Alternative Sources of Support

A partnership of organisations providing holistic support to enable women to thrive after experiencing domestic violence, the criminal justice system, abuse, or multiple disadvantages
Crisis support, Individual support, Community support, Preventative work, Survivors Forums
Located at Voices of Hope, 161A Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1QT

Website: https://www.voh.org.uk/kingston-womens-hub/
Email: info@voh.org.uk

Respect – Men’s Advice Line

Support helpline for male victims of domestic abuse

Website: https://mensadviceline.org.uk
Tel: 0808 8010327
Email: info@mensadviceline.org.uk

Refuge

Offers a domestic violence helpline, legal advocacy service, and emergency accommodation

Website: www.refuge.org.uk
Tel: 0808 2000 247
Email: helpline@refuge.org.uk

Women’s Aid

Provides dedicated support and telephone advocacy to women experiencing domestic abuse who face barriers in accessing a refuge space or safe accommodation

Website: https://www.womensaid.org.uk
Email: helpline@womensaid.org.uk

Women’s Trust

The service is open to all women who are, or have been affected by domestic violence
Offers one-to-one counselling to women in the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Havering, Greenwich and Newham

Website: www.womanstrust.org.uk
Tel: 020 7034 0303
Email: office@womanstrust.org.uk

3. Young People and Adolescents

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Hounslow Youth Counselling and Information service (HYCIS)

Offers one to one counselling for young people aged between 11-25 living, working or studying in Hounslow
Only take self-referrals, but can offer information to parents, guardians and professionals

Website: www.hycscounselling.co.uk
Tel: 020 8568 1818
Mob: 07784481308
Email: ask@hycscounselling.co.uk

Off The Record Twickenham

Offers counselling to young people aged between 11-24 living, working or studying in Richmond Borough

Website: http://otrtwickenham.com/
Tel: 020 8744 1644
Email: counselling@otrtwickenham.com

Supportive Action for Families in Ealing (SAFE)

Formerly Ealing Youth Counselling and Information Service (EYCIS)
A free & confidential counselling service for young people between the ages of 11 and 18 years
All the referrals need to be through Ealing Children’s Integrated Response Service (ECIRS) 020 8825 8000

Website: http://www.youngealing.co.uk/useful- services/health/
Tel: 020 8825 8000
Email: ECIRS@ealing.gov.uk or ealingYCIS@ealing.gov.uk

4. Women’s Services – (see also Domestic Violence)

Organisation

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Kingston Women’s Centre

Assessment appointments for counselling are made by phone only (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday 10am-1pm)

Website: http://kingstonwomenscentre.org.uk/
Tel: 020 8541 1941
Email: kwcenquiries@kingstonwomenscentre.org.uk

Kingston Women’s Hub

A partnership of organisations providing holistic support to enable women to thrive after experiencing domestic violence, the criminal justice system, abuse, or multiple disadvantages
Crisis support, Individual support, Community support, Preventative work, Survivors Forums
Located at Voices of Hope, 161A Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1QT

Website: https://www.voh.org.uk/kingston-womens-hub/
Email: info@voh.org.uk

West London Rape Crisis Centre

Offers counselling to women (Age 14+) who have experienced historic or recent sexual violence
Services offered to women in Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow

Website: https://www.wgn.org.uk/our-services/west-london-rape-crisis-centre
Tel: 020 8567 7347
Email: rcc@wgn.org.uk

Women’s Therapy Centre

Offers individual and group psychoanalytic psychotherapy to women

Website: http://www.womenstherapycentre.co. uk/
Tel: 020 7263 7860
Email: referrals@womenstherapycentre.co.uk

Women’s Trust

The service is open to all women who are, or have been affected by domestic violence
Offers one-to-one counselling to women in the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Havering, Greenwich and Newham

Website: www.womanstrust.org.uk
Tel: 020 7034 0303
Email: office@womanstrust.org.uk

5. Men’s Services (see also Domestic Violence)

Organisation

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Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)

Aims to prevent male suicide
Offers support to suicidal men and those affected by male suicide

Website: https://www.thecalmzone.net/
Helpline: 0808 802 58 58

The Everyman Project

Offers support services for men who want to stop behaving violently or abusively, and for the people affected by their violence or abuse
The counselling programme is a seven-month therapeutic programme
Following the assessment, each man attends thirteen weekly one-to-one counselling sessions with a male counsellor, followed by sixteen weekly group counselling sessions

Website: http://www.everymanproject.co.uk/
Tel: 0207 263 8884
Email: everymanproject@btinternet.com

The Men’s Centre

Offers counselling and psychotherapy to men who are abusive or violent towards women and children

Tel: 0207 267 8713
Email: adamjukes@blueyonder.co.uk

6. LGBTQI+ Services

Organisation

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London Friend

Offers 12 weeks of one to one counselling
Offers free counselling to individuals from the LGBT community who have experienced domestic abuse

