We are primarily a voluntary organisation, serving the local
community. We were established in 2003 to help people
in crisis, or just in need of support, with a particular
emphasis on those suffering from depression. It is our
aim to reverse the trend of reliance on anti-depressants.
We are a small organisation who rely on lots of help
from everyone to keep going and if you would like to
help us, please go on to our donations page to see how
you could do that.
We are based in Bickley and our counselling team takes
on clients from a wide range of surrounding areas
including Bromley, Penge, Beckenham, Chislehurst,
Mottingham, and Petts Wood.
Each session lasts for 50 minutes. We are a longer term
agency with an upper limit of 24 sessions after your
initial appointment.
We are a unique service, requiring no set fee from our
clients for counselling sessions provided. We do
however, like to encourage clients to donate a little
something towards their sessions – viewing this as a
valuable commitment.
The key is that our service is both affordable and
accessible. We receive no funding whatsoever from the
local PCT, or government, so client donations provide
an opportunity to go on to help others.
We gained charity status in September 2005 which has
helped enormously by allowing us to start to fundraise.
Westmeria counselling service has already helped over
450 people since starting out and we plan to help many
more people in the future.
We have been fortunate enough to receive a few
corporate donations over the past couple of years –
which have been a godsend in helping us to develop
the service.