Counselling Service

A Free and Confidential Service for Parents & Family Members of Children with Special Needs living in Havering.

The Counselling Service offers you an opportunity to talk things through in a safe and confidential setting with a fully qualified counsellor.

You may want to talk about how you have been feeling since finding out a child in your family has special needs. You may want to talk about other issues in your life that are not necessarily connected.

Counselling gives you the time to focus on what is going on in your life. A Counsellor will not judge you but will work with you to help you find your own answers.

At present the Counselling Service employs two part-time Counsellors. If you wish to make an appointment or you require further information they can be contacted on their confidential direct line as follows:

Tina Rose, MA, Dip Couns
Telephone: 01708 557243
email: counsellor@firststep.org.uk

All Counselling at First Step adheres to the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists’ (BACP) Ethical Framework

N.B: The term special needs relates to additional physical, sensory, learning or emotional difficulties. Please do not hesitate to contact the Counsellor should you have any queries with regard to eligibility for this service.