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WCTS supports the mental health and emotional well being of women living in Leeds, prioritising those on a limited income.

WCTS supports the mental health and emotional well being of women living in Leeds, prioritising those on a limited income.

WCTS aims:

• To provide a range of therapy services.
• To develop therapy services that benefit all women.
• To raise the profile of women's mental health across Leeds.
  

Objectives:

We recognise there are many different groups of women whose needs may be overlooked by mental health services. Given that, WCTS has as its' objectives:

• To provide individual and group counselling and psychotherapy to women living in Leeds who are on a limited income and who have moderate to severe mental health needs.
• To provide an accessible, safe and supportive women-only service.
• To work in partnership with other relevant community groups in Leeds.
• To contribute to a strengthened and co-ordinated approach to mental health service provision and delivery to the women of Leeds.
  
  

  Same and Cross Cultural Issues:

We have an ongoing commitment to developing services to improve access to therapy for black and minority ethnic women.

We recognise that black and minority ethnic women are very under represented within the professions of counselling and psychotherapy, and that many women from these groups who would like to have counselling or therapy may suffer the additional burdens of racism or misdiagnosis when attempting to seek help from health professionals or use health services.

We understand that some women from these groups prefer to see a woman of the same culture while others do not.

We aim to develop and maintain a strong profile within Leeds black and minority ethnic groups to determine the type of services that are needed within our community and continue to build resources within our own organisation to provide one to one and group counselling and psychotherapy to black and minority ethnic women.

Our aims include a continued contribution to the debate on mental health and black and minority ethnic communities in Leeds.