Face-face counselling

The Echo Society's experienced counsellors and psychotherapists are here to provide therapeutic support for those who have been impacted or are struggling with the traumatic effects of narcissistic abuse. If you have been or are currently in a relationship with a Narcissist, finding a counsellor or psychotherapists who is familiar and experienced in working with narcissistic abuse is vitally important, as it can be notoriously difficult for a therapist not trained in narcissism to correctly identify and work therapeutically with this relational abuse and as we see all too often here at The Echo Society for those impacted by narcissistic abuse and accessing our service feeling re-traumatised all over again. 

Many might spend years unaware that they have been in a narcissistic relationship be it a narcissistic parent, partner, sibling, employer/employees, and or friend.  The effects from narcissistic abuse often causes deep trauma and distress resulting in mental and physical health problems. Here at The Echo Society all counsellors and psychotherapists bring with them their personal experience and challenges of their own narcissistic abuse and recovery and have a deep and profound understanding of the difficulties faced by those impacted. 

Who provides face-face counselling and what are their qualifications?

Professional counselling is provided by counsellors/psychotherapists and clinical supervisors with a “lived experience” of narcissistic abuse/coercive control, and are qualified including additional intensive 3 month in-house training on The Echo Society's psycho-educational narcissistic abuse recovery program. All comply with the individual association standards and undergo strict recruitment and supervision procedures, to provide a first-hand perspective and ensure those accessing therapeutic support receive help from a skilled and qualified individual, who is guided by professional standards and committed to working ethically.

All counsellors, psychotherapists and supervisors are individual members of their various professional bodies and hold a current DBS certificate (Disclosure and Barring Service). 

Our Treatments Include:

• One to one Talking Therapies and Psychoeducation

• Relationship counselling

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Clinical Hypnotherapy

• Person-centred counselling

• Gestalt Therapy

• Integrative counselling

• Psychodynamic psychotherapy

• Psychoanalysis

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)

• Art therapy 

• Mindfulness

• Guided Self-Help

I’d like face-face counselling. What do I do now?

Our waiting list for face - face counselling is now full and are unable to accept new referrals. We will post an update here when we are able to take referrals again.

Face-face counselling fees:​

The counselling service operates on a ‘sliding scale’ system where individual contributions are based on annual income.

Face-face Consultation fee £45.00

Ongoing face- face counselling – depending on income and on a sliding scale: 

Sliding scale - £45.00 - £75.00

Locations

Balham, Clapham, West Norwood, Seven Kings, Romford, Victoria and Oxford Circus.

Waiting List and Waiting times: 

Our waiting list for face - face counselling is now full and are unable to accept new referrals. We will post an update here when we are able to take referrals again. 

Confidentiality:

Confidentiality is held between the client and the Counselling Service team. Information will not be given to anyone outside of the Service without your permission. However, we would not agree to keep confidential any information that could lead to serious harm to yourself or a third party. 

Security:

All payment details which are entered through our payment gateway are encrypted when you, or third party making payment, enters them. This site is SSL secure and uses 128-bit encryption to offer secure communications by encrypting all data to and from the site.

Feedback: 

You will be sent an Online Counselling Evaluation Questionnaire at the end of your counselling to ask for your feedback on how we could improve our service.​

Important Disclaimer:

The Echo Society's Counselling service is not appropriate when your situation is an emergency or a crisis situation where you need immediate help. It is not appropriate if you are suicidal and in danger of harming yourself or others. It is not appropriate if you feel you are dealing with severe trauma or suffer from psychosis (hallucinations, delusions, thought disorganisation) or a severe mental health condition or you are currently or wish to undertake Eye Movement De-sensitisation Reprocessing treatment (EMDR). Counselling is also not appropriate if you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. In any of these cases we would advise you to contact either your G.P or Health Professional, the Samaritans 08457 90 90 90 or a local crisis centre in your area.​​ 

If you have an emergency, please see our useful contacts and resources page for a full list of other help and support organisations.