Links
If you are considering counselling for yourself or someone else, there are a number of links below which you may find helpful.
Resources
How counselling works The NHS has a basic explanation of how counselling works on their website.
Different talking therapies If you want to know the difference between counselling, CBT, psychotherapy and other "talking therapies", the NHS has a Guide to Talking Therapies.
Mental Health ProblemsThe Royal College of Psychiatrists has a series of online leaflets providing readable, user friendly and accurate information about a range of various mental health problems. These can be found here.
Representative Organisations
There are a number of representative bodies for counselling and therapy in the UK. They are as follows :
• The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
• The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
• The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
• The British Psychological Society