RASASC NW Counselling

To sign up for counselling or to find out more about the service please call 01248 670 628. We will take some basic details over the phone and add you to our waiting list for an initial assessment appointment with one of our specially trained support workers or counsellors. You can also refer yourself using our online referral form.

This is a meeting with a specially trained and experienced support worker or counsellor to discuss your needs and for you to ask any questions about the service. The RASASC specially trained worker will ask some questions about your support network, physical and mental health and experience of sexual trauma.

Your initial assessment will be returned to the office and assessed on what course of action, counselling and/or support is best for your needs. If counselling is suitable, you will enter our counselling waiting list and a counsellor will be allocated to you as soon as one becomes available.

Your counselling sessions will be discussed with your counsellors and usually takes place weekly at a pre-arranged time and venue.

This varies constantly across counties, our current wait time is 2-4 months.

RASASC NW can offer weekly telephone support through The Live Fear Free Helpline and will be discussed and explained with you during your assessment. This will be arranged through RASASC office if consent is given.

Your counsellor will explore with you, your expectations and needs are from counselling.

For more detailed information about the counselling process please follow the links below:

Confidentiality statement

Counselling takes place by appointment weekly. The counselling process is reviewed on a regular basis, usually every 6-weeks. This is just to make sure that it is beneficial to the client and that we are the most appropriate service for the client.

Counselling is provided online, by telephone or face to face depending on preference and Risk Assessments. Our service is ageless and genderless, however we do offer women only and men only spaces in our Bangor Centre upon request.

If you cannot come to your appointment, please give as much notice as possible, contacting your counsellor or office.

If you miss 2 consecutive sessions or 3 sessions in total without appropriate notice or reasonable explanation, in the interests of fairness your slot will then be offered to the next person on the waiting list. You are welcome though to phone us back at a later date if you feel ready to talk to someone.

Reflecting on yourself and your experiences in counselling can be painful. If you or your counsellor feel it is not a suitable time for therapy, there are other types of services that may be helpful and can be explored with your counsellor. You are welcome to access our service at a later date should you change your mind.