Counselling Services
In Stockport
Beacon Counselling
We believe everyone should have an equal chance of good emotional well-being. Counselling provides the lifelong tools and coping strategies that can be referred back to in the future.
Adult Counselling
Counselling is a talking therapy that provides a regular space for you to talk about difficult feelings. It can also you sort your needs and priorities, and help you to accept things that cannot be changed, enabling you to make decisions and find more effective ways of coping. Counselling can also help you to deal with and overcome issues that are causing emotional pain or making you feel uncomfortable or sad.
With help and support, these feelings and symptoms can be managed, guiding you to a successful recovery. Our counsellors won’t usually give advice, instead they will help you find your own insights into and understanding of your problems.
Counselling and Support for Children and Young People
We can deliver emotional wellbeing support to children and young people to help increase emotional intelligence, normalise and validate emotions and build the resilience needed to manage these emotion
At Beacon we take pride in the quality and effectiveness of our services and hold a track record and 38+ years experience of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Our Children and Young People Counsellors are all qualified to Diploma level or beyond, have substantial experience working with young people and staff are skilled in using a diverse range of therapeutic techniques. This allows for support to be individualised for each child and young person.
Contact Details
admin@beacon-counselling.org.uk
50-52 Middle Hillgate, Stockport, SK1 3DL
Gaddum Centre
Gaddum is a charity leader in providing health and wellbeing services in Greater Manchester. If you need help, someone to talk to or to speak up on your behalf, the Gaddum team can help. Gaddum works in advocacy; providing you with a voice and will support you to look after your rights, they offer carers support and therapy services including adult and child counselling, palliative care and a safe space for the BAME community.
Contact Details
0161 834 6069
Gaddum, St. Wilfrid's Enterprise Centre, Royce Road, Manchester, M15 5BJ
Instagram: hi_im_gaddum Twitter: @GaddumCentre Facebook:@GaddumCentre
Mode Rehabilitation
As an independent rehabilitation facility and registered charity based in Stockport, South Manchester, we are committed to making a profound impact on mental health.
Our mission is to provide nationwide support and outreach, focusing on individuals with complex needs. At Mode Rehabilitation, we specialize in assisting those who have experienced trauma by offering a holistic approach designed to foster attendance, monitor progress, and build strong therapeutic relationships. We recognize that everyone, regardless of age or background, needs a safe space to express their concerns and receive the support they deserve.
We are particularly dedicated to supporting veterans, offering a comprehensive, whole-person approach that addresses all aspects of their needs.
Contact Details
0161 494 1515
101 Stockport Road, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2AQ
Twitter: @ModeRehab Facebook:@ModeRehab
Open Door -Making Space
We are here for all Stockport residents aged 18+. Commissioned by NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care as part of the crisis pathway, Open Door opened in 2020 as an essential service. We can offer you support via telephone, video calling and face to face at our new safe haven in the town centre.
Open Door provides a safe haven for immediate crisis management and emotional support, structured guided selfhelp and IAPT approved computerised CBT programmes, taking a person-centred approach to hearing your needs and creating an action plan.
You do not need a referral into Open Door and you can contact us directly. You can also ask another professional involved in your care to make a referral on your behalf should you prefer. You do not need to have a formal mental health diagnosis in order to access our support.
If you require 24/7 mental health support, please use the below details:
- Pennine 24/7 helpline (0800 014 9995)
- Samaritans (116 123)
Contact Details
0161 549 9717 Please note this line is an answering service and a member of our team will respond to you as soon as they can.
opendoorstockport@makingspace.co.uk
72-74 Prince’s Street, Stockport SK1 1R
Samaritans
Every day, Samaritans respond to around 10,000 calls for help.
They're there, day or night, if you're struggling to cope, need someone to listen without judgement or pressure.
The Samaritans can give you ways to cope and the skills to be there for others. They also encourage, promote and celebrate those moments of connection between people that can save lives.
You can contact the Samaritans for emotional support by phone and by email, or you can download their self help app.
