Additional Services within Midlothian Sure Start

Counselling Service

The Counselling Service is a Midlothian based charity helping those who suffer from postnatal issues including depression and a wide range of other issues. We hope to reduce the stigma associated with Postnatal Depression and enable families to seek the support, which is available to them.

We counsel across six centres in Midlothian and various outreach venues, including doctor's surgeries, baby Clinic's, and Primary Schools.

Midlothian Sure start's counselling service is a safe and confidential environment where someone will listen. It's an opportunity to explore options for the future.

A session is approx. 50 minutes and your appointment will be with the same counsellor each week. The counsellor can offer from a few sessions up to 24 free counselling sessions, depending on your needs and preference. For some people, a few sessions is all that is required but others wish to attend counselling for a longer duration.

COUNSELLING

The Counselling service is a service which is issue based. These issues include postnatal depression, postnatal illness, and anxiety. However we do accept many different areas, most of which are shown below. Please note, whilst we have a small selection of counsellors able to offer couple work, we however do not specialise in Couple Counselling - see links for their number.

Our other areas are, Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Bereavement, Eating Disorders, Stress, Family Issues, Abuse, Relationships, Bullying, Feelings of Despair, Suicidal thoughts are some of the areas to name a few.

Counselling can feature as one to one or within a group, counsellors utilise many methods to help reach a solution. These include; Person Centred, Integrative, Pluraistic, Mindfulness, Group work, and Transactional Analysis.

My name is Lorna Doran and I am a second year student on Brief Intervention Counselling. I offer therapy in an open non-judgmental and welcoming environment where the client can really be listened to and heard. I personally enjoy working in MSS as all people from clients to staff have been so welcoming of me and so friendly that I have felt at home and comfortable. Thank you!

Counselling Service (counsellingservice@midlothiansurestart.org.uk)