Your GP may be able to put you in touch with a qualified counsellor through a referral to various psychological therapy services, including Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT).
Employers may offer their staff an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which can include short-term counselling provided by third parties, for example, insurance.
The following is a list of counselling organisations that offer free or low-cost counselling. This list is not comprehensive; there are other options out there, and you may find that they operate in different manners.
- NHS talking therapies
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/nhs-talking-therapies/ - Free psychotherapy network
https://freepsychotherapynetwork.com/ - Grief encounter
https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/ - No panic
https://nopanic.org.uk/ - Local minds
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/local-minds/ - Find a rape crisis centre
https://rapecrisis.org.uk/find-a-centre/?centre_q=romford
