About counselling

What Happens When A Woman Rings PCS?

The call goes through to the local counsellor on duty, who is trained to respond to crisis calls. She will provide information and counselling by telephone, the option of  Face-to-face meeting if desired and the offer of other practical help.

What Style Of Counselling Does PCS Use?

PCS counsellors are trained in the use of "reality Counselling" in which the realities of the client's situation Are explored. These are seen as:

• The reality of the woman's problems in regard to husband/partner/boyfriend, parents, existing children, education, work, future with or without her child (adoption, guardianship); possible physical and or emotional complications.
• Finance, welfare entitlements, support, friendship, and practical aids available, and the reality of all resources she can call upon, and which pregnancy counselling can enable her to utilise, including the ongoing support of PCS.
• The reality of the gestational development of her child at the time she contacts PCS.
• Where the client raises the subject, the reality of an abortion procedure.

In this way the client is enabled to clarify the issues and her own emotional, social, moral and spiritual attitudes to the pregnancy; evaluate alternatives; make decisions; and carry through Actions which resolve the dilemmas.