Portsmouth & Southsea's Centre for Counselling & Therapy

Announcing a brand new service

The Marple Cross Centre's brand new 'Find-A-Therapist' service

Counselling: the client’s story

We'd like to hear from you!

Marple Cross is Portsmouth’s centre for private counselling and therapy. Our registered therapists are fully-qualified and experienced practitioners, who provide a confidential, ethical and professional service to the public. Our peaceful offices are located close to Southsea Common, with facilities for disabled visitors and nearby parking.

Counselling & Therapies

Are you looking for support at a difficult time in your life? Wondering whether counselling or psychotherapy might help you on your way towards a happier or more fulfilling future? The Marple Cross Centre is a community of therapists working in a wide range of therapeutic models. We can help you decide what might work best for you.

Services for Therapists

Marple Cross Centre provides professional facilities & services to qualified and insured counsellors, psychotherapists and other private practitioners. We have four rooms available to hire on an ad hoc or long-term booking basis. We also run professional development workshops, groups and training.

Event: Focusing-oriented therapy: an Introductory Workshop

Sat 29th Jun '13 @ 10:00am (£65)
Why do some clients seem to do better in therapy than others? Why do some seem to know ‘what to do’ in their sessions in order to progress whilst... read more…

Updated Profile: Denise Scholefield.

I belive that counselling can offer a wonderful opportunity to have a safe space to explore our inner world, an opportunity to look at how issues from our past may be impacting on our presen read more…

Updated Profile: Libby Webber.

I work by helping you untangle the complex threads of memories, experiences, thoughts and feelings that have brought you to counselling in search of answers or new ways of living your life. read more…

Updated Profile: Tim Branson.

Highly qualified and used to working with emotional issues in a short time frame for the NHS, building a truly safe relationship where you feel OK talking about your innermost fears is vital read more…

Updated Profile: Grant Lake.

Highly qualified Counsellor & Psychotherapist experienced in helping clients who have experienced/experiencing difficulties in many areas, including • Relationships, • Stress, • Anxiet read more…

Article: Focusing the mind

What makes some clients more 'successful' than others in therapy? Why do some clients get more out of therapy than do others? Is it all down to the nature of the therapeutic relationship or... read more…

Article: Mindfulness: a therapeutic introduction

Counselling psychologist Veronica Freeman introduces a poetic view of Mindfulness-based therapy and an invitation to attend a training workshop on Mindfulness in practice read more…

Article: My Experience of Ordering an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service…

When a therapist is employed in areas that include working with vulnerable adults and/or with children, the employer will usually obtain a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)... read more…

Article: Catching Out Unsolicited Junk EMail

If you could discover who resold your professional therapy service's email address to a junk email service, you could complain about them. Here's how you catch them out! read more…

Article: CPD on your Tablet?

I used to believe that to get my 30 Continued Professional Development hours each year I had to attend 30 hours worth of workshops. That was until the year struggled to find 30 hours of... read more…

Article: Take Credit Card Payments

Nowadays, private therapists can take credit/debit card payments without the expense of merchant bank accounts. Here I will describe the iZettle service for Great Britain, read more…

This Space for Rent!

Advertise your therapy services on The Marple Cross Website today read more…

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