Make a referral
Our counselling service is for children and young people living in the West Lothian area.
Each client will be offered a maximum of 12 counselling sessions. These will take place weekly at our counselling centre in Livingston. We ask for you to commit to offering a donation of at least £10.00 per counselling session. The amount will be agreed before counselling takes place. Please note that this charge will still apply even when a counselling session is not attended.
If you are an organisation financially supporting our clients, there will be a one-off, non-refundable donation of £150.00.
If a client fails to attend a session, no additional sessions can be added. If two sessions are missed without at least 24 hours notice all counselling sessions will end.
More information will be sent to you prior to counselling sessions commencing, however if you feel you would benefit from a discussion before making a referral, please feel free to email us at referrals@smilecounselling.org.uk
11-17 Year Old Service
18 - 26 Year Old Service
Neurodiverse Service
(11 - 26 years old)
Open to new referrals
Open to new referrals
Open to new referrals
Festive Period
Please see below for the dates our office will be open over the festive period. During this time, our team will be taking some well-earned rest, so responses may take a little longer than usual. Any appointments booked on the days we are open are expected to go ahead unless you are informed otherwise by our team. We appreciate your understanding and wish you all a peaceful and happy festive season.
Monday 22nd December – Open
Tuesday 23rd December – Open
Wednesday 24th December – Open
Thursday 25th December – Closed (Christmas Day)
Friday 26th December – Closed (Boxing Day)
Monday 29th December – Open
Tuesday 30th December – Open
Wednesday 31st December – Open
Thursday 1st January – Closed (New Years Day)
Friday 2nd January – Closed (Public Holiday)
Our offices will fully reopen the week beginning 5th January. Until then, we hope everyone enjoys a safe festive break!
We are delighted to announce that S.M.I.L.E. Counselling secured funding from the National Lottery Community fund. Over the next three years we will be able to employ counsellors to work with clients aged 11 – 15 years-old and a counsellor to work with clients who have been diagnosed with or identify as having a neurodiverse condition. A huge thank you to the National Lottery Community Fund and those who play the National Lottery for this incredible and life changing support.
With this support from the National Lottery Community Fund we will have more availability for client sessions than ever before. From Autumn we will be able to offer counselling until 7:00pm Monday to Thursday.
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