Focus Wells

Focus Wells Focus Counselling has been offering affordable counselling to the local community since 1999 We offer professional counselling for all.

By creating a safe space you can talk about what your concerns are and help you cope and feel better.

16/04/2026

On Sunday 17th May, Focus Wells are asking supporters to step out with us on a stunning 24km sponsored walk from King Alfred’s Tower, near Stourhead, along the Macmillan Way to our counselling cottage in Frome. All funds raised will support our free and subsidised mental health and counselling services in Bath, Frome and Wells.

We would love it if you could join us for part or all of it.

Here’s a taster of some of the highlights that greet you along the way starting with a takeaway cuppa from the The Alpine Coffee Co and a cosy stop at The Cafe at Nunney (we highly recommend their cheese scones!)

05/02/2026

Our free youth drop in cafe’s in Wells & Frome are open today from 3:30pm for any 13-19 year old who needs some support. .good.heart.frome

We are delighted to announce our next Neurodivergent Women’s Support Group, starting in February 2026.This 12-week pilot...
04/02/2026

We are delighted to announce our next Neurodivergent Women’s Support Group, starting in February 2026.

This 12-week pilot group will run Fridays, 2-4pm, starting in February, and will be led by Hannah Stainer, an autism and ADHD specialist, and Amy Barnett, a Clinical Associate Psychologist. Both are Trainee Counselling Psychologists and neurodivergent themselves.

The group offers a safe, supportive space to:
Connect with others who share lived experience
Share stories, strategies, and encouragement
Explore identity, wellbeing, and resilience together
We set up this group because more women are coming to us with neurodivergence as one of their main presenting issues. For some, a diagnosis may have come late in life, after years of masking. This group offers a space to feel seen, heard and supported.

The group includes:
an introduction session to create the structure and focus of the group together
12 week group, including resources in each group and follow up emails
4 x 30 minutes 1:1 sessions (intake, post group and 6 and 12 month follow up)
bonus post-group resource pack
It costs over £2,500 to run a group so we ask for a donation of £15 per session (depending on what you can afford).

The group is limited to 8 members.

To self-refer, request further details, or receive the mission statement, please email: NDG@focusbath.com

Do come along to our Focus Counselling Annual Quiz Night on Friday 13th February at Prior Park College, BathWe promise l...
27/01/2026

Do come along to our Focus Counselling Annual Quiz Night on Friday 13th February at Prior Park College, Bath

We promise lots of fun, good food and some surprisingly fascinating brain-teasers 🧠✨

You can come as a table of 10 or just a smaller group.

All the money raised supports the 11,000 counselling sessions we run each year for children, young people, adults, couples and families who need access to affordable, professional mental-health support. .club

FROME resident, Lydia Hardy, has written a book for families and is donating all proceeds to Focus. The book, The Magic...
13/12/2025

FROME resident, Lydia Hardy, has written a book for families and is donating all proceeds to Focus. The book, The Magician of Rook Lane, features poetic rhymes and illustrations, designed to appeal to both children and adults. The book, which is just £10 a copy, can be bought using the link in the bio and here 👉 https://www.justgiving.com/charity/focuscounsellinguk
Lydia said she created the book to celebrate “all Grandfathers past and present who quietly share their magic and everyone who shares their kindness and love with others.” Through the book’s beautifully illustrated pages a poetic story of adventure and hope reveals itself to the reader.
Explaining the motives behind her donation to Focus, Lydia said: “Life can be tough. I wanted to give children the encouragement to try different things, be creative and explore the outside world and to respect others and the world we live in. Children’s mental health is so important, so I will be donating all the profit made from the sale of ‘The Magician of Rook Lane’ to Focus counselling. We all have personal issues that can hold us back in life and I would like to see affordable, local counselling accessible to all in need.”
Lucia Chadwick, CEO of Focus Counselling, stated: “We are so thrilled and touched by Lydia’s beautiful book. Her inspiring story offers children and adults a positive message about being compassionate to themselves and others.✨

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The Old Glasshouse, South Street, Wells.
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