New Life Counselling is a voluntary counselling organisation committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing needs of its clients through the provision of one to one and group counselling and therapeutic services. Having operated in Belfast since 1993, New Life Counselling continues to extend its service provision so those requiring counselling support can access these. At the present time New Life Counselling offers one-to-one counselling services for children, young people, adults and families through our 3 Belfast offices as well as through over 12 outreach centres across the city.
New Life Counselling provides these services in relation to a wide range of issues. Typically referrals are received from those affected by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship breakdown, drug / alcohol issues, bullying, self harming and suicidal ideation. Our therapists have specific knowledge in dealing with these issues and seek to support the client using a range of therapeutic processes. The staff team includes arts, drama, music and play therapists as well as psychodynamically trained and psychodrama therapists. This range provides the capacity for the organisation to work with a wide variety of clients.
New Life Counselling seeks to provide services free of charge to those in the community who need them. This is achieved by fundraising from a range of sources but relies heavily upon financial support from statutory agencies and for this we are very grateful. This support ensures that the availability of counselling services is not dependent on the financial means of the individual and that we can contribute to addressing health inequalities.
New Life Counselling is committed to continuing to deliver these critical services. We have also expanded service provision by developing our work in 14 primary schools in West Belfast, providing support to families going through relationship breakdown in Fermanagh, piloting work with older people, developing our team of volunteer counsellors and providing services in 180 post primary schools across the province through the Department of Education’s Independent Counselling Service for Schools.
Mission- To support people to achieve their personal potential through professional counselling and therapeutic services.
Vision- Our vision of the future is one where society actively promotes positive emotional health and wellbeing, gives everyone the freedom to grow and provides access to excellent counselling and therapeutic support services when they need them.
