Important Information: Booking appointments In November, our website will be going offline for a few days for some maintenance. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused. During this time, you can make appointments for counselling support by calling 01 662 9212.

Counselling

Our service is:

delivered by professional and accredited counsellors.
is open to men, women and teenagers in one-parent families; people who have a care/foster history and are now parenting; pregnant women; expectant fathers (scroll down for details on types of counselling offered).
available in-person and online, between Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

Fees:

Our unplanned/crisis pregnancy counselling and post-abortion counselling is free-of-charge, thanks to funding from the HSE Sexual Health Programme.
There is a small fee, on a sliding scale, for our other counselling services, for those who can afford it.

If you would like to talk with a counsellor or find out more about any of the counselling services available to you, please call 01 662 9212.

Unplanned or crisis pregnancy

An unplanned or crisis pregnancy can be confusing, distressing and lonely. Sometimes a pregnancy can become a crisis, due to diagnosis of a foetal anomaly, which may require decisions like whether to terminate your pregnancy early or continue.

You may be feeling overwhelmed, with difficult  decisions to be make. Getting support from our counselling service can help. Support is available to both women and men dealing with an unplanned or crisis pregnancy.

Continuing with an unplanned pregnancy

If your decision is to continue with your pregnancy, we can help you to prepare for all the changes ahead.

If you want to continue the pregnancy and then consider a post-birth adoption, we offer support and professional referrals to help with this. You can discuss all the options open to you be supported to decide what you want to do. Support is available to both women and men dealing with an unplanned or crisis pregnancy.

Post-abortion counselling

For some, having an abortion can present unexpected emotions or challenges. We offer a safe space and support to work through this.

Whether your abortion was recent or not, we offer counselling support to help you process the experience and any emotions you may be experiencing.

Adolescent counselling

The transition from childhood to adulthood can require extra support for both parent and child. New challenges can emerge as you child is seeking more autonomy and independence and conflict and communication difficulties arise.

We offer support for people parenting alone, separated or sharing parenting and their adolescent child, improve your relationship at this critical time.

Counselling Support Work

If you have a care or foster care history and are now parenting, we offer support to help you with your parenting journey. This support is built upon our Parents Under Pressure Programme, but delivered individually rather than in a group, in-person or online. You can get this support for yourself or make a professional referral for this support for somebody else.