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Platfform Wellbeing

Registered Charity No. 1000889

Aims & objectives

Platfform Wellbeing is a counselling and wellbeing space in the heart of Cardiff, offering counselling services, CBT, therapies & workplace wellbeing training – created by the Platfform, the Charity for Mental Health and Social Change. All profits are reinvested into Platfform to support mental health and community projects.

We all have times when life gets on top of us, for whatever reason. Platfform counsellors work with several approaches helping you find ways to move towards a positive mental health recovery.

Services

Platfform Wellbeing offers a large team of professional and trainee counsellors. Low- cost counselling is available to those on means-tested benefits, or students with no other income. This is provided by trainees who are in the final stage of their professional training, at least Level 4 Diploma. Our qualified counsellors provide therapy on a commercial basis to everyone else.

Clients pay £5 per session for low-cost counselling, £15 for the assessment and from £55 per session for commercial counselling.

Counselling is available online and by telephone from Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm. Some face-to-face counselling is available in our Cardiff and Swansea offices

Waiting list/ Process for supporting people waiting

All referrals are responded to within 3 working days.

Waiting times for counselling vary throughout the year.

Counsellors speaking the following languages are available at Breathe:

Bengali, German, Hindi, Norwegian, Polish, Urdu, Welsh, English.

Evidence base

All counsellors are members / student members of BACP, BPS or similar.
All counsellors receive supervision in line with BACP recommendations. They are encouraged to attend group supervision in addition to individual supervision.
We use CORE10 to monitor clients’ wellbeing.
Clients fill in an evaluation form on completion of counselling.