Counselling Service

The Dublin Simon Counselling Service provides professional counselling to adults who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. We offer support to people using our services and help them to improve their life skills and self-esteem to enable them to live independently again.

How We Do It
We foster an environment with respect, trust and encouragement. Counselling is about sharing, about being heard and accepted, about being listened to in a non-judgemental way.

What We Offer
• 6 week contract-1 hour/week on one-to-one basis
• Addiction counselling
• Pre-treatment support
• Post-treatment support
• Drop in/once off crisis intervention

We are currently based in Ushers Island and Exchequer street. We operate on Monday to Friday/Saturday from 10am-2pm by appointment only.

Criteria for referring clients to Counselling Service
• Over 18 years of age
• Within Dublin Simon Community Services
• Actively engaged with key workers and project workers
• Actively engaged in recovery
• Capable of taking part in counselling sessions, i.e. not presenting under the influence of alcohol or drugs
• Actively motivated to engage in the counselling process

How to access the service?
Referral forms can be downloaded here and sent to the following address:
Lacra Neagu, Counselling Co-Ordinator
C/O Detox Unit, Watling Street, Ushers Island, Dublin 8

Alternatively you can talk to your key worker/project worker and ask them to send a referral form for you.
Otherwise you can self-refer. A counsellor will be assigned to you and an initial meeting will be arranged.

For further enquires please contact Lacra Neagu on 085-889 8022 or email lacraneagu@dubsimon.ie