Ealing Abbey Counselling Service

Ealing Abbey Counselling Service (EACS) is an established registered charity which offers confidential, professional help and a range of skills to meet the needs of our clients, without discrimination. We are a non denominational service – our counsellors and clients come from a range of backgrounds, cultures and belief systems.

Our office and counselling rooms are on the first and second floor of a converted Victorian building and accessed via side fire escape stairs. We have limited use of a ground floor annexe to the rear of the building for those requiring disabled access.

The Service was founded in 1994 and has developed from a small beginning of seven founder members into one of the largest voluntary sector counselling and psychotherapy providers in London.

We have around 85 practitioners, most of whom are volunteer counsellors, psychotherapists and counselling psychologists who are at an advanced training stage. Some of our volunteer practitioners continue to offer their services at EACS post qualification and training.

We also have a team of qualified and experienced supervisors who provide monthly clinical supervision to our counsellors in groups of 3 or 4; and a team of assessors who carry out a comprehensive face to face assessment for all service users wishing to access counselling/psychotherapy at EACS.

We have a small team of 5 permanent, part time paid employees who administrate, manage and oversee the Service.Our aim is to offer a professional, safe and supportive environment for both our clients and our practitioners.

Deborah Saville - Director, EACS - June 2023

We offer individual counselling for up to 160 clients on a weekly basis. This is our main service and we are open for counselling from 8.00am to 9.00pm Monday to Friday or on Saturday morning. We are a self referral service which means that we only take bookings from the person who is seeking counselling. We ask for a referral letter from the community mental health teams for those currently being supported by secondary care services.

For anyone seeking counselling in a language other than English, we do have some counsellors who speak a variety of east and west European languages, including Polish. Contact the office for current availability.

In addition to one to one counselling, we also provide a small psychosexual/relationship counselling service to couples. Individuals experiencing sexual difficulties can also refer themselves to this service.

We work with adults only (defined as 18 + years).