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The Willows Centre
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About us

Established for over 32 years, Willows continues to offer its services to meet the mental health needs of people in Swindon, Wiltshire and the West of England.

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Serving the Community

Willows originated from a joint initiative between the District General Practitioners Committee and the Council of Churches, as at the time General Practitioners did not offer a counselling service. It was identified that there was a need within Swindon and the surrounding areas in Wiltshire to provide a professional, quality mental health service, and so Willows Counselling & Training began as a training agency in 1989 and in 1995 the counselling service emerged.

Now established for over 30 years, Willows continues to offer its services to meet the mental health needs of people in Swindon, Wiltshire, and the West of England. We offer counselling support for adults facing mental health difficulties, and we are specialists in counselling trauma and abuse with its complex challenges. We continue our dedication to training quality, ethical, and experienced counsellors of the future, thus we are recognised as a leading provider of counselling training from entry-level to postgraduate and beyond.

Supportive

We care passionately about empowering people to experience better mental health and well-being through empathic, non-judgmental acceptance and therapeutic support.

People-centred

We value working in partnership and collaboration with other agencies, businesses and organisations to maximise the use and impact of our expertise and resources, serving everyone at the heart of our community.

Equality

We believe in access to our services for people irrespective of sex identity, sexuality, spirituality, ethnicity, disability or economic affordability.

Sustainable

With over 31 years experience of working in and supporting the community, we are established and consistent, organically growing and evolving.

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Our Mission

The restoration of psychological, emotional, spiritual and physical health by the provision of Counselling, Counsellor Training and Research.

Our Vision

To be known as the leading provider of counselling, counsellor training and research on mental health and well-being in Wiltshire and beyond.

I joined the trauma course as I was looking to become more competent with working with trauma, having had no training around this subject in my level 5. The course has helped me change as a person, and as a counsellor. I not only feel competent, but I also have the passion to take this further.

Previous Student

My counsellor was fantastic - really helped me in so many aspects of my life.

Anon - Former Willows Client

The trauma course without doubt has been the most significant part of my learning journey so far. From both a personal and professional perspective, my learning has been has felt considerably enriched as a result of the 12 months spent studying with Willows.

Previous Student

Without Willows help through counselling I don’t think I would still be here. They really helped me to understand that I am not responsible for everyone

A client

Our People

Our team members and trustees work together to create a strong, resilient and dynamic organisation.

Team members
Trustees

Amanda

Joint-CEO & Counselling Manager

Denise

Joint-CEO & Training Manager

Tamasin

Tamasin

Finance Manager

Ron

Ron

Centre Manager

Linda

Linda

Training Coordinator

Judy

Judy

Community Partnerships

Sarah

Sarah

Counselling Coordinator

Jas

Jas

Counselling Coordinator

Liz

Liz

Clinical Administrator

Tracy

Bookkeeper

Shirley

Training Coordinator

Lily

Willows Wellbeing Assistant

Catherine

Catherine

Trustee

Tanya

Trustee

Fiona

Trustee

Greg

Trustee

Philip

Trustee

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