Counsellors in Primary Care
The Primary Care Counselling Service covers GP Practices throughout Shropshire. It is funded by Shropshire County PCT and Telford and Wrekin PCT and provided by the Psychological Therapies Department.
The service began in the early 1990’s and initially served two GP Practices: Wellington Health Centre, Telford and Radbrook Green Surgery, Shrewsbury, these surgeries were GP fundholding practices. The service began to grow and other surgeries asked the then Community and Mental Health Service to provide them with a counsellor. As fundholding was withdrawn many surgeries in Shropshire lost the funding for their counsellor, however after a few years the situation began to improve again. Gradually more funding became available and today the service covers 42 GP Practices throughout Shropshire: 19 in Telford and Wrekin and 23 in Shropshire County.
The service is provided by 20 part-time counsellors and one full-time senior counsellor.
Who they are and where they workYou can also find out more about the following counsellors:
We have recently appointed a part-time counsellor, Saroj Sharma, to work with diverse culture clients in the Telford and Wrekin area. Read her leaflets in English, Punjabi and Urdu. She will be based at Dawley Psychological Therapies Department but will see clients at their GP surgeries or their home. She will also be liaising with other members of the community who work in this area and helping to develop the service further. Find our more about the diverse cultures service