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BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy)

BACP's primary purpose is to support counsellors and help them better serve their clients. 

Find A Therapist search facility is available online for your particular needs.

Address:
BACP, 15 St John's Business Park, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4HB
Telephone:
01455 883300
Website:
Opening times:
Monday – Friday, 10am - 4pm
Sector:
Public

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Talking treatments can help you to overcome emotional difficulties and free yourself from self-destructive ways of feeling thinking and behaving. They work by providing an opportunity for you to talk in a way that assists you to understand yourself better. Having gained this understanding you can work out ways of living your life in a more positive and constructive way. This way of changing your life is very different from using drugs such as tranquillisers and antidepressants which doctors often prescribe for people who are emotionally distressed. These drugs change your mood by affecting the balance of chemicals in your body but do not help you to deal with underlying problems. Counselling is a form of psychological or talking therapy that offers people a chance to change how they feel and to live better.