Counselling Services
What is Counselling?
Most of us face difficulties and challenges at some point in life. Sometimes these challenges can be overwhelming and we are left feeling helpless and stressed.
The following are some reasons people come to talk to a counsellor:
• Stress in relationships,
• Loss because of bereavement or separation
• Anxiety
• Uncertainty about finance, redundancy and job loss,
• Concerns about health,
• Worries about a family member or friend
Counselling can help you to re-examine and identify issues in life and to find more constructive ways of managing them.
With the counsellor you will explore your feelings about difficult life events and develop new ways of coping and keeping well.
Counselling offers an opportunity to enhance the quality of your own life and helps support healthy relationships with family members.
The Counselling Service offered by Clarecare is available to adults in Co. Clare and is based in the Ennis Office. People availing of the service are invited to make a donation to Clarecare.
You are welcome to refer yourself to the service or you may be referred by a doctor or other agency.
The Counselling Service can be contacted in Clarecare, Harmony Row, Ennis or by phoning 065-6828178.
Bushypark Residential Addiction Treatment Centre
This is a 13 bed facility providing a 28 day residential treatment programme for people addicted to alcohol, drugs or gambling. The programme is based on the Minnesota model of treatment using the 12 step philosophy of abstinence. Clients may self-refer or be referred by family, doctors, employer or other agencies. This service is open to everyone over 18 years of age from any part of the country.
Clarecare’s Bushypark Family Support Programme
Clarecare’s Bushypark Treatment Centre sponsors a weekly Family Support Programme for families affected by substance misuse and/or addiction.
This is a confidential drop-in service providing information about substance misuse and addiction, as well as support and a listening ear.
Both programmes are counsellor-led and funded by the OMD Cocaine Initiative through the Mid-west Regional Drugs Task Force.
In Ennis the programme meets Tuesday evenings at 7.30 pm in Clarecare room 13, Harmony Row. In Limerick, the programme meets Wednesdays at 3.30 pm in the Pastoral Centre on Denmark Street (except in August when the Pastoral Centre is closed – phone Clarecare’s Bushypark for venue in August 065-6840944).
For further information or if you have questions, contact Ellen O’Neal at Clarecare’s Bushypark Treatment Centre at 065-6840944.
