FREE relationship counselling service open to health and social care staff

A programme of support for health and social care staff who are concerned about stress on their relationships, and other anxieties such as health, money, loneliness, feeling low or being overwhelmed.

Counselling sessions are available via webcam.

 For this project we are only currently taking referrals from North West London (Keeping Well NWL) and North East London (Keeping Well NEL) hubs.

If you would like to have a conversation with us about relationship support for your staff or colleagues, whether you are working in the NHS or in other services, please contact us for further details using the form at the foot of this page on call us on 020 7380 1975.

Supporting health and social care staff and their relationships - across London

What is your approach?

Our approach focusses on strengths in your relationships, which may be under duress at this time, helping couples to recover or hold onto their resilience during this period of change and uncertainty.

Our aim is to provide couples with the thinking space they need to be able to face the challenges of working in demanding times, understand the stresses they are experiencing and mobilise their resources. Although the support provides up to five sessions, the benefits may be long-term.

What is involved?

Once an appointment has been made the couple will meet online with a therapist for an session lasting 50 minutes. Couples attending this service are offered up to five sessions with a therapist to explore how the current situation is affecting them and their relationship.

How long is the commitment?

Couples attending this service are offered up to five sessions with a therapist to explore how the current situation is affecting them and their relationship.

All sessions are confidential and flexible. We offer early morning, daytime, evening or weekend sessions.

As part of the offer, you also get access to our relationship help app Between Us (see information below).

Why is it FREE?

This is an NHS-funded programme.

Please see the latest report for details of the NHS Relationship Support Programme, we are proud of the work we have done to support NHS and Social Care staff. The report demonstrates the excellent outcomes we have achieved and highlights the experiences of staff who have benefited from the service.

Cover shot of Tavistock Relationships Report on NHS Support April 2022-23

Download the report

Testimonials

Read about how we help relationships

SIGN UP NOW: - Via your NHS hub.
(Currently North West London and North East London only).
Click on the relevant link below to access support:

London map showing five NHS hub areas in London

Referrals - For Health and Social Care Staff in Two NHS Hubs

For free couples therapy - visit your hub website

The project is currently only available for health and social care staff who live or work within the areas of NWL, NEL in London via the relevant hub website. If you are within one of these two hubs and would like support, please contact your hub coordinator for a referral:

Free access to our app - Between Us

Between Us is an app designed to help people have a better relationship with their partner.

It has been created by Tavistock Relationships, an organisation based in London, which has been helping couples for more than 70 years.

We are offering it to health and social care staff who sign up for the support.

Find out more
Between Us relationship app on smartphone

Why relationships matter

If you are experiencing difficulties in your life, for any reason, working together with you and your partner to address these issues can help. Seeking help is an important step towards improving things.

“Relationships are one of the most important aspects of our lives, yet we can often forget just how crucial our connections with other people are for our physical and mental health and wellbeing.”

The Mental Health Foundation

Spread the news about free relationship help

We encourage health and social care staff to download and share the leaflet.

We want as many staff as possible in the London hubs to access the support. The leaflet here explains more about it and can be downloaded as a pdf to share with colleagues.

Get in touch.

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Read how we look after your privacy here

Your Privacy

Tavistock Relationships is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of prospective employees, contractors, volunteers and interns. We comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulations.

Please follow the headings below to read about the way we manage data submitted on this form.

Website enquiries

If you use our website enquiry service to contact us regarding any of our service, we will ask you to provide us with your name, a method of contacting you and information about your enquiry. We will only use this information to respond to your enquiry

Where your data is stored?

Your information is stored in Salesforce CRM upon submission, where only the relevant respondent can view it.

How long is it stored for?

If you decide not to proceed with registering for our services we will keep your enquiry details for up to one year after the end of your enquiry. After this time your details will be deleted.

When you use our website:-

Cookies

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When you use our website we obtain information about you from cookies which tell us your IP address, when you visited our website and which pages you looked at.

It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. If you would like to turn cookies off you can do so by clicking ‘no’ when prompted by our cookie notice. Turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website. As an example, if you turn off cookies, some information like anonymised ‘User ID’s’ for logging into systems will not be retained, so you will need to retype them each time.

Cookies are stored for a maximum of 6 months, though most expire much sooner.

Confidentiality

Tavistock Relationships adheres to a professional code of ethical standards which includes the principle of confidentiality. This means that we would not disclose information about you to a third party without your agreement, except in situations where there was significant concern about harm to you or someone else and this would normally be discussed with you beforehand.

We ensure that access to your personal data is restricted to members of staff who require access as part of delivering our service.

Your rights

The GDPR gives you certain rights in relation to the data we hold about you. You can exercise the rights outlined below by contacting us:

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In writing to Privacy, Tavistock Relationships, 56-60 Hallam Street, London, W1W 6JL Telephone 0207 380 1975

Under the GDPR you can:

  • Find out what information we hold about you
  • Access a copy of the information we hold about you
  • Rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data
  • Have the right to object to our processing of your personal information
  • Ask us to delete or restrict how we use your personal information, but this right is determined by applicable law
  • Have your registration information (if registering using our online booking system) sent to another provider
  • Have the right to appropriate decision making (TR does not use automated profiling or decision making)
  • Complain to a regulator if you think we have not complied with data protection laws. You can lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Privacy policies

We have specific data protection policies for each of our services and if you go on to become a client, then you can access the policy of the service you enquired about here:

Clinical Service
https://tavistockrelationships.org/contact-us/privacy-policies/clinical-services-privacy-policies

Training and Events
https://tavistockrelationships.org/contact-us/privacy-policies/training-events-privacy-policy

Recruitment and selection
https://tavistockrelationships.org/contact-us/privacy-policies/recruitment-selection-privacy-policy

Building Relationships for Stronger Families
https://tavistockrelationships.org/contact-us/privacy-policies/brsf-privacy-notice

Between Us App
https://tavistockrelationships.org/contact-us/privacy-policies/between-us-privacy-policy