Adult Counselling
HOW WE CAN HELP
We offer counselling and support to people of all ages who have experienced a bereavement, significant loss, or life-changing or limiting illness. We also work with people who are trying to cope with anticipatory grief, i.e. you or someone you love has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
We recognise that bereavement impacts everyone differently and that some bereavements can feel a lot harder to talk about than others, such as those associated with suicide, or a traumatic incident. We also know that the impact of bereavement isn’t always immediate, sometimes people start to struggle months or even years down the line, or just feel very stuck in their grief when it feels as though everyone else has moved on.
Accessing counselling can help you to make sense of what you are experiencing, regaining a sense of control, express your emotions, and empower you to make the changes you want to see in your life.
NHS TALKING THERAPIES
By working in partnership with NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Talking Therapies, we provide free one-on-one counselling and group support to adults (16+) affected by bereavement and loss. To refer to this service, you must be registered with a GP, and reside within the Staffordshire or Stoke-on-Trent area.
Talking Therapies also provides support to those struggling with depression, stress, anxiety, low mood, worry, phobias, and other mental and emotional issues; and also to those adjusting to living with a long-term health condition.
To make a new referral please call 0300 3030923 or visit Talking Therapies website by clicking on their website
SELF-FUNDED COUNSELLING
00. Each Counselling session provided costs the charity over £50. Free counselling is available via our NHS projects across most of Staffordshire but, our funding doesn’t cover our full costs so we always welcome any donations or contributions to help us maintain and enhance the quality of our service delivery. If free counselling is unavailable or you do not wish to wait we also provide a self-funded counselling service. A payment of £45.00 provides a fifty-minute face-to-face, online, or telephone counselling session with a qualified and registered counsellor.
You can self-refer to our self-funded counselling service by calling 01782 683155 or email @Enquiries before making payments through this website.
EMPLOYEE WELLBEING SERVICES
The Dove Service works in partnership with local employers across the region to provide counselling, awareness raising and training, to support our communities’ emotional health and wellbeing. We can also offer group support sessions for staff following an employee death or other traumatic incident.
We understand that it can be difficult for employers to identify when an employee is experiencing feelings associated with bereavement and loss, and even harder to know how to support that person. We want to ensure that managers, staff and volunteers are provided with training, support and counselling, which supports their well-being.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS
We recognise that not everyone who experiences a bereavement or loss needs specialist counselling to be able to feel like themselves again. Because of this, we decided to start offering Bereavement Support Groups – providing people with an opportunity to meet others in a similar position and learn skills and strategies to help cope and manage their own struggles and circumstances.
Our Bereavement Support Group meets weekly in Burslem, for more information, or to register please follow the “register” link below or call us on our Head Office number on the top of this website .
SOCIAL FRIENDSHIP GROUPS - DOVE BUDDIES
We recognise that not everyone who experiences a bereavement or loss needs specialist counselling to feel like themselves again. Because of that, we offer Social Groups across North Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Dove Buddies is our Social Friendship Group for adults who have experienced bereavement and who may be struggling with social connections, loneliness and isolation. The aim of Dove Buddies is to forge those connections and organise activities that will help to engage our group members, encouraging socialisation and re-engagement.
We organise quizzes, taster exercise classes, talks from local groups, plus visits to local attractions and places of interest. We run Dove Buddies groups within Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire and Cheshire.
To register for any of these groups, call on 01782 914455 or email @Enquiries and leave your contact details, along with which date you are looking to join the group, or follow the “register” button below.
