Rehabilitation & Counselling
Talking to someone is not weakness. It is maintenance.
A counsellor, free and confidential — by phone, by video, or in person. A woman, always, unless you ask otherwise.
If you are thinking of harming yourself, or someone is in immediate danger, call 14416 (Tele-MANAS, free, 24 hours) or 112 now — then call us on 7868878688. We answer 24 hours.
Everything else the Forum does assumes you can get up in the morning and face the day. Sometimes that is the part that needs help first, and there is nothing shameful in that.
A counsellor, free and confidential — by phone, by video, or in person at a Hope Haven centre. A woman, always, unless you ask otherwise.
What people come to us with — grief and bereavement, the aftermath of violence, anxiety about money and children, the exhaustion of doing everything alone, a husband or son who is drinking, and simply having no one to talk to.
Partner rehabilitation centres — for de-addiction, for recovery after violence, and for longer-term residential care, we refer you to licensed centres we have visited, and we stay in touch while you are there.
Safe shelter — if you cannot go home tonight, call 7868878688. We will not ask you to explain yourself first.
Support groups — other women in the same position, meeting weekly at each centre. Many women say this helped more than anything else.
Your privacy
What you tell a counsellor stays with the counsellor
- Nothing about your counselling is visible to our jobs, card, volunteer or partner staff.
- It is never used for job matching, or in any other service.
- It is released only if you tell us in writing, or where the law compels it.
- Counselling has its own consent, its own retention schedule and its own access log — and you can withdraw consent at any time without affecting any other service.
- Our counsellors are qualified and work under supervision. If you need more than counselling, we arrange care with a named clinical partner and make a warm hand-over — never just a leaflet.
- The Forum does not publish counselling testimonials or photographs of anyone we have counselled.