Relate South Essex

Really constructive and helpful advice.

Relate is, obviously, a well known name and has probably helped numerous people, but my experience with Relate South Essex was disastrous.First, if you're booking a counsellor anywhere else you'll know the counsellor's name & be able to visit their website, learn a bit about them - their background / areas of specialisation etc.Relate charge you pretty much the same price (or more) and give you no info. My wife and I booked an appointment and all they would give us is a (very common) first name and wouldn't tell us anything about the counsellor or her experience.The woman we did see was so clueless and incompetent that it became apparent within a few minutes. I should have known right at the start when she struggled to understand my date of birth. I gave it to her in the form of 27

Very helpful people during what can be a very stressful time in people's lives, I think they helped my personal situation quite alot, it's not the same as getting mental health therapy but a good way to help mediation between couples and allow things to be spoken about in a safe space etc