Marie Anch’s Story
My name is Marie Anch and I’m from Cameroon. I never intended to come to the UK - I was supposed to go to Canada...
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The Transformative Impact of Affordable Counselling
Deciding to embark on the journey of counselling or therapy can be a major hurdle to begin with, but for many Londoners it can be even harder to afford the specific help they need. Some of our clients share their…
“A Little Bit of Magic” – Meet Our Office Volunteer Team at WCC
Written by Jade Dai At WCC, volunteers play an important role in supporting the day-to-day running of our work. From providing life-changing counselling and psychotherapy, to administration and translation to creative storytelling and digital communications, every volunteer brings something different — helping…
Healing in Her Own Language: Gadise’s* Journey with WCC
Gadise (not her real name) arrived in the UK from Eritrea as an asylum seeker with experiences of human trafficking. The challenges she faced since arriving in the UK, including homelessness, were exacerbating and contributing to many of her existing emotional and psychological struggles: “I faced many difficulties and I was struggling with many aspects of my…
Kira’s* Walk Toward Freedom
Kira (not her real name) would only leave the house for medical appointments. She felt her anxiety around leaving the house was the biggest contributor to her depression, that she was stuck in an endless, unbreakable cycle. “I had very…