Face to Face Counselling
Employees can access a telephone counsellor 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Face to face counselling is arranged by referral. When counselling occurs, the counsellor will first make a thorough assessment. This will usually comprise the first session, and an estimate will be made at this point of required further counselling input.
The aims of short-term counselling typically are to
- Clarify problems
- Understand how the problems are impacting on the client's life, at work and at home
- Identify strengths and resources the client has available
- Leave the client feeling more in control and more hopeful
This is achieved by
- Assessment
- Formulation (understanding the problem and how to help)
- Therapeutic relationship
- Moving On
The Counselling session
- 50 minutes long
- Weekly, but may be more spread out if clinically appropriate
- Normally same time and place every session, but can sometimes change to accommodate shift working
- Within 15 miles of home or workplace (client's choice)
Right Corecare maintains an active network of over 1,200 counsellors distributed throughout the UK. Our quality requirements for counsellors represents the benchmark standard in the EAP Industry. The minimum requirements for counsellors are:
- A recognised accredited qualification (e.g. Chartered Clinical Psychologist, UKCP, BACP)
- At least five years' counselling experience in an appropriate environment.
- Under regular professional supervision
- Governance by a recognised code of practice (either British Psychological Society or BACP)
- Access to private consulting rooms which meet specified standards
- Professionally indemnified to a minimum value of £1 million