Free Counselling

We offer free professional counselling for anyone diagnosed with a brain tumour and their loved ones.

We understand that a brain tumour diagnosis can be difficult. It can impact the mental health of the person affected and their family and friends. People often struggle with painful emotions and can find it hard to make sense of what has happened. This is why we offer free counselling.

Counselling offers you a confidential space to talk freely about your thoughts and feelings relating to yours, or your loved one’s brain tumour diagnosis. It can help you to process your experience. By talking to someone objective, who will listen without judgement, you can begin to bring a new understanding to your situation. You can work to find more manageable ways to cope.

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Our free counselling

The Brain Tumour Charity is offering up to eight free counselling sessions to anyone diagnosed with a brain tumour or their loved ones. This is a remote service, offering free online counselling sessions via webcam, or over the telephone.

Sessions take place Monday – Friday, between the hours of 9am – 5pm. Our professional counsellors are not medical professionals, but are all appropriately qualified in counselling and have relevant experience and training to support those affected by a brain tumour diagnosis.

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Eligibility

To be eligible for this service, you will need to be:

18 years or over
Living in the UK
Able to access a phone or webcam for counselling sessions
A patient or loved one impacted by a brain tumour diagnosis
At any stage of your brain tumour journey, including newly diagnosed and bereaved
Not currently receiving counselling/therapy elsewhere
Wishing to have counselling to focus on the impact that a brain tumour diagnosis has had on your life

How to access free counselling

The current waiting list to start counselling is 1 to 4 weeks dependent on client availability.

To access our counselling service, you will need to complete the below self-referral form and book yourself in for an Initial Assessment with a member of our Support Team. The assessment will help us to understand your needs and what support you are looking for. If suitable, you will then be matched to an available and appropriate counsellor for you.

If you have any questions about the service, you can contact the Counselling Team on counselling@thebraintumourcharity.org, or by calling 01252 237136 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm).

Please note that the counselling service will be closed between the 21st of December 2024 and the 6th of January 2025. During this time referrals, calls and emails will not be monitored.

Self-referral form

Personal details

Name(Required)

First Last

Date of Birth(Required)

(you must be aged 18 or over to access this service)

Phone number(Required)

Email address(Required)

Gender(Required)

Ethnicity(Required)

Address*

Address(Required)

Address Line 1 Address Line 2 County Postcode Country

(you must live within the UK to access this service)

Brain Tumour Information

Relationship to person with brain tumour(Required)

Age of person with brain tumour(Required)

Brain Tumour Grade(Required)

Brain Tumour Type(Required)

Recency of diagnosis(Required)

Status of person diagnosed with a brain tumour(Required)

Overview of reasons for seeking support(Required)

Please note, the remit of this counselling service is to specifically focus on the impact that a brain tumour diagnosis has had on your life.

Specific requirements for assessment call(Required)

E.g. tires easily, communication difficulties, etc.

Keeping in touch

We’d love to stay in touch and send you useful information and resources to help you with your next steps. We look forward to keeping in touch with you by post and phone with information about our support services, research and how you can get involved with our life-saving work, for example, through fundraising, campaigning or volunteering. .

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The next step is for you to submit this self-referral form and then book an appointment for your Initial Assessment call. Please use the button below, which will take you to the assessment booking form.

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