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WHCM is a charitable voluntary organisation providing counselling services in Essex. They are accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
The main work of WHCM is the provision of community based counselling services for children, young people, adults, couples and families.
WHCM's Counselling Service is available to anyone who feels they may
benefit. What sort of problems can be helped with counselling?
- Being unhappy at school, college or work
- The effects of childhood neglect or abuse
- Difficulties making friends / relationships
- Losing someone close to them
- Serious disagreements with parents or carers
- Anxieties about sexuality
- Feeling depressed, suicidal or angry
- Low self-esteem or lack of confidence
WHCM Sycamore provides a free counselling service for young people in the Chelmsford One Stop Shop. WHCM Bridge provides a free counselling service for young people on-site at their own offices in Basildon Town Centre. Feel free to make use of either of these services if you need
support with any anxieties or emotional issues you may be experiencing. Call 01245 706806 for more information about services in Chelmsford and 01268 822800 for more information about services in Basildon.
Young people aged 12 and over are welcome to contact WHCM directly about counselling. Young people under 12, as well as those over 12, are also welcome to ask their parents or someone else they trust to contact WHCM on their behalf.Telephone, email or call in to book an initial assessment. Contact details are shown on the WHCM website. You can choose to attend your first session alone or take someone with you for support.
Your Comments
Posted - 11:10, 08 Jan 2009
Thanks for your comment. WHCM stands for ‘West Ham Central Mission’ which is where the Organisation originated in East London in 1905.
WHCM was set up as a Christian response to the deprivation in the East End at the time. WHCM has evolved since to respond to different needs that it identified in East London and Essex. WHCM offer low cost professional counselling to people of all faiths or none, who may benefit from it, regardless of their gender, nationality, ethnic origin, colour, sexual orientation, disability, class, age, religious beliefs, marital status or domestic circumstances.
WHCM have provided support to people experiencing mental distress and emotional difficulties more specifically since the 1960s, and started a family counselling service in the mid 1980s. Their current counselling and training activities have developed from that work.
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Posted - 03:19, 01 Jan 2009
Could you please tell me what WHCM stands for? Thank you