Contact Details
Heaton Moor Centre, Thornfield Road, Stockport, SK4 3LD
Instagram: samaritanscharity Twitter: @samaritans Facebook:@samaritanscharity
Self Help - The Big Life Group
The Big Life group provide a wide range of support, including services on behalf of the NHS, for people living with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, phobias and panic attacks, including:
NHS Talking Therapies: NHS Talking Therapies involve talking to someone trained to help you deal with negative feelings. They can help anyone who is experiencing distress. You do not have to be told by a doctor that you have a mental health problem to be offered or benefit from a talking therapy.
Contact Details
0161 848 2420
stockportpws@selfhelpservices.org.uk
Zion Community Resource Centre, 339 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester, M15 4ZY
Shout by Mental Health Innovations
What is Shout?
Shout is a free, confidential, 24/7 text support service for anyone in the UK who is struggling to cope.
To start a conversation, text the word 'Shout' to 85258. Trained Shout Volunteers are here to listen at any time of day or night and messages won't appear on your phone bill.
If your life is at imminent risk, please call the emergency services on 999.
Shout is powered by the charity Mental Health Innovations, which also powers The Mix, a service providing free, anonymous online advice about the important issues in young people’s lives.
They can offer support and provide signposting to other services that offer specialist support and ongoing help in your local area.
Shout can be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Simply text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258.
Contact Details
Simply text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258.
Stockport Community Counselling
At some stage of our lives we may feel worried or unhappy about our individual circumstances.
Family and friends can help, but there are times when you need to talk with someone who is not close to your situation, someone who is qualified to help you work through your difficulties.
We are here to listen:
- We are not here to judge
- We are not here to tell you what to do
- We are not here to give advice
Talking can:
- Help you find balance
- Help bring understanding
- Help you find a way through
Counselling: We offer formal, confidential counselling sessions by appointment for Individuals or for Couples, with a choice of Face-to-Face or Online Counselling. At present we have counsellors operating during the daytime at Cheadle, Romiley and Wilmslow and in the evening at Edgeley and Gorton. Online counselling can be arranged for either daytime or evening.
For those with English as a second language, we are able to offer Counselling in some other languages - please state which language you require when making the application and we will see if we are able to help.
Contact Details
07990 403319
c/o 91 Station Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, SK8 7BG
Stockport and District Mind
Every year, one in four of us will experience a mental health problem. Here at Stockport and District Mind we believe no one should have to face this problem alone.
Whether it’s you or a loved one, we offer supportive and reliable information in order to empower you and outline the number of choices you have available. Find out more by taking a look at our webpages.
Contact Details
0161 480 7393
Disability Stockport, 23 High Street, Stockport, SK1 1EG
Stockport Homes
If you’re going through a difficult time, talking it through could help. Counselling gives you time to speak to someone who will listen, offer support and will not judge you. Stockport Homes tenants can get free counselling from Beacon counselling.
Counselling can help with things like:
- Coming to terms with a relationship breakdown or losing someone important to you
- Worries about cost of living, redundancy or stress in work
- Dealing with feelings of anxiety or sadness and help to resolve complicated feelings, or find ways to live with them.
- Supporting you to feel happier with who you, to make sense of things and understand yourself better.
- Improving relationships by working out better ways to communicate
- Dealing with changes in people’s lives, like having children or living with a long-term illness
- Dealing with recent or past trauma
Contact Details
Cornerstone, 2 Edward Street, Stockport, SK1 3NQ
Instagram: stockporthomes Twitter: @StockportHomes
Stockport Women's centre
Stockport Women's Centre offers advice and guidance to women aged 18 and over living in Stockport. They know that you may feel alone and understand it takes courage to seek help and take that first important step.
The Centre offers a full range of therapeutic treatments and support services including 1-1 counselling and group sessions; including courses and art groups. All of which are planned to make you feel safe, supported, respected and empowered.
admin@stockportwomenscentre.co.uk
Call 0161 355 4455 Monday to Friday from 10am to 4:30pm.
Stockport Women's Centre, 39 Greek Street, Stockport, SK3 8AX
Twitter: @womenscentreSPT