Website: http://londonfriend.org.uk/
Tel: 020 7833 1674

akt

Supports LGBTQ people aged 16-25 who are homeless or living in a hostile environment

Website: http://akt.org.uk

The Pink Therapy Register

An online directory of therapist specialising in counselling for the LGBT community

Website: http://www.pinktherapy.com/
Tel: 07971205323
Email: admin@pinktherapy.com

7. Bereavement Services

Organisation

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At a Loss

UK’s signposting bereavement website. They can help you find bereavement services and counselling. They also have resources on practical help and coronavirus pandemic bereavement

Website: https://www.ataloss.org/

The Bereavement Journey – Teddington

Run in 6 sessions and small facilitated discussion groups, The Bereavement Journey uses films and discussion to help guide people through the most common aspects of grief. It is for anyone who has been bereaved at any time, and although often run by churches, it is for people of any faith or no faith, as all the faith content is confined to the optional 6th and final session which looks at bereavement from a Christian perspective

Email: office@activatechurch.org.uk
Address: Peter & St Paul Centre, 4 Church Road, Teddington, TW11 8PB

Bereft Bereavement Support

Offers specialist bereavement counselling and support to residents of Ealing Borough over the age of 16

Website: http://www.bereftbereavementsupport.co.uk/
Tel: 020 8896 2800
Email: bereftbereavementsupport@hotmail.co.uk

Cruse Bereavement Care (Richmond)

Offers bereavement support, advice and information to children, young people and adults

Website: https://www.cruse.org.uk/
Tel: 0749 577 7401
Helpline: 0808 808 1677
Email: info@cruse.org.uk

Healthwatch

Healthwatch’s page has a range of organisations, they also cover social media options as well as Death Cafes

Website: https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/advice-and-information/2022-04-27/someone-i-love-has-died-where-can-i-find-support

Kingston Bereavement Service

Offers support to children, young people, adults and families who have been bereaved
Offered to those working, living, studying or registered with a GP in Kingston

Website: www.kingstonbereavementservice.org.uk
Tel: 020 8547 1552
Email: info@kingstonbereavementservice.org.uk or
sayinggoodbye@kingstonbereavementservice.org.uk

Space2Grieve

Space2Grieve offers support that can help with exploring and reflecting on losses and changes and help find a path forward
Provides support in a series of free, confidential one-to-one support sessions with trained volunteers

Website: https://space2grieve.org.uk/
Tel: 07519 376363
Email: support@space2grieve.org.uk

8. Culture-Specific Services

Organisation

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Asian Family Counselling Service

Aimed at South Asian communities aged 16 and over
Offers relationship counselling and family therapy, telephone counselling and self- help groups

Website: www.asianfamilycounselling.org
Tel: 02085713933 or 02088139714
Email: afcs@btconnect.com

Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy (ICAP)

Offers counselling to the Irish community
Referral via application form to email address

Website: www.icap.org.uk
Tel: 02072727906
Email: clinicaladmin@icap.org.uk or info@icap.org.uk

NAFSIYAT Intercultural Therapy

Offer subsidised therapy to individuals, couples and groups
Recognises differences and similarities of culture
Referral via application form

Website: www.nafsiyat.org.uk
Tel: 020 7263 6947
Email: admin@nafsiyat.org.uk

9. Drug, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services

Organisation

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Alcoholics Anonymous

Offers support groups to people suffering with alcoholism
Offers a 12-step programme

Tel: 020 7407 0700
Email: help@aamail.org

Phoenix Counselling

Offers adult counselling, relationship counselling, counselling for children and schools as well as online counselling

Website: http://www.phoenixcounselling.org/
Tel: 0208 890 3133
Email: office@phoenixcounselling.org

Addiction Support and Care Agency (ASCA)

Offers counselling for drug and alcohol misuse and addictive behaviours, a carers service and other services, such as yoga
Services situated in Richmond and Surbiton

Website: http://www.addictionsupport.co.uk/
Tel: 020 8940 1160 (Richmond) or 020 8339 9899 (Surbiton)
Email: info@addictionsupport.co.uk

Richmond Integrated Recovery Service

Promotes recovery, health and wellbeing to those affected by drug and alcohol misuse
Offers a range of services including recovery support, workshops and yoga

Website: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-6313828360/contact
Tel: 020 8891 0161
Email: referrals.richmond@cgl.org.uk

10. Disordered Eating Services

Organisation

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Anorexia and Bulimia Care (ABC)

Provides on-going care, emotional support and practical guidance for anyone affected by eating disorders and eating distress
Telephone and email helplines, and other support services are available to those struggling personally, their family, carers and friends

Website: https://www.anorexiabulimiacare.org.uk/
Tel: 03000 11 12 13
Email: support@anorexiabulimiacare.org.uk

Beat (formerly Eating Disorders Association)

