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Adult Family Counselling

Counselling for Families (Adults)

Relationships within families can sometimes become strained. Finances, health, changes in the make-up of the family, and a host of other issues can cause tensions that build up and add pressure to family life. Counselling can help family members to communicate more effectively with each other, resolve issues and improve family relationships.

North East Counselling Services has a team of qualified counsellors with experience in working with families. We offer family counselling appointments on weekdays, including evenings, and on Saturdays.

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Benefits

Families who come to counselling tend to benefit because they learn to:

Better understand other members of the family

Solve conflicts

Appreciate and understand others’ points of view

Find ways to avoid problems in the future

Reach agreement for positive changes

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Experiencing Family Counselling

Sessions are arranged to suit your availability and are normally on the same day and at the same time each week. If, after starting family counselling, you need to change the times or require more flexibility, your counsellor will help to find new times that work for your family.

The number of family members who take part can be from 2 to 5. It is not essential for every member to come to every session.

At the start your counsellor will work with you to understand your needs as a family and what has brought you to counselling. You don’t need to commit to a particular ‘course’ of counselling – the number of family counselling sessions will depend upon your needs.

At intervals, your counsellor will review with your family how you feel things are going. If further appointments would be helpful, your counsellor will explore this with you.

You can choose to pause or end the counselling whenever you wish.

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Family Counselling from North East Counselling Services

Counselling Locations, Times and Prices

Appointment Location

Sessions with your counsellor would take place at our main office in Blaydon, or at our counselling rooms in Pelaw.

Appointment Times

We offer counselling appointments Monday to Friday (including evenings) and on Saturdays. If you require changes or flexibility, we will find times that work for you.

Pricing

Counselling for families costs £80 per session, regardless of the number of family members at each session.

FAQs about our Family Counselling Services

Still got a question? Find out everything you need to know about our Family Counselling services below, from taking the first step, to pricing and how we handle your data. Alternatively, please contact us if you would like more information.

Our face-to-face counselling, telephone counselling and online counselling sessions each last 50 minutes.

Sessions can be face to face, over the telephone, and online.

Face to face sessions with your counsellor would take place at our main office in Blaydon, or at our counselling rooms in Pelaw.

Our online therapy is via Microsoft Teams video calls. If you opt for online counselling, then before each session your counsellor will send the Teams link for your session to the email address that you have provided to us. You will need access to a Microsoft Teams account in order to obtain your counselling in this way.  If you don’t currently have access to Teams, then you will be able to download the Teams app, using the information that we send to you before your counselling session.

At the start your counsellor will work with you to understand your needs as a family and what has brought you to counselling. You don’t need to commit to a particular ‘course’ of counselling – the number of family counselling sessions will depend upon your needs.

 

At intervals, your counsellor will review with your family how you feel things are going. If further appointments would be helpful, your counsellor will explore this with you. You can choose to pause or end the counselling whenever you wish.

Family counselling costs £80 per session.

When you complete our online referral form or call us to ask for counselling, we will need to collect some basic information from you. The information we ask for will include your name, contact details, address, date of birth and GP Practice.

We will ask for this information from yourself, but we will also ask you to provide your other family members' basic details. That’s why it’s important that you first get permission from them to share this information with us.

So that we can get in touch with you and arrange counselling, we will ask:

  • How you would like us to contact you
  • Your availability to attend sessions (when and where)
  • The reasons (briefly) why you are seeking, or considering, family counselling.

This will also be an opportunity to share with us any other important information that you would like us to know. If you’re filling in our online referral form, therefore, you might find it easiest to do this together.

North East Counselling Services provides safe, confidential and ethical counselling – giving you the space to talk openly and freely.

The content of your counselling sessions will be kept private and we would only breach confidentiality in the following situations:

  • To protect you or someone else from serious harm – including safeguarding commitments.
  • Where there is a legal obligation to disclose information.
  • To prevent a crime.
  • Child protection.
  • If you have given your consent for confidentiality to be breached in order to share information with other parties.

We are committed to keeping safe the data you share with us. As a North East Counselling Services client, you can expect that we store your data securely and we process your personal information in ways that are lawful, fair and transparent.

Before you attend your first counselling session you will be sent some documents to read. One of those will be our Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy explains:

  • How we securely store your data
  • Other important information about your data and privacy rights

After you’ve read the Privacy Policy, we’ll ask for your agreement to storing your data in the way we’ve outlined. If you have any questions about data privacy at North East Counselling Services, please contact us.

The number of family members who take part can be from 2 to 5. It is not essential for every member to come to every session.

You can enquire about coming to counselling in any of the following ways.

1) Complete the referral form on our website

2) Telephone us on 0191 4661314

3) Email us at info@necounselling.org.uk

What Our Clients Say About Us

It truly has been an enormous help to us all

These sessions have been a godsend to me at a time in my life when I thought my whole world had fallen apart. It has allowed me to rationalise what has happened and help me to come to terms with it. My counsellor used amazing metaphors and facts to explain what was going on in my head as well as repeating what I had said in his own words which allowed me to reflect on a lot of things both in and out of the sessions. I would not be at that stage of my journey and development if I hadn’t have gotten the counselling at such a critical time. My development has also allowed me to help my 2 children in their trauma and coming to terms with what has happened. It truly has been an enormous help to us all.

We are so grateful for the positive impact counselling has had on our family.

Our family was going through a rough patch. Communication was strained and we were constantly arguing. Family counselling provided us with the tools and guidance we needed to improve our communication and resolve conflicts more effectively. We learned to listen to each other with empathy and respect, and our relationships are much stronger now. We are so grateful for the positive impact counselling has had on our family.

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