About Us

Tŷ Elis Counselling Services is a free, volunteer-led, community counselling charity based in Porthcawl, operating outreach services in areas of disadvantage in South Wales. We aim remove financial barriers to counselling ensuring people have access to our free service.

Our charitable aims are to:

• To provide and counselling and therapeutic services to support people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing 
• Educate and train people in counselling and therapeutic services so that they may assist people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing

Tŷ Elis is committed to: ensuring people have early access to our free, quality counselling and related therapeutic activities and training helps to reduce the likelihood, severity and impact of mental ill-health as well as producing well-trained counsellors who are vitally needed.

People can and do access our services without geographical restriction, only the practicalities of attending appointments limits people in this respect. We offer remote counselling (by phone and online) which increases access to our services. We provide counselling to anyone in need of mental health support and hold contracts to deliver counselling for the NHS and other organisations.

We are a charity which seeks to work alongside communities in helping to build people’s resilience and wellbeing, and we work with any individual, couple or family on a range of issues.

Our nearly 30-year history and strong reputation of high-quality counselling and -being support, means that a large network of organisations now refer people to us, from GPs and Mental Health Teams to Clergy, local community groups and people who self-refer after recommendations from others.