Counselling Services for Employers

Affordable counselling for your team

Supporting the wellbeing of your people does not need to be complicated or expensive. Strive offers a simple and accessible way for small and medium organisations to provide high quality counselling as an Employee Assistance Programme. You can give your staff a safe and confidential space to talk, without the usual cost or complexity of an in-house wellbeing service.

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Benefits of offering counselling to your employees

Affordable

Our low cost model means you can support staff wellbeing without stretching your budget. We offer clear pricing and simple session pathways, making high quality counselling accessible to employers of all sizes.

Flexible

You can choose between our Core service with counsellors on supervised placement or our Pro service with fully qualified counsellors. This allows you to match support to your needs, staff preferences and available budget.

Speedy

We aim to offer appointments quickly, helping employees access care when they need it rather than waiting for long NHS lists or navigating complex insurance systems.

Diverse

Strive is home to counsellors from a range of therapeutic modalities, backgrounds and identities. This allows us to offer choice and good client fit, which are essential for effective therapy.

Ethical

All counsellors follow the ethical frameworks of their professional bodies. Counsellors in training receive weekly clinical supervision and operate within a structured, risk aware service. You can be confident your staff are in safe and competent hands.

Independent

Employees contact us directly and manage their own sessions. This keeps their personal information private, prevents line managers from becoming involved in sensitive details and creates a genuinely safe space for honest reflection.

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How Strive supports your organisation

Early intervention

Stress, conflict, grief and personal difficulties can grow silently and affect performance and attendance. Early therapeutic support reduces problems before they escalate, creating a calmer and more supportive work culture.

Reduced absence

Employees who feel supported are less likely to take prolonged sickness leave or leave their roles. Counselling provides a private space to work through challenges that might otherwise impact attendance or lead to resignation.

Empathic employment

Offering counselling shows that your organisation genuinely cares about its people. This strengthens your employer brand and supports recruitment, especially among staff seeking workplaces with strong wellbeing values.

Support for managers

Counselling gives managers a trusted place to signpost team members who are struggling. It helps remove the pressure on managers to act as informal therapists and gives them confidence that staff can access safe professional support.

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What your staff can bring to counselling

Common themes employees bring to therapy include:

Work related stress and burnout
Challenges with confidence and workplace relationships
Anxiety and low mood
Bereavement and personal loss
Life changes and family pressures
Identity exploration and discrimination experiences
Trauma and longer term emotional difficulties
Whatever the concern, Strive creates a confidential space where employees can talk openly and work towards greater clarity and wellbeing.

How it works

You let us know that your organisation would like to partner with Strive

We provide you with a dedicated information sheet to share with staff

You can refer or employees self refer directly to us for an assessment

We match them with a suitable counsellor

Sessions take place weekly with clear booking policies and procedures

We invoice you monthly or you employees pay-as-they-go

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Flexible payment models

Employer funded

You cover the cost of a set number of sessions per employee each year.

Share funded

You and the employee split the cost of sessions.

Employee funded

You simply signpost Strive as your preferred external partner.

Why Strive is a strong fit for smaller employers

Many smaller organisations want to support staff wellbeing but find traditional EAP providers expensive, rigid or difficult to access. Strive fills this gap by offering:

A service built on empathy, ethical practice and real human connection
Human and responsive communication
Transparent pricing
Counsellor choice
No long contracts or complicated processes

Ready to explore a partnership?

If you would like to discuss how Strive can support your team, get in touch with us at hello@strivetherapy.co.uk (or drop us a call or WhatsApp message!). We can talk you through the options and help you create a wellbeing offer that truly supports your people.

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