FAQs

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All of our therapists are qualified counsellors and are registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (the BACP) or a similar professional body (such as the HCPC for psychologists).  They also have specialist training and experience in working with carers.  For example, we have team members with training in therapeutic parenting and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (for parent carers) and living grief (for dementia carers).  Finally, and crucially, all of our therapists have personally experienced what it is like to be a carer, through their own lived experience.

We offer therapy online to carers across the United Kingdom.  Many of our clients have told us that accessing counselling online allows them to fit therapy around the demands of being a carer - rather than having to arrange respite care, you can have a counselling session whilst the person you care for is in another room.  However, we also offer a limited number of face-to-face sessions in our Oxford hub.

All of our therapists are integrative counsellors, which means that they will draw on a variety of therapeutic approaches, depending on which is most suitable for you and your situation. Furthermore, since all our therapists are specialists in working with carers, many have specialist training and experience in particular topics affecting carers.  And of course, our team are all registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (the BACP) or a similar professional body (such as the HCPC for psychologists).

Yes, we are able to offer a limited number of subsidised sessions. If you are struggling financially please get in touch to go on our waiting list for these subsidised 'pay what you can afford' sessions.​  These allow you to decide what you can afford to pay.

As a social enterprise, we try to keep our counselling sessions as affordable as possible, whilst paying our staff a fair wage and covering our other costs.  Any profit we make goes straight back into funding these subsidised sessions. 

Our online sessions allow you to access counselling from home, whilst the person you care for is asleep or in another room (although it is important that you are in a private space where you won't be overheard).

Counselling Carers specialises in supporting carers and this is our main aim. However, we can signpost you to other organisations that may be able to offer therapy for the person you care for. 

We understand the demands on your time as a carer.  Our approach is designed 'by carers, for carers', and all of our therapists have experience of being a carer themselves.  We can offer sessions at a variety of times to suit you.