Welcome to Harbour Counselling Service

It is with heavy hearts that we are announcing that Harbour Counselling Service will close on 31^st October 2024. Our waiting lists are closed as we aim to help as many existing clients as possible in the remaining months.

The Board of Trustees took this decision after a long period of prayerful consideration and concerted efforts to resolve persistent challenges. In particular, there have been significant challenges in recruiting and retaining trustees with suitable expertise to help govern Harbour and provide the drive to take the service forward. Recent efforts to attract new trustees have not generated the interest required to provide stability, and this is against a background of ongoing challenges to secure sufficient funding and volunteers on which the service relies.

For nearly 20 years, Harbour Counselling Service has been supporting the people of Perth & Kinross by providing a free, safe, and supportive environment for people to unpack their troubles and consider who they are while working towards a comfortable resolution.

We have also been a placement provider for counselling students and it has been a great honour to be part of their journey and see them develop as counsellors.

We are grateful to the various funders and donors, without whose contributions we would not have been able to provide a service over the years.

Harbour Counselling Service wouldn’t have existed for nearly 20 years without the dedication and professionalism of the many volunteers who have devoted their time as counsellors, receptionists, administrators, cleaners, prayer partners, chaplains, maintenance volunteers and trustees.  We are also grateful to the staff who have operated Harbour in such a professional, welcoming and supportive way.

So, as we draw to a close, we thank God for all those who have walked through our doors and for the service they received. We hope that you too can also be thankful for the healing that Harbour Counselling Service has been a part of.