Third Age counselling in Chelsea

04/04/2008

Third-Age Counselling service, now in its second year, is very happy to announce that Chelsea Methodist has awarded a further two years’ funding so that Third-Age continues this valuable service for older people.  

You can find us, on Wednesdays, at 155A Kings Road, Chelsea, SW3 5TX, opposite Habitat. Telephone 020 7352 6458.

Third-Age offers a secular, free, confidential counselling service specifically for people 60 years of age and over. Our counselling rooms are bright and comfortable, and our staff well-trained and bound by the BACP Ethical Code. We can offer up to 12 sessions per person.

We offer a safe supportive environment in which to explore difficult or complex thoughts and feelings. Talking through personal issues with someone outside your own situation can be immensely helpful and lead to greater understanding and ability to live your life more fully and with less stress and anxiety. Together with a skilled counsellor you can reflect on how to respond to events and how you relate to others in your life. Issues which bring people to therapy may include:

• Bereavement and loss
• Moving on from the past
• Relationship difficulties
• Experiences of being elderly and in retirement
• Failing health or disability

 

We’re grateful to Chelsea Methodist for continuing financial support, and hope that older people continue to feel encouraged to access – and benefit from – this valuable service for older people.

Sylvia Merritt, MBACP, UKRC
Project Manager
Third-Age Counselling Service