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Wellbeing services for organisations.
Counselling, clinical supervision, reflective practice and training for teams whose work asks a lot of them. I have worked with humanitarian organisations, schools and small charities, in Sussex and online.
Fees depend on the scope of the work, so the first conversation is free and there is no obligation after it.
- BACP accredited, member 374395
- In person in Brighton, Hove and Lewes, or online
- Counselling, supervision, reflective practice, training
- NGOs, schools and small organisations
Why the wellbeing of your team matters.
The Health and Safety Executive estimates that 964,000 workers reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work in 2024/25, and that mental health conditions remain the primary driver of work-related ill health.
Health and Safety Executive, annual workplace health and safety statistics, published 20 November 2025.
Staff rarely say so at the time. The first sign an organisation gets is usually the sick note rather than the conversation, by which point the options have narrowed and most of the cost has already been paid.
Support that is in place before that point gives people somewhere to go while there are still choices. Below are the five ways I currently work with organisations.
How I work with organisations.
Most organisations start with one of these and add another once they know what their team actually uses.
Individual staff counselling.
A confidential space for a member of staff to talk something through with someone outside the organisation. Sessions are usually weekly, last fifty minutes, and can be open ended or short term.
Training.
Delivered as a single session or as part of a longer programme, on topics including:
- Self-care tools
- Managing stress and building resilience
- Line management training on how to support the wellbeing of your team
- Basic counselling skills
- Improving communication between teams
- Boundaries, what healthy ones look like and how to hold them
- Burnout, what it is and how to protect people from it
Clinical supervision.
Monthly or fortnightly, so staff can work through what they are carrying, plan their workload and have their wellbeing checked by someone whose job that is.
Vicarious trauma runs high in the NGO sector. Somewhere to debrief is often what lets a team keep going rather than lose people.
Reflective practice groups.
Reflective practice helps teams learn from difficult experiences as well as good ones. It encourages critical thinking, builds cohesion, and takes some of the weight off stress and compassion fatigue.
I give training before facilitating. Groups are usually monthly, run for an hour and a half, and can be remote or face to face.
Needs assessments.
A psychological needs assessment carried out with your staff establishes:
- What issues people are facing that they would like support with
- How they are currently managing their wellbeing
- What levels of stress are present
- Where the gaps are in understanding of stress, self-care and mental health
- What kind of support people would actually use, from small group sessions to training
The result is a written report with recommendations for further support.
How it usually starts.
A free fifteen-minute call, to work out what your team needs and whether I am the right person for it. If a needs assessment would answer that better than a conversation would, I will say so.
Fees depend on the format, the number of people and whether the work is one-off or ongoing, so there is no standard rate. The cost goes in writing before anything is agreed.
What this is not.
I am not a crisis service and I do not provide out-of-hours cover. If someone in your team needs help today, that is 999, NHS 111, or the Samaritans on 116 123.
I work as an individual practitioner rather than as an employee assistance programme, so this sits alongside one rather than replacing it.
Who you would be working with.
The training behind it.
A Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapy from the University of Brighton, accredited membership of the BACP as member 374395, and regular clinical supervision of my own.
Organisations I have worked with.
Humanitarian organisations including Boat Refugee Foundation and INTERSOS, Roedean School, and PEAS, which runs a school network in Zambia. That work has covered individual counselling, training, clinical supervision and reflective practice.
Questions organisations ask first.
How do we start?
A free fifteen-minute call. If it looks like a fit, I follow up with a written outline of what I would suggest and what it would cost. Nothing is committed until you say so.
Can you work with staff based overseas?
Yes. Individual sessions, clinical supervision and reflective practice groups all run online, and I have worked this way with staff posted abroad. Training tends to land better face to face where that is possible.
Is what staff say confidential from us as their employer?
Yes. What is said in a session stays in the session, on the same basis as any counselling, and the limits to that are the standard ones about risk to life.
How much does it cost?
It depends on the format, the size of the group and whether the work is one-off or ongoing, so there is no list price. You get a figure in writing after the first call.
Does it have to be a programme, or can we book a single session?
Either. A single session works well for one specific topic. A programme works better where you want the same team to build on what they learned last time.
In their words.
“I am working on Lesvos with a medical organisation providing support for people on the move arriving here after fleeing war, persecution and violence in their countries of origin. […] In our sessions, I found a safe space to explore the implications of challenging events, stress and the context on my own wellbeing and learned how to set boundaries, take care of myself and how to manage a team of volunteers (something I had never done before).”
“Amy Hutson provided mental health training to support Safeguarding and child protection personnel across the PEAS Zambia School Network. […] The child protection focal persons can now confidently spot mental health issues, create safe spaces and offer counselling support to our students. […] I greatly commend Amy for her context-sensitive approach in developing and delivering this training.”
“As a humanitarian worker, I have encountered many challenging situations that have taken a toll on my mental and emotional wellbeing. […] I am slowly developing a better work-life balance which helped me face the difficulties in my daily work with serenity.”
“Amy Hutson has been a fantastic support for pupils and staff and all feedback has been positive with a strong focus from pupils on enabling self-sufficiency and independence in managing personal difficulties and challenges.”
The first step is fifteen minutes.
Free, by telephone or video, and you decide afterwards rather than during. Bring the problem as you actually have it rather than a tidied version of it.
Usually a reply within a working day. BACP accredited, member 374395.