Trauma Foundation South West

TFSW offers refugees and asylum seekers free, specialised, long-term psychotherapy and counselling in Bristol. Please note, although we do our best to see clients for an initial session soon after referral, we do have a waiting list and are not a front-line crisis service. We try to be as accessible as possible; we provide interpreters and can see clients both in person and remotely. We only take third party referrals. Please visit our website for more information on how to refer.

Working with people who have been severely traumatised can itself be traumatising so supervision can support staff wellbeing and keep them mentally able to continue the work over a period of years. We work with many different charities, local authorities and other agencies across the South West providing training, supervision and consultancy to prevent the vicarious traumatisation of their staff and volunteers.

TFSW have an established reputation and many years’ experience providing training across the refugee and asylum seeker sector in the South West. We have a national programme of training which is available online for both teams and individuals. All funds raised from our training support our free counselling and psychotherapy for traumatised refugees. Training sessions are all available in person or online, bespoke for your team or to join as part of our nationally available online programme. Please scroll down to the bottom of the 'training' page to access the bespoke training form.