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We at St Luke's are here for everyone in Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford. We want to serve our community and bring people together. If you have any ideas for ways in which we could help to promote neighbourliness and community spirit in our villages, please get in touch. If you need help of any kind, we'd like to know. We can't promise to fix everything for you, but we can offer a sympathetic listening ear and may be able to point you towards practical help from other organisations.
You can get in touch using the Contact Us Form or by email or telephone (see the Who's Who page).
Counselling services are coordinated by Peter Mackriell, Head of Counselling Services, and include both individual counselling and peer support. Peter will put you in touch with a counsellor suited to your particular needs. Alternatively, he can advise on other counselling agencies which may be better placed to provide help. A counselling session lasts for about an hour. The number and frequency of sessions varies greatly from client to client and can be discussed at the first appointment.
Chester Diocesan Counselling Service is open to clergy, their families and church members within the Anglican churches of the Diocese of Chester.
Our counsellors are professionally qualified, many being involved in counselling in secular settings. All are members of one of the national bodies for counselling or psychotherapy. Most belong to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), some to the Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC), or the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists (UKCP). As such they work to that organisation’s Code of Ethics and are subject to its complaints procedures. They are committed Christians who offer their skills and a portion of their time on a voluntary basis. As counsellors they do not impose their own values or beliefs upon clients. They are, however, well placed to include the spiritual, religious and Christian dimension into the counselling process if the client indicates a wish for it.
Contact Peter Mackriell on counselling@chester.anglican.org or by telephoning his dedicated, confidential number: 07918 732 806.