Beacon Counselling
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50-52 Middle Hillgate
City / Suburb: Stockport
Website URL: http://www.beacon-counselling.org.uk
Postal Code: SK1 3DL
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Description of SE/Org:

Exists to improve the lives of adults, young people and children who experience mental health problems

Products or services sold:

Schools service: working with primary and secondary schools to support young people via 1-1 counselling, trauma therapy, group programmes in mindfulness, well-being, and exam stress; external supervision for safeguarding, pastoral, and senior roles; staff well-being support.

Services for adults: 1-1 counselling, couples counselling, and group programmes (mix of paid for and funded work).

IAPT service: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies through contracts with NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Employer Service: EAP support (Employee Assistance Programmes) to support staff experience mental and emotional health problems, build resilience, and reduce staff sickness.

Trauma service: for young people and adults with complex needs. Includes traumatic experiences from child sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour-based violence, radicalisation, and criminal gangs.
Social mission:
Employment, training and education, Family, friends and relationships, Mental health and well-being

Mission Statement:
We work with all sections of society to improve mental health and resilience. A large proportion of our adult service users are out of work and/or have multiple disadvantages. We address blocks to employment by improving confidence, self-esteem, and coping skills. We work with individuals, couples, families, and groups to faciliatate self-care and functional, healthy relationships. We improve the mental health and well-being of all.