Your current situation
As it says on the page at https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/coronavirus-and-work/coping-with-redundancy/ “Losing a job is a huge adjustment and it’s normal to experience a range of emotions. We may feel shock, anger, resentment, relief and much more all in a short period of time.“
Many people are able to cope with that emotional turmoil, to just deal with it.
But many are not.
If you’re struggling with any or all of those emotions right now, it makes sense to ask for help. If you were struggling with your physical health you’d ask for help – why not do the same if it’s your mental health that is the issue?
Counselling, sometimes known as Talking Therapy, is broadly accepted as the best way to deal with challenges such as these.
Free resources
There are free resources available online. As well as the free counselling services available from the NHS, some charities around the UK offer free counselling. Some of the resources are listed here, and you may want to search for free services online yourself, using your home town as part of the search – small charities helping with this have a small marketing budget but will come up if you search for free local counselling.
As well as the Mind website above, perhaps of help to you would be one of the following:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/benefits-of-talking-therapy
https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/beatstress.uk
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
You may wish to talk to your GP about a referral.
Chargeable services
You might prefer to pay to engage with a counsellor on a 1-2-1 basis, to get personalised help precisely matching your needs, and to perhaps do that in a quicker timescale than the NHS or a small charity might be able to provide.
If you do want to pay for a counsellor, https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/what-is-counselling/ is an excellent resource to help you understand what counselling is, how it helps, and how to find a counsellor.
Alternatively, you may already know / like / trust a counsellor with whom you can talk.
If you don’t know / like / trust someone like that, don’t worry, we do!
If you contact us with an outline of your situation and your concerns we can put you in touch with someone who we know / like / trust so that they can contact you to see whether or not they think you need help, what help that might be, and what charges might be incurred.
If you’d prefer not to share your personal concerns with us, that’s OK – we can still refer you to a counsellor whose professional and ethical position will reassure you.
All of our contacts are very careful to ensure that they do nothing billable until they have your explicit go-ahead to make that happen. If you contact someone you already know, make sure they’re playing by those rules too!
So – might you want some help with this?
Contact us now – there is absolutely no charge to you for our services, but we do make a small commission if you spend money with one of our contacts, which they pay us when you have paid them for their services.
