Welcome to Only Connect 2
A Specialist Service for Students and Staff in Higher Education offering Counselling, Supervision and Training Services.
Counselling, Supervision and Training Services for Students and Staff in Higher Education.
Welcome, and thank you for visiting Only Connect 2.
Only Connect 2 is a unique and specialist service which offers counselling support, supervision and bespoke training across the higher education sector.
HE students and under-resourced HE staff now face more mental health challenges than ever, with increased depression, stress, loneliness, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, bullying, work complaints, relationship difficulties and bereavement. With a rise in the severity of challenges post-pandemic, times of intense pressure can trigger spiraling mental health as work life becomes demanding and overwhelming.
We understand how important it is for HE mental health support to be impactful, safe and effective. That’s why we offer both online and in-person sessions in central London.
Currently OC2 offers counselling support to students at HE institutions that are contracted to use the OC2 service. OC2 offers these students counselling sessions to address difficulties they may be facing in their lives. We can offer support either in-person or online on Microsoft Teams.
OC2 is also able to offer private counselling support to staff in higher education who are experiencing difficulties and would benefit from seeing a counsellor who understands the challenges of working in the higher education environment. They can also be seen in-person or online.
Only Connect 2 Services
Counselling For Students
OC2 offers counselling support to students at HE institutions that are contracted to use the OC2 service. OC2 offers these students counselling sessions to address difficulties they may be facing in their lives. We can offer support either in-person or online on Microsoft Teams.
Discover more about counselling for students here.
Counselling for Staff
OC2 is also able to offer private counselling support to staff in higher education who are experiencing difficulties and would benefit from seeing a counsellor who understands the challenges of working in the higher education environment. They can also be seen in-person or online.
Discover more about counselling for staff here.
Supervision and Training
Only Connect 2 also offers supervision to trainee and qualified counsellors and supervision for other mental health practitioners at universities such as wellbeing advisers, mental health advisers or disability advisers. We also provide training workshops for teams within an organisation. These workshops include topics such as managing work stress, how to work with challenging students and the emotional aspects of learning and teaching to the role of the personal tutor.
Discover more about Supervision and Training.
How It Works
Students
Counselling for students attending nominated institutions have a contracted agreement and their institution funds the counselling sessions.
Where there is an existing arrangement, your HE institution will fund your sessions and you are entitled to short-term counselling of up to 6 sessions.
Just get in touch with us to book an appointment. Please call us on 07354 808 346 or email us at info@onlyconnect2.com
Higher Education Staff
Seeing one of our counsellors on a private basis means you can be seen for either long-term or on a short term basis. You can talk to your counsellor in the assessment and decide together what sort of counselling contract will suit you the best.
Appointments can be either online or in person and the charge is £90 per session.
To book an appointment, please call us at 07354 808 346 or email us at info@onlyconnect2.com
Location
At Only Connect 2, we offer in-person counselling at our private practice or online via Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
If you wish to be seen in person then we are based at Room 1, 1 Birkenhead Street, London, WC1 8BA based in a side road opposite Kings Cross which is well connected by train, bus and tube.
Frequently asked questions
The BACP stands for The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. The BACP is one of the largest professional membership organisations for counsellors and therapists in the U.K., providing an ethical framework for good practice for counsellors and therapists and information and guidance for people who access therapy. We abide by their Ethical Framework for Good Practice here.
If you are a student attending contracted institutions you are entitled to up to 6 sessions. There is no specific time frame for HE staff when working on personal development and growth. Therapy sessions can be short or long-term depending on what changes you are looking to make and the variety of issues you are struggling with. Sessions are 50-minutes long.
Just contact us at Only Connect 2 on 07354 808 346 or email info@onlyconnect2.com. We will send you a counselling registration form to complete and to return to us. Once we receive this form and you have told us when you are available and how you wish to be seen then we will allocate you to a counsellor for an assessment and book your assessment session.
We provide a safe environment in which to explore your issues. You are free to discuss whatever is on your mind and the difficulties currently facing you. At Only Connect 2, we take a psychodynamic approach and tailor it to your needs. Counselling can help you gain clarity on an issue, change old patterns, untangle complex personal issues, or embark on a journey of self-development.
At Only Connect 2, we offer in-person at our central London private practice at 1 Birkenhead Street or online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams - this provides a flexible and effective way to undergo counselling if meeting in person is inconvenient.
Sessions are 50 minutes long for both in-person and online sessions. We see you weekly and you will discuss with your counsellor what sort of counselling contract will benefit you the most.
Yes, counselling sessions are confidential. We are ethically bound to keep what you share private. There are two exceptions: firstly if we become aware that you are an imminent danger to yourself or others or that someone else is a danger to you. You would be encouraged to seek necessary support, and if you were unable or unwilling to do so, we have a duty of care to seek this support on your behalf. The second exception is if we become aware that the counsellor would be liable to a civil or criminal court procedure if the information was not disclosed. In such a case, we are legally obligated to disclose such information to the relevant authorities.
No. You are free to refer yourself to Only Connect 2.
Get in touch
Feel free to contact Only Connect 2 if you have any questions about our services or to arrange an initial assessment appointment.
You can also call 07354 808346 if you would prefer to leave a message or discuss any queries or questions you may have prior to arranging an initial appointment.
If you must cancel an appointment, please do so within 48 hours of the session, or you will be charged in full.
All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure phone and email services.
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