The Counselling and Health Advice Service aims to offer you support when you need help. Sometimes this means helping you to access services outside of UAL that can offer longer term or specialist support.
We do not endorse any of these organisations, but have compiled a list of low cost counselling and psychotherapy services in London. You will also find details on how to self-refer to IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies), the NHS therapy service. You can also check out a variety of training organisations that provide longer term therapy at lower cost.
IAPT
You can self refer to IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) an NHS service.
For residents of all boroughs and locations you can check the NHS website for your local IAPT service.
IAPT typically offers cognitive behaviour therapy to address issues such as anxiety and moderate depression. After completing an online enquiry form, you will usually have a telephone assessment.
Private Therapy
If you are able to pay privately for counselling or psychotherapy, here are some websites listing registered therapists.
British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
This service has listings of psychotherapists offering free therapy for those on low incomes.
South London
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Centre 70
Centre 70 Counselling Service offers a low-cost counselling service in the heart of the community in Lambeth.
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Faces in Focus
Faces in Focus provides low-cost counselling and support services to young people aged 11-25 years old.
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The Nest Southwark
Free and confidential mental wellbeing advice and support for young people aged 11 – 25 in Southwark.
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Waterloo Community Counselling
Waterloo Community Counselling is a low and no cost psychotherapy and counselling service for residents of all London boroughs.
West London
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The Caravan
The Caravan drop-in and counselling service can be accessed in-person in the little green caravan in the courtyard of St. James’s Church, Piccadilly.
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Each Counselling and Support
Each provides counselling and support to help people affected by drugs and alcohol, mental health issues and violence and abuse.
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Marylebone Healing and Counselling Centre
St Marylebone HCC offers affordable psychotherapy and counselling with fully qualified psychotherapists & counsellors.
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West London Centre for Counselling
WLCC is a charity providing a free, confidential counselling service for people 18 years and older who live in Hammersmith and Fulham.
North London
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The Brandon Centre
The Brandon Centre counselling and psychotherapy service is free and can be accessed by young people aged 16-24 in both Camden and Islington.
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Claremont Project
The Claremont service is for residents of Islington in need of low cost psychotherapy.
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Open Door
Open Door is a counselling service for young people in Haringey
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WLM Highbury Counselling Centre
The WLM HCC clinic offers longer-term psychotherapy and counselling.
East London
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Centre for Better Health
The Centre for Better Health counselling and psychotherapy service provides inexpensive access to talking therapies.
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Community Counselling
Community Counselling is a low cost counselling service in the heart of East London.
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Inner City Centre
The Inner City Centre is a pioneer in the provision of accessible psychotherapy
Training organisations with low cost therapy services
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The Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy
AGIP provides psychoanalytic psychotherapy requiring a minimum commitment of twice weekly therapy over two years.
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The Bowlby Centre
The Bowlby Centre offers attachment-based psychodynamic psychotherapy.
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CPPD
CPPD offer a low-cost counselling service for people with low or no incomes.
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The Guild of Psychotherapists
The Guild operates a low cost clinic in Waterloo offering psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
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Metanoia
Metanoia offers low cost counselling and psychotherapy in Ealing.
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The Minster Centre
Minster offers an affordable therapy service.
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Psychosynthesis Trust
Psychosynthesis Trust offers a low cost counselling service for those on lowered incomes.
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WPF Therapy
WPF offers individual and group therapy.
Contact
020 7514 6251
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