Useful Contacts -Mental health

Organisations that offer Counselling

Al Hasaniya Moroccan Women's Project
Works with Arabic speaking women. Community project that has a counsellor attached, counselling is free or low cost. Long and short term.

Bays 4 and 5 Trellicktower, 5 Goldborne Road, North Kensington, London, W10 5PA
Tel: 0208969 2292

Forward project
African/Caribbean client group, long and short term contract and low cost sessions available.

Unit 1 Bamber court, Bramber Road, West Kensington, London, W14
Tel: 020 8749 8747 work with african/caribbean client group

Kairos
Offering help in finding lesbian/gay/bisexual psychotherapists and counsellors.

56 Old Compton Street, London, W1
Tel: 020 7 437 6063
Email: kairos@kairos-soho.co.uk
Website: http://www.kairosinsoho.org.uk

Nafsiyat
Intercultural Therapy Centre Offers counselling to black and minority ethnic groups with a cultural component to their distress.

Antonia House, 262 Holloway Road, London, N7 6NE

Open door
Young peoples consultation service - works with young people aged 13-25. Fee £5 for students.

12 Middle Lane, Crouch End, London, N8 8PL
Tel: 020 8348 5947

For more information on mental health resources and organisations visit http://www.opendooronline.org/page.asp?id=2&title=About+Open+Door

PACE
A counselling, education and advice project for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. They offer individual, couple and group counselling and psychotherapy.

34 Hartham Road, London, N7 9Jl (full access), nearest underground station is Caledonian Road (disabled access).
020 700 1323 (main switch)
020 7679 0014 (counselling)

Spectrum
Works with wide range of clients from a psychoanalytic/ psychodynamic perspective.

7 Endymion Road, London, N4 1EE
Tel: 020 8341 2277

St Mark's Day Centre for Mental Health
Have an Arabic speaking Worker, providing support for Arabic community in order to make the services more suited to their needs and cultures.

The main aims of the service are:
To offer emotional, practical help and companionship for Arabic people who have mental health problems
To increase confidence and self-esteem
To enable people in general and women in particular to make use of existing statutory and voluntary services

WE TREAT YOUR INFORMATION AS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIALLY
If you are interested in using our service, please contact:

Nemat Hassan
St Mark's Mental Health Day Centre, 1-9 St Marks Road, London W11 1RG
Tel: 020 7727 6210
E-mail: Nemat.hassan@rbkc.gov.uk

Women's Therapy Centre
Works only with women and specialises in issues such as eating disorders, sexual abuse and working with women from different communities. They have counsellors from different communities and can offer bilingual counselling. They work from a psychoanalytic/psychodynamic perspective. There are opportunities for long and short term sessions and there are low cost and full cost sessions.

10 Manor Gdns, Holloway, London, N7 6JS
Email: info@womenstherapycentre.co.uk
Website: http://www.womenstherapycentre.co.uk