Counselling
Confidential pastoral counselling with a member of the ministry team — for whatever you are carrying.
A conversation, held in confidence.
Pastoral counselling at Northmead is a confidential conversation with a trained member of the ministry team — about marriage, family, grief, addiction, anxiety, faith, or anything else weighing on you.
What you say stays between you and the counsellor. It is not discussed with other members, not raised from the pulpit, and not recorded anywhere the congregation can see.
Pastoral counselling is not clinical psychiatry or medical treatment. Where a situation needs professional or medical care, the team will say so plainly and help you find it rather than attempting something beyond their competence.
Four steps, no forms to fill in.
Contact the office
A time is arranged
You meet
Follow-up
You do not need to be a member to ask.
If something is weighing on you, telephone the church office and ask to speak to someone. That is all it takes.