New Life Counselling (Skainos) - Belfast

Our normal office hours are listed below. Should you require help outside this please contact Lifeline on 0808 808 8000.

If you need support or would like to find out more about the work of New Life Counselling
you can contact us at any of our offices .

During the following times a member of the
support services team will be available to assist you. Appointments are available outside
these times on request.

Monday 9am to 7pm
Tuesday 9am to 7pm
Wednesday 10am to 6pm
Thursday 10am to 6pm
Friday CLOSED

Unfortunately we are not able to offer a drop in service, so if you need an appointment please do fill in a referral form.

New Life Counselling is a voluntary counselling organisation committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing needs of its clients through the provision of counselling and therapeutic services. New Life Counselling provides counselling services for children, young people, adults and families.

The Family Project offers three services :-
Family Therapy – Most families experience serious difficulties sometimes. If it feels like family relationships are suffering, if you are no longer sure what to do for the best or family members seem stuck in repeating patterns of hurtful or harmful behaviour, Family Therapy may help. Family Therapists are trained to work with children, young people, adults, carers and other agencies. We understand the importance of peoples’different beliefs, cultures, contexts and life experiences and will adapt our way of working according to familys members ages, needs, resources and preferences.

Couple Counselling – Couples can get into difficulty for a number of reasons, including conflict in the relationship, parenting difficulties, problems related to extended families, mental health difficulties, loss and seperation and effects of substance misuse. Couple counsellors will explore the difficulties in the relationship taking note of the couple’s stage of life and their family including what is happening in their wider circle.

When working with families and couiples our aim is not to take sides or blame. We believe the couple/family has resources for self direction, healing and problem solving and the therapy allows these qualities to emerge and develop.

Family Therapy and Couple Counselling :
Enables people in close relationships to help each other
Builds family understanding and strenghts
Promotes mental health, well being and recovery.
develops individual and family resilience.
Prevents family difficulties escalating into crises.

Parent/Child Programmes
The Parent/Child programmes are developed to strenghten the interpersonal relationships in families. Supporting parental skills and confidence in child behaviour management is important in reducing challenging child behaviour and risk of later behaviour problems.
The programmes are fun filled and interactive, designed to develop listening skills, promote helpful behaviours and build routines within families.

For more information on the work of the Family Team, please contact the Team Leader on 028 9074 6184