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Our projects  

Group Programmes

Clients can choose whether they would like to join a group or receive individual counselling. Currently we have a group for women over 50 held here at the Maya Centre. If we can raise the funds, we would like to run a group for women affected by domestic violence to take place in the Centre. These are ongoing groups for up to a year. Clients are asked to commit to coming regularly.

Counselling in Arabic and Somali
'Latalinta  Dumarka Soomaaliyeed'

We are very proud to announce that, with funding from The Wates Foundation, we are now offering women who fit our criteria the possibility of receiving their counselling in either Somali or Arabic.  If you have any enquiries about this service, or would like to refer someone, please contact Fatima Mohamed on 020 7281 2673 or email her on fadumo.mohamed@mayacentre.org.uk

Insight into Violence

We work with women for whom violence has been or is a significant part of their lives, providing individual or group therapy. We also work with front-line providers of services targeting women affected by domestic violence, providing training or supervision.

The Older Women’s Project

We aim to improve the mental health of women over 50 in the community who are living in conditions of deprivation and who may not see themselves as candidates for psychological help. By offering either individual counselling or group work, which strengthens inner resources and breaks down isolation, we can help clients live more resourcefully.

Counselling for Irish women

We acknowledge that many Irish clients continue to experience racism and exclusion from many support services. We provide a service where issues of individual and group identity can be explored and are recognised as important factors impacting the development of positive mental health.

Counselling for Black women

While all our counsellors are sensitive to issues facing women from Black and ethnic minority communities, we offer Black and African-Caribbean clients the choice of seeing someone from their own culture if they feel it would be more helpful in exploring issues of identity, racism and exclusion.

Turkish-language counselling

We offer Turkish-speaking women whose English is not fluent the choice of receiving counselling in their mother tongue. We believe that by offering this choice, we can reach out to even more women who might otherwise be unable to access our service. If you have any enquiries about this service, or would like to refer someone, please contact Nilay Nagle on 020 7281 2728.

Outreach Services

As the Maya Centre targets the most disadvantaged sections of society, we place great emphasis on our outreach services. The counselling staff will be happy to visit any group or agency. We see ourselves as having a role working alongside other organisations, planners and user groups, in order to raise awareness of the efficacy of counselling/psychotherapy to our client group.