Welcome to Derwent Rural Counselling Service. We are a mental health charity with service centres in Derby and Derbyshire.
If you are considering speaking to someone about how you are feeling, we have a team of highly qualified and experienced therapists ready to help you. You do not have to cope alone. We can help you decide on the right choice of therapy for you or offer advice if you are worried about a friend, colleague or loved one.
We are widely spread across Derbyshire providing a local service for you. We operate from Alfreton, Bakewell, Belper, Chesterfield, Derby, Ilkeston and Long Eaton.
Should you need immediate support, please call the Derbyshire Mental Health Helpline and Support Service on 0800 028 0077 which is a freephone service available to everyone living in Derbyshire - both young people and adults. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
We can support you with your personal difficulties by offering a range of interventions and options that would be best suited for you. We offer the following therapies:
Sometimes simply talking openly and freely about your problems in a friendly, understanding and confidential environment can work wonders. Counselling can help you understand why you feel the way you do, and develop your own unique path to positive change. It can help you manage if you’re dealing with things like anxiety, depression or bereavement. It can also help you to explore issues like sexual identity and relationship difficulties. The number of sessions you may need can vary but usually it is about 8 sessions which last around 50 minutes per session.
DRCS can offer Counselling for Depression which is an evidence-based treatment approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for people experiencing symptoms of depression. This approach targets the emotional problems underlying depression, helping you to develop an understanding of these problems in order to overcome them. The aim is to help explore any underlying feelings, make sense of them, and reflect on the new meanings that emerge.
DRCS can also offer Integrative counselling which draws on techniques from different types of therapy to tailor an approach specifically for you. An integrative counsellor believes there isn’t just one therapeutic approach that can help a client in all situations. Instead, they take into account you as an individual and your circumstances, and use elements of different approaches to help you explore and cope with your problems.
You can book an appointment with the simple online form or call 0800 047 6861. You will be offered an assessment appointment. The assessment will determine which form of therapy will best support you. We will strive ensure you have the earliest appointment possible to start treatment.
When being offered an appointment, you can choose a convenient day and time, whether it is carried out over the telephone or by a video platform or face to face at one of our office locations. You also have the choice of a male or female therapist to suit your needs.