Counselling Service

Counselling is a form of talk therapy that can support you finding ways to deal with emotional issues. We offer Fast Track and Long Term counselling options. Your referral will be followed by an initial assessment, then assignment to a counsellor who you will see for the duration of the service.

Fast Track Counselling Service

This service is only for clients who are experiencing difficulties in a current pregnancy in their third trimester or who are making a decision about continuing a pregnancy for any reason. It consists of 3 sessions delivered over Zoom.

Access Fast Track Counselling

Long Term Counselling Service

(29.08.23): The current waitlist for Long Term counselling is around 12 weeks between referral and the commencement of sessions. We’re sorry that this is longer than we would like, and we are actively recruiting counsellors to help meet the demand.

This service consists of 10 sessions of confidential counselling. For men and women who might be struggling with any of the following (but not limited to)

infertility
pregnancy (planned or unplanned)
miscarriage
birth issues
caring for a newborn
parenthood in general

Access Long Term Counselling

PCC(S) Counselling Service is impartial

In light of recent press coverage (also Glamour and BBC) about some pregnancy counselling services having an anti-abortion bias - we would like to reassure that the Counselling Service at PCC(S) is fully impartial. We strongly believe that there is a no one-size-fits-all decision - we respect the complex circumstances and different feelings that our clients approach us with.

Our counselling service is fully committed to offering people in this situation a non-judgmental, compassionate and safe space to explore their feelings and thoughts, arriving at the decision that is right for them. Supporting the wellbeing of our clients (physical, mental and emotional) is the guiding principle in the services we provide. PCC(S) Counselling Service is accredited by COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland) and abides by the COSCA Ethics and Code of Practice.

'Jenny'

(Former Counselling Client)
“I will never forget picking the phone and speaking to the staff at PCC(S), in a few minutes their soothing words reassured me that I wasn’t going crazy and more importantly I wasn’t alone.”
'Martha'

(Baby Bank Client)
”My baby had all the things that other children in this country have because of PCC(S). From nappies to a cot to Christmas presents, their help has been life changing for us.”
'James'

(Former Counselling Client)
”Men, I found, are forgotten when it comes to emotional support in pregnancy, however PCC(S) and its counsellors took on the challenge. With their support, I found a way to see clearly again and regain my strength which had slowly been chipped away over the years.”