About Choices
Who we are
Our vision is for no-one in London to face a pregnancy crisis alone.
Our mission is to provide the gold standard of support for anyone facing a pregnancy crisis.
We know that finding out you are pregnant can sometimes feel like a crisis and can leave you feeling that you don’t know where to turn for help. Choices is a charity with 25 years’ experience of supporting women in this situation.
What we do
We offer confidential and impartial counselling sessions for women and their partners facing an unplanned pregnancy. We provide a safe, non-judgmental, and non-directive space to allow people to explore their options and make their own informed decisions. We then support women and their partners – whatever they choose.
We provide one-to-one counselling for clients who want to process difficulties arising from past and present decisions about pregnancy choices.
We also help those who choose to continue their pregnancy, or are finding parenting a struggle, and need practical and emotional support with some of the costs or other challenges of parenting.
We provide counselling in prison for women who are struggling with child loss and child separation issues.
“This is the first place I was listened to and not judged. I had a chance to make up my mind”
— Choices Unplanned Pregnancy Client
Our Team
Our team of counsellors are all either fully qualified staff or volunteers who are qualified or in training, with accredited counselling and psychotherapy courses. We also have our own in-house training based on years of experience. We adhere to the ethical guidelines of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Above all we always maintain the integrity of our client relationships: every case is confidential and handled discreetly.
Our Charity’s Values and Ethos
Empathy
Standing alongside each other with warmth, care and respect
Resilience
Helping each other to build resilience and have hope for the future
Professionalism
Working to the highest professional standard
Choices believes every individual should be treated with compassion, care and respect. Our ethos is informed by our Christian faith, but we respect the rights of our clients to hold beliefs and values of all faiths and none. Our services are non-directive and open to all.
Support us
Choices is a charity offering counselling for unplanned pregnancy, during pregnancy, following pregnancy loss and for post abortion concerns. We offer practical and therapeutic help with parenting; as well as a variety of different relationship courses.