Riverside Counselling Service

Who we are

Riverside Counselling Service has been operating since 1989. Our vision is for stronger, healthier communities where mental health support is accessible to all. Our mission is to improve quality of life across South Oxfordshire by providing high-quality, accessible, and affordable counselling for adults and young people. We offer one-to-one sessions and therapeutic groups, adapting our services to meet local needs through strong community engagement. We operate across South Oxfordshire with community hubs for our counselling in Henley-on-Thames and, Wallingford. We run a therapeutic group in Didcot and a brief intervention service in Berinsfield. Riverside is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). 

Our culture and values

Our values as a charity are:  

Ethical 

Riverside works in line with the ethical guidelines of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) ensuring safe, professional, and accountable therapeutic practice. 

Community Oriented 

Riverside identifies and addresses barriers to mental health support, ensuring services are accessible, relevant, and responsive to local need. 

Compassionate 

Riverside treats all individuals with empathy, dignity, and respect in every aspect of our work. 

Clinical Excellence 

Riverside is committed to the development of our clinical team and counsellors to ensure that we offer clinically excellent therapeutic services. 

Continuous Learning 

Riverside is committed to learning, reflection and improvement across our trustees, workforce, counsellor community and service provision. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Riverside is committed to embedding equity, diversity and inclusion across all areas of our workforce and service delivery. We recognise that there is always more we can do and are committed to continual improvement. 

We actively encourage applications from all sections of the community and seek to ensure that our recruitment and selection practices are accessible, fair and as free from bias as possible.