About Us

About Us  …….

The Faversham Counselling Service (FCS) was launched in 1993 and since then many people have sought and found help with us at our Gatefield Lane Centre, where we provide a valued service both within the local community and beyond.  People have come from all walks of life with a variety of personal, emotional or relationship issues, seeking an impartial, understanding person with whom they can share and explore their feelings.

 

Faversham Counselling Service is an organisational member of BACP, The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and works within their ‘Ethical Framework of Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy’.  In March 2004 we became an accredited member with BACP and are now one of its authorised ‘Accredited Service’ providers.

 

We are a registered charity with a Management Team and a Board of Trustees dedicated to the continuance of the Service.  The Management Team is accountable to the Board of Trustees who meet regularly during the year to receive reports on the Service’s activities.

 

The Counsellors ………

All counsellors at the service are very experienced and have been trained to a high standard with a recognised training body. During their training counsellors have undergone their own experience of therapy and personal development.  All counsellors at FCS subscribe to the BACP, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and are, therefore, required to attend professional supervision and are bound by the BACP ‘Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy’, which ensures the quality of client care, confidentiality and a first class professional service.

Premises ……..

The counselling centre is dedicated, equipped and furnished for counselling services.  The premises are central to Faversham and within easy pedestrian reach of both Health Centres in Faversham, car parking and public transport systems.  These premises accommodate counselling rooms, a reception area and an office.  As far as possible we meet with current disability legislation, but we do not have wheelchair access to the toilet.

 

Confidentiality ………

The counsellor-client relationship is one in which the client can feel safe and confident that both the fact and the content of that meeting is kept strictly private and confidential within the Counselling Service.  This is crucial to the trust and integrity of the counselling relationship.  Clients are informed at the outset of counselling of the limits of and exceptions to confidentiality.   In exceptional circumstances, where there is genuine cause for serious concern about the safety or interests of clients or about others who may be threatened by the clients behaviour, the counsellor is subject to the requirement of law and may take steps as judged necessary to inform appropriate third parties under the following acts –

 

Data Protection Act (1998)
Prevention of Terrorism Act (1989)
Drug Trafficking Act (1994)
Working to Safeguard Children Police (2006)