WELCOME
TO OPEN MINDS COUNSELLING SERVICE
charity no. 1155119 company no. 06695828
One to One Therapy
Counselling
and support for adults, children, couples and families
Thank you to our funders
OPENING HOURS
OUR FRIENDLY OFFICE STAFF ARE WAITING TO TAKE YOUR CALL
Tuesday - Thursday:
10am to 7pm
Saturday:
10am - 3pm
Phone or Text
07765 224564
Learn about Open Minds and our work here:
Our waiting list for funded counselling for adults is typically 4 - 6 months and for children it can be up to 3 - 6 months.
We are a charity and our resources are limited. We exist to make sure that anyone can access therapy, without being excluded by their financial position. This being said our funding does not cover all of our costs so we do ask for a contribution for those who can afford to make it, whether of £2 or more if possible.
Income donated by clients helps to pay for the costs not included in our funding such as an Employee Assistance Programme to help care for team members.
If you cannot afford to pay at all this is completely fine.
NON-CONCESSIONARY (NC) COUNSELLING
If you can pay £30 a session we can employ a counsellor specifically to work with you or your child.
This allows us to offer therapy much sooner than our waiting list for free or subsidised therapy.
As you complete the forms below you will see a box that allows you to tick to say you would like NC Counselling.
The quality of the counselling service you receive is not affected by whether or not you can make a contribution.
Our counsellors are all wonderful human beings who are in the business of caring for others.
We are offering in person, telephone or online therapy to adults
Because we cannot see everyone at this difficult time we have collected together 100s of resources, activities and links to help you at https://counsellingdoncaster.wixsite.com/library
Under 14s may be offered face to face counselling on Saturdays at a time between 10am and 3pm,
or on Tuesdays or Wednesdays between 4pm and 7.30pm at Open Minds.
We also offer video / telephone therapy after school on weekdays, subject to counsellors being available
Young people aged 14 and over will be offered video calling or telephone counselling
update 10th March 2025
Open Minds have made the difficult decision to close our adult and child counselling waiting lists for the time being.
We have a current waiting time of around 6 months, but only around 3 months of funding, with more than 100 adults, and 100 children on the waiting list.
Naturally we hope to secure continuation funding, but it would be unethical at this point to continue taking people onto the waiting list when it might be impossible to support them.
We would suggest adults ask for referrals to Talking Therapies, and children ask for support in school from With Me In Mind, or seek CAMHS referrals if appropriate. You can also phone Doncaster Mind on 01302 812505 who provide support through group work and one to one work.
We are still able to take referrals for clients who can pay £30 a session or more - as these slots do not rely on funding.
If this applies to you please use the link below:
https://forms.gle/yqycwoo2o76U843h6
