Cork Counselling Services

Cork Counselling Services

Cork Counselling Services CLG

Cork, Ireland

Mental healthEducationTax-deductible donations
CharityFounded 1982Regional reach
Profile last updated: March 24, 2026

About

Founded in 1982, Cork Counselling Services is a charity based in Cork, Ireland working on mental health, education.

Cork Counselling Services is a registered charity, non-profit and social enterprise based in Cork, Ireland, operating since 1982. It provides equal-access, low-cost counselling and psychotherapy to individuals of all ages, with fees set on a sliding scale so clients pay what they can afford. Its training arm, the Cork Counselling Services Training Institute, delivers IACP-accredited certificate and degree courses in counselling and psychotherapy, validated through Coventry University, and profits from training are reinvested in the counselling services. The organisation is governed by a company board, is part-funded by Tusla and the HSE, and runs a research programme and a library for students. It works mainly in Cork and the south of Ireland.

Location

Cork, Ireland

Founded

1982

Organisation type

Charity

Legal form

CLG

Legal name

Cork Counselling Services CLG

Charity number

RCN 20022327

Registration

CRO 110910

Focus areas

counsellingpsychotherapymental healthtrainingsocial enterprisecharity

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Mental healthEducation

Works for

CommunitiesStudents

How they work

Direct servicesCapacity building

Programmes

BSc in Counselling & Psychotherapy

Education · Ireland

Four-year part-time honours degree training integrative humanistic counsellors and psychotherapists, accredited by the IACP and validated by Coventry University.

Certificate in Introduction to Counselling & Psychotherapy Studies

Education · Ireland

One-year part-time certificate introducing students to counselling and psychotherapy studies.

Countries of operation

Ireland

Funding & support

Funded by

Government fundingIndividual donationsEarned income

Ways to support

Donate

Trust

Tax-deductible donationsClinical Governance Badge of Excellence

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Community Therapy Ireland

Partnerships

Tusla, HSE, Coventry University, IACP

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