Offers support to people struggling with disordered eating
Offers support online or by phone

Website: www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Helpline: 0808 801 0677
Email: help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk

National Centre for Eating Disorders (NCFED)

Provides training for professionals and resources for those struggling with eating disorders
Situated in Esher, Surrey

Website: https://eating-disorders.org.uk/
Tel: 0845 838 2040
Email: admin@ncfed.com

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

Community who support each other in order to recover from compulsive eating and food behaviours
Meeting face to face, online or over WhatsApp
Based on the twelve step recovery programme

Website: https://www.oagb.org.uk/
Local face to face meeting: Friday 7:30 PM
St James’s Rd
The Hall, Hampton Hill
London (Hampton), TW12 1DQ
Contact: Angela +44 7791 806525

11. Local Samaritans + Crisis Services

Organisation

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Ealing Samaritans

26 Junction Road, Ealing London, W5 4XL
No appointments needed

Website: http://www.samaritans.org/branches/ealing- samaritans
Tel: 020 8560 2345
Email: jo@samaritans.org

Kingston Upon Thames Samaritans

2 Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2QS

Website: http://www.samaritans.org/branches/kingston- samaritans
Tel: 020 8399 6676
Email: jo@samaritans.org

Inner South West London Samaritans

14 Princeton Court, 53-55 Felsham Road, Putney, SW15 1AZ

Website: http://www.samaritans.org/branches/inner-south- west-london-samaritans
Tel: 020 8789 9121
Email: jo@samaritans.org

Journey Recovery Hub

18+ face to face, out of hours crisis support
Kingston Hub (Mon, Tue, Weds, Fri 6-10pm + Sat 2-10pm): Alfriston Centre, 3 Berrylands Road, KT5 8RB
Twickenham Hub (Tue, Thu, Fri 6-10pm + Sun 2-8pm): 32 Hampton Road, Twickenham, TW2 5QB

Website: https://www.rbmind.org/support-for-adults/journey-recovery-hub/
Tel: 020 3137 9755
Email: recoveryhub@rbmind.org

12. Therapeutic Associations and Societies – Private Therapy

Organisation

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Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Offers information and a list of local private therapists specialising in CAT
http://www.acat.me.uk/page/find+a+priv ate+cat+therapist

Website: www.acat.uk
Tel: 01305 263511
Email: admin@acat.me.uk

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapist s (BABCP)

Offers information and a list of local therapists specialising in CBT
http://www.cbtregisteruk.com/Default.as px

Website: https://babcp.com/
Tel: 0161 705 4304
Email: babcp@babcp.com

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

Offers information and a list of therapists
http://www.itsgoodtotalk.org.uk/

Website: www.bacp.co.uk
Tel: 01455 883300
Email: bacp@bacp.co.uk

British Association of Psychotherapists

Offers information and a list of therapists
http://www.britishpsychotherapyfoundati on.org.uk/find-a-therapist/

Website: www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk
Tel: 020 8452 9823
Email: enquiries@bpf-psychotherapy.org.uk

British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)

Offers information and a list of local therapists specialising in psychoanalysis
https://www.bpc.org.uk/find-a- therapist/search

Website: www.bpc.org.uk
Tel: 020 7561 9240
Email: mail@bpc.org.uk

London Therapy Foundation

Offers information and a list on qualified psychotherapists and counsellors in London
https://londontherapyfoundation.com/fin d-a-therapist.html
Offers therapy for children

Website: https://londontherapyfoundation.com
Tel: 0208 408 1000
Email: info@londontherapyfoundation.com

British Psychological Society

Offers information about psychology, including research topics, terminology and a history of psychology

Website: www.bps.org.uk
Tel: 0116 254 9568
Email: enquiries@bps.org.uk

The Society of Analytical Psychotherapy

Offers information and a list of local therapists specialising in Jungian analysis and psychotherapy
http://www.thesap.org.uk/cmsms/find_a _therapist

Website: www.thesap.org.uk
Tel: 020 8452 9823

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

Offers information on different types of psychotherapy and how to choose the right one
Offers a list of local psychotherapists
https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/find- a-therapist/

Website: www.psychotherapy.org.uk
Tel: 020 7014 9955
Email: info@ukcp.org.uk

Westminster Pastoral Foundation

Offers group therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Website: www.wpf.org.uk
Tel: 0207 378 2000
Email: therapy@wpf.org.uk

Alternative Sources of Support

Contents:

1. General Counselling Services

2. Domestic Violence Support (see Women’s and Men’s Service)

3. Young People and Adolescents

4. Women’s Services – (see also Domestic Violence)

5. Men’s Services (see also Domestic Violence)

6. LGBTQI+ Services

7. Bereavement Services

8. Culture-Specific Services

9. Drug, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services

10. Disordered Eating Services

11. Local Samaritans + Crisis Services

12. Therapeutic Associations and Societies – Private Therapy