Counselling Service

We are pleased to introduce this confidential service, which now runs alongside our core services. A very brief description of this service follows, but for more detailed information we would ask you to contact our office during opening hours, or our counsellor, who is available on Mondays at this time.

Counselling offers a safe and supportive environment, in which you can talk through issues/feelings that cause you difficulty or concern.

Counselling can help you to make sense of your feelings, make changes in your life or come to terms with what can’t be changed. You can expect to see a counsellor who will listen and accept you, the counsellor will not judge you or tell you what to do, but they will support you while you work through difficulties yourself, enabling you to make choices and decisions that feel right for you.

This service can be accessed by arranging an appointment, it is offered free of charge to all of our clients. You may wish to visit your G.P. or Health Visitor who can refer you to us, or you may want to make an appointment directly with us.

You are welcome to offer a donation if you wish, but please don’t feel obliged to do so. Due to the funding we receive, the main geographical area we cover at this time is the East End of Newcastle upon Tyne, although it may be possible to arrange an appointment for residents of other areas within Newcastle.

Wherever possible, we will try our very best to help. In some cases, there may be a particular need that requires a more specific approach, if we are unable to offer this and feel that another organisation could offer a more suitable service, then with your permission, we can refer you to them. This option is offered, as part of the commitment to quality Caring Hands Charity adopts, for all of the services it provides

Be assured that any details you offer us will be used to book the initial appointment and for monitoring purposes only. Your details will not be passed on to any other organisation without your prior agreement.

Just a thought..

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that, we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with….. we will certainly be happy when they’re out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his, or her, act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on holiday,…. when we retire.

The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Life will always be filled with challenges, it’s best to admit this to yourself and be happy anyway.

Happiness is the way, so treasure every moment that you have, treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to share your time with…. and remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until the first or fifteenth of the month, until your song comes on, until you’ve had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you die, until you are born again… stop waiting to decide that there is no better time than right now, to be happy.