Epping Forest District Partners

BOSP supports children and young adults with complex disabilities or life-limiting conditions, and their families, by providing high-quality, fun, educational activities, respite, peer support and counselling.

The loss of a baby is a devastating experience and one that can bring a range of thoughts, feelings, and responses that can feel confusing, bewildering, and isolating. By Your Side is a maternal mental health service provided by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with midwifery colleagues, which offers therapeutic care and grief therapy for people who were pregnant and have experienced a perinatal loss. Our team aims to help people with their loss, being by your side during a devastating time.

Service Information

By Your Side works with people who were pregnant and are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties as a result of perinatal loss, including;
Miscarriage (including recurrent/multiple miscarriages)
Stillbirth
Termination
Neonatal death

Unfortunately, we do not currently accept self-referrals so please ask a health or social care professional (such as your GP) to submit a referral on your behalf. You must be over the age of 18, registered with a GP in Essex, and your loss must have occurred within the last year.

First Stop is a charity helping those who are in need in the Braintree area and surrounding communities.

The aim is to help those who have/or are disadvantaged by: a history of poor mental health, carers, ex-offenders, homelessness, learning needs, senior citizens, single parents, socially isolated, substance misuse, those unemployed (whether on benefits or not) or anyone in hardship needing help.

The help they can get is by accessing:

• Affordable Counselling, 1:1 appointments
• Our Community Fridge (accessing good nutritional food and helping prevent food waste)
• CV Construction
• Education classes: Confidence courses (a choice of 4), Learn my Way (IT), Digital Confidence- using tablets and other devices (including internet safety), arts & crafts and basic skills, including budgeting and maths- all in a professional but informal way
• Accessing impartial Information, Advice & Guidance- to a range of services
• Safe c/o address 

And any other help that may be needed. Our expertise is that as a long established organisation, we can refer on to a range of services to meet an individual's needs.  

Kids Inspire is a children’s mental health charity supporting children and young people aged 4-18 from low-income households and their families navigating mental health challenges and trauma. We do this through creative and arts-based trauma informed therapies, mentoring and community-based activities.  

Kooth.com is commissioned to provide an online wellbeing platform which along with text based counselling also includes helpful articles, forums, activity centre, daily journal and messaging. We provide British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accredited services and Kooth is available to young people aged 11-18 in Essex. 

The service provides a free and non-judgemental place for children and young people to connect with others and know they are not alone. They have instant access to self-help materials, fully moderated discussion forums and tools such as online journals and goal trackers. They can also contribute written pieces of work reflecting their own experiences, as well as accessing drop-in or booked text-based counselling sessions with professional counsellors.

These are online services that offer anonymised support via online counsellors, available 365 days a year, 12pm -10pm on weekdays and 6pm-10pm on weekends. 

Mind in West Essex supports people affected by mental ill health, predominantly across West Essex to make positive changes in their lives and to improve their emotional resilience.

We also aim to normalise the conversation around mental health and in doing so reduce the stigma that can be a barrier to people accessing the support that could help them to improve their quality of life.

We provide a range of services in order to help us deliver on these aims, these include: counselling as part of the NHS psychological therapies service; a private counselling service; Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training; emotional resilience training; peer support; befriending to reduce isolation; bereavement work and community support.

In addition to the above client facing services we also run Crisis Alternative Services including Sanctuary, Night Owls and Daylight Workers.

Online service only for Essex, the UK and worldwide.

Private Consultation by appointment in Harley Steet.

Aylin Webb is Psychologist, Author, Accredited CBT Therapist, Accredited Coach, EMDR Therapist, NLP & Flash Practitioner, Podcaster and speaker with over a decade of experience, she has dedicated her life to empowering individuals to overcome their anxieties, helping them feel confident and thrive in all aspects of their lives.

Born in Istanbul and having spent 13 years in Copenhagen, Denmark before settling in London, Aylin has navigated diverse challenges, including single motherhood while working full-time. Aylin's journey has been marked by overcoming personal hardships, including battling feelings of inadequacy, anxiety and fear of failure. Through her own experiences and professional expertise, she has helped thousands of individuals break free from trauma and anxiety, guiding them to discover their inner strength and regain self-confidence.

Aylin understands the struggles of women who face anxiety and the impact it has on self-worth and relationships. As your coach/therapist, she will provide you with tailored support to conquer your fears, overcome emotional distress and self-limiting beliefs, enabling you to lead a happier and more fulfilling life.

Your transformative journey towards self-discovery, resilience, and empowerment begins here! By investing in yourself, you will not only enhance your own well-being but also positively influence the lives of those around you, shaping a brighter future for generations to come.

Transforming trauma and fear into strength and confidence, Mind & Mood combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and life coaching to help you achieve lasting change.

Please note that this service is online, private and chargeable. Join Aylin Webb on this path to resilience and self-empowerment. Let's transform your trauma and anxiety into strength and confidence, together.

We all experience times when we feel like we can’t cope, sometimes this can start to affect our everyday lives and prevent us from doing the things we normally do.

If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, excessive worry or low mood, then NHS Talking Therapies can help.

NHS Talking Therapies is a FREE service and you don’t need to visit a GP to get help you can self refer for free via our website. A chat bot will appear and ask questions and refer you to the service, fill out the form on the website, or call us on 0333 015 2966. We can support you by providing the tools you need to get your life back on track.

Looking for counselling? We’ve been working in the local communities of Essex and East London for over a century. We’re experts in providing a safe space, amplifying voices and supporting people to grow and develop. 

Recognised as a centre of excellence by those in the sector, Renew’s services are delivered by a team of dedicated counsellors with a wealth of experience.

We offer low-cost, and sometimes funded, professional counselling to the community and surrounding areas and strive to offer a service that rivals an expensive private practice, but at an affordable price. Many of the people we see would not be able to afford counselling without our service.  

We provide counselling for:

• Children
• Young people
• Adults
• Schools
• Couples
• Eating Disorders
• Clergy

We are proud to be accredited by the BACP and abide by their code of ethics.

Contact us to learn more about counselling at Renew and to book an initial assessment.  

Training with Renew

As well as our counselling offer, we’re proud to be known as a centre for excellence for counselling training and supervision. We offer high-quality, professional training at a range of levels. Whether you’re just starting out in your counselling journey, looking for extra support in a caring profession or brushing up on your skills and knowledge, we have a course for you.  We’re proud to partner with Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) to deliver a number of our courses. Head to our website or contact our team to find out more.

Whether you’re coming to Renew for counselling, to study on one of our courses or for supervision, our offer is all about empowering you. We’re passionate about giving you a safe space to do the work and a voice to make yourself heard, but ultimately our goal is to enable you to build on your own strengths as you grow and develop.

PLEASE NOTE, there are 3 different number for the different areas. Basildon, Brentwood and Chelmsford.

Spark is a charity that provides counselling and mentoring services for young people in the Epping Forest and surrounding areas. We also run mental wellbeing workshops in schools, as well as parenting/nurture courses in the community. We believe in building relationships, coming alongside a young person and their family, and inspiring a sense of hope together.