The Gloucestershire Counselling Service (GCS) provides a counselling service to people living in Gloucestershire.

The aims of the Service are:

• to provide high quality, individual and couple counselling at affordable cost to the people of Gloucestershire and surrounding areas
• to provide high quality, professional counsellor training to the community of Gloucestershire

GCS was established in 1980 and has grown into the major provider of general counselling and counselling training in Gloucestershire. We have over 65 counsellors who are professionally trained in the psychodynamic approach to counselling.

Our large premises in the centre of Stroud occupies two floors and offers numerous comfortable counselling rooms and 3 training rooms. It is also our main administrative centre. We also offer counselling in other venues across Gloucestershire including Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Almondsbury, Cirencester and the Forest of Dean.

GCS is a member of the WPF National Network of Counselling Centres which forms the largest general counselling service in Britain; members of the Network work to high standards of service delivery and good counselling practice. As a member of the Network we retain independent identity but benefit from membership to an organisation which has accrued nearly 30 years experience of running counselling services and training counsellors. WPF Counselling and Psychotherapy takes a leading role in the development of all aspects of national policy regarding counselling.

GCS is an organisational member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and work to their national standards and Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

The Gloucestershire Counselling Service is a BACP Accredited Service.

Gloucestershire Counselling Service is a Limited Company (Company No. 4754643) registered in Cardiff.
Registered Office: Alma House, 52/53 High Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1AP

GCS is a Registered Charity (No.1109904)