{"id":627097,"date":"2026-10-11T06:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/627097\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T06:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:32:30","slug":"bolton-psychotherapy-clinic-offering-for-20-per-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/627097\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton psychotherapy clinic offering for \u00a320 per session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Based off Chorley New Road, the Psychotherapy Institute Clinic (PIC) aims to make long-term therapy more accessible.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The service is being promoted as part of World <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/topics\/mental-health\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mental Health<\/a> Day on October 10.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The clinic currently has no waiting list and is offering 50-minute weekly sessions to adults aged 18 and over, with appointments available as early as next week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Gemma, a UKCP-registered psychotherapist and the clinic\u2019s co-ordinator, said: &#8220;We wanted to create a service where people could access longer-term psychotherapy without cost being such a significant barrier.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Having the time to build a trusting therapeutic relationship and work at a pace that suits the individual can be incredibly valuable.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We\u2019re delighted to have opened the clinic and to be supporting people across Bolton.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Clients begin with an initial assessment before being matched with a suitable therapist.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Therapy is delivered by trainee psychotherapists enrolled in a four-year training programme at the Psychotherapy Institute in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/bolton\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bolton<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  All therapists are DBS-checked, professionally insured through the clinic, and work within a framework of regular clinical supervision, ethical practice and safeguarding.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Steph, one of the trainee psychotherapists, said: &#8220;I\u2019ve seen the difference long-term psychotherapy can make.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Having a consistent, safe, and confidential space each week gives you time to explore what\u2019s happening beneath the surface, understand yourself more deeply, and begin to make meaningful, lasting change.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;That\u2019s what the PIC offers.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Currently, around 5,000 people in Greater Manchester are waiting for NHS therapy, with many waiting more than a month for a first appointment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Self-referrals can be made directly through the clinic\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Based off Chorley New Road, the Psychotherapy Institute Clinic (PIC) aims to make long-term therapy more accessible. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-627097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}