Our approach
Our counsellors choose an approach together with each person or group, based on their needs, preferences and circumstances. Many of these interventions can be delivered in groups, making support available to more people.
A series of simple body-based exercises that help release deep muscular tension linked to stress and trauma by activating the body’s natural tremor response. Often practised in groups and later on one’s own.
Helpful for: Stress, tension, trauma, sleep problems
A structured, time-limited therapy for depression that focuses on relationships and life events such as grief, disputes, loneliness and major life changes. The World Health Organization has adapted it for delivery in groups.
Helpful for: Depression, grief, relationship difficulties
Psychosocial activities delivered within the community — through local groups, volunteers and existing structures — to strengthen social support, resilience and early help-seeking.
Helpful for: Communities affected by stress, disaster or conflict
A psychological intervention developed with the World Health Organization that uses simple cognitive-behavioural techniques to support mothers experiencing depression during and after pregnancy.
Helpful for: Perinatal depression, maternal wellbeing
Draft — confirm THP = Thinking Healthy ProgrammeA group-based approach that combines storytelling with creative story-cloth making, helping survivors of trauma and gender-based violence process their experiences and reconnect with others.
Helpful for: Trauma, gender-based violence, isolation
Draft — confirm Common Threads descriptionReaching out is a sign of strength. Contact us to speak with a counsellor — what you share stays confidential.