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Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse (CARA) is a confidential support service run by women for women children and young people of both genders under the age of 19 who have suffered any form of sexual violence, past or present. We provide formal counselling for rape and sexual assault, including child sexual abuse. We also offer an advocacy service and can accompany women to the police, to court, to the GUM clinic, or to other meetings if they request it. We are continually looking at other ways in which we can expand our services, if possible or appropriate.


CARA was formerly Colchester Rape Crisis Line (CRCL) and continues the work that began when CRCL became a registered charity in 1989. As an organisational member of BACP we are bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy and subject to the professional conduct procedure therein.

Email Us: info@caraessex.org.uk

Enquiries: 01206 769795 - Leave a message on our confidential 24 hour answerphone. 

Address:
Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse, PO Box 548, Colchester, CO1 1YP
Telephone:
01206 367881.
Sector:
Voluntary

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The service listing below gives talking therapy services provided by the NHS, charitable organisations or private practitioners. 
To make an appointment: Your GP can refer you for NHS services and you can contact charity sector services direct.  Read our factsheet ‘Finding a Therapist or Counsellor’ for info on private practitioners. Some services specialise by offering counselling, for example, to Asian women or couples. 
Charges: NHS services are free, some charities ask for a donation or have a sliding scale of fees and private counselling/therapy typically costs between £25-50.
Waiting times for talking therapies vary from a week for some private services to a number of months for some NHS services. 
Click on the Counselling Search (on left) for a full listing of Harrow counselling service waiting times.

Subject Overviews are currently being developed.
Subject Overviews are currently being developed.