An entry for the mindguide
Reducing the Risk is dedicated to the safety of adults and children at risk of domestic abuse and to empowering the professionals and volunteers who support them.
We are local: we provide the Independent Domestic Violence Advisor team and other services for Oxfordshire
We are national: through our training and our support for practitioners to work together to tackle abuse.
The Anti-Slavery International is a non-governmental organisation, registered charity and lobby group based in the UK. Founded in 1839, it is the world’s oldest international human rights organisation. It works to eliminate all forms of slavery, slavery like practices and related abuses, throughout the world.
The Mental Health Foundation is committed to good mental health for all and believes the social challenge of our time is to reverse the growing level of mental ill health. Be Mindful are the charity for everyone’s mental health. With prevention at the heart of what they do, they aim to find the sources of mental health problems and the solutions.
Mindfulness is part of the Mental Health Foundation’s strategy for a fresh emphasis on prevention, focusing on solutions that work and have impact. Mindfulness has come a long way since we first started advocating people to Be Mindful in 2010, however the need for more active investment in preventing mental health problems remains. Their aim is to help ensure that all those who would benefit from it have access to good quality mindfulness courses.
Private counselling services across the UK covering a variety of mental health conditions. Counselling Directory is an online mental health resource hub and directory hosting over 15,000 professional counsellors and therapists. Offering expert articles written by registered counsellors, events hosted by the therapists and fact sheets providing help and information on a variety of mental health conditions, you can search for a counsellor by entering your postcode to find a therapist in your area.
Wantage Counselling & Training Centre is a registered charity providing counselling and psychotherapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgmental environment for individual adults, couples and young people aged 15 years upwards, on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.
We are a charity providing affordable counselling and psychotherapy to adults and young people from the age of 12.
We’re here to listen to you and to give you the time and space to talk through your problems in a confidential and non-judgemental way.
You can contact us directly to arrange an initial appointment to discuss your needs and to consider if counselling and our service would be right for you.
Relate offers telephone and online counselling and can provide specialist counselling for a wide range of relationship issues. Telephone Counselling is just like having a face-to-face counselling session, except you’re talking to a trained counsellor over the phone. You can arrange counselling sessions whenever it’s convenient for you. They can provide specialist counselling for a wide range of relationship issues – not just couple relationships.
Oxford Women’s Counselling Centre (OWCC) offers a professional counselling service to women in Oxfordshire. Counsellors are fully qualified or following an approved training course. OWCC provides a supportive counselling environment for women seeking help to explore the issues in their lives and to consider alternative perspectives. People can self-refer by phone, leaving their name and contact details. Cost is dependent on the person’s financial circumstances.
Oxford Mindfulness (Foundation) offers mindfulness courses run over eight weeks, which includes 2.25-hour classes per week and home practice. These courses help the general public to manage their mental health. Courses are accessed via self-referral. The Oxford Mindfulness team also train individuals to teach mindfulness.
Oxford Men’s Counselling Service (OMCS) supports men (over 18) to explore issues relevant to them. The service works with men who may benefit from short or long-term counselling. The introductory session costs £20 and there is a charge on a sliding scale thereafter. Access to the service is by self-referral and enquirers are invited to leave their contact details on the voicemail. Counsellors are fully qualified or following an approved training course.
