MA, who will host a Summer Special Workshop on Saturday August 14th. The workshop will explore themes found within Bernhard Schlink’s novel The Reader. Full details – click here.
The Reading Group next meets in September. In particular practitioners and practitioners in training, who have an interest in philosophical and psychologically influenced literature, are invited to attend. An opportunity for those interested in the subject to meet, discuss, and make new aquaintances.
In the late Summer, the Epsom Counselling Service will be holding an experiential workshop entitled: Holding the Hope – Thinking Positively, considering aspects of making the most of the life we are given. For more details on this event click here.
The Epsom Counselling Service was proud to be associated, and participate, in the 2009 Epsom Mental Health week. We will again be involved in the 2010 event in October.
More details: http://epsomcounsellingservice.co.uk/home/our-philosophy/
