Respect for All
Counselling Services

Our counselling services will be open for referrals from 1st April 2026​​​​

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From April 2026, our counselling service is formally funded by NHS Greater Manchester and will be open to autistic people, autistic people with co-occurring conditions, and their families and carers who live in Greater Manchester.​

 

The counselling service includes:

• 1:1 counselling for people aged 16 and over

• Family counselling, including:

  • Work with children under 16 alongside their parent/s or carers

  • Support for young people under 25 with complex needs who live at home, alongside their parent/s or carers

  • Support for parents and carers

  • Support for neurotypical siblings within the context of their neurodivergent sibling(s)

  • Couples counselling (within the context of autism)

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Please note that we are not a crisis / urgent need service.  If you are experiencing anything that significantly puts you at immediate risk (significant self-harm, suicide attempt/abuse), you should call 111 and select the mental health option 2 / contact emergency services on 999 or go to A&E / contact your local mental health crisis team.  You can also speak to your GP or support services like Samaritans.​​

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Our counsellors all either identify as neurodiverse or have significant lived experience of autism and/or learning disabilities.  Our team of specialists delivers a range of therapeutic approaches tailored to meet individual needs. These may include (but are not limited to): person-centred therapy, integrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, trauma-informed approaches, family systems therapy, executive functioning coaching, psychoeducation, play therapy, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and non-verbal and art therapy. 

 

We work with everything from low to mid-level support needs, such as anxiety and depression, to more complex, multi-layered support needs which might include dual-diagnosis, trauma, abuse, eating disorders, self harm or PTSD.  

 

We are a shorter term service and offer up to 12 x 50 minute sessions.  Our counselling sessions mostly take place online or on the telephone.  We may be able to offer face to face counselling, but please note that the waiting list for this may be considerably longer as we have limited capacity and you may need to travel.​

 

Our counsellors are either qualified self-employed counsellors or are student counsellors on placement with us in their final year of study.  All students have passed their competency to practice assessment, conducted by their College or University.

 

Information for professionals wanting to refer clients requiring ongoing long-term support or those with learning disabilities without autism:

Our charity has historically supported people with complex needs who require longer-term support, as well as people with learning disabilities who are not autistic. However, we do not currently have formal funding in place for this work.

If you are referring someone who may require longer-term support, or someone with a learning disability, please be aware that we will need to work with you to explore options for securing funding, for example through the individual’s social care plan.

Please email us or complete a referral form, and we will be in touch to discuss this further.

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Please see below for more information on each service​