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Welcome to Ratcliffe & Brown

We are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to leaving a lasting legacy of improved mental health and wellbeing for our community.

We do this by focusing on three areas:

  • Developing the counsellors of tomorrow. We provide a unique and supportive environment for trainee counsellors to grow in a nurturing safe space. By enhancing their training experience, we ensure our community has a longer-lasting and more diverse professional mental health team.
  • The resilience of our frontline workers. For a community to have good mental health resources, we have to take care of our mental health workers. Ratcliffe & Brown proactively engage with frontline staff and their families to prevent burnout, stress, and compassion fatigue.

  • Building bridges within the patchwork of community resources. We partner with existing community platforms to make lasting changes. Social prescribing has become an essential part of the support network available to our community and an invaluable tool for providing free services to the more deprived areas of our community. Ratcliffe & Brown is proud to be an important provider of unique services fuelling the social prescribing model.

We are the change we wish to see. The lasting legacy starts today.

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Referrals

We accept referrals from all Social Prescribers. Fill in our simple form to get your patient support today.

Counselling Retreats

Our retreats are available to students and qualified counsellors interested in resilience building, networking and CPD Opportunities.

Placements

To apply for a Trainee Counsellor placement, visit our "Placement Opportunities" page to submit your application.

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Counselling Retreats

Counselling Retreats

Ratcliffe & Brown CIC offers luxury counselling retreats in Cornwall for trainee and qualified counsellors.

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Trainee Counsellor Placements 2025

Trainee Counsellor Placements 2025

Our next Volunteer Trainee Counsellor placement open date and details

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Trainee Counsellor Placements 2024

Trainee Counsellor Placements 2024

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Previous Customers We've Helped

The Ratcliffe & Brown CIC placement training experience was engaging, inspiring and insightful. Rachel's down-to-earth, pragmatic delivery really helped consolidate and clarify concepts that will be invaluable not only within my placement but also for my onward counselling career. I am excited about the prospect of joining further Ratcliffe &…

- Placement trainee anonymous

I am always very honest about the training providers and I do have expectation towards the courses that I do. I have to admit that this training gave me experience that I did not expected. I have learnt so much in different aspects of the therapy including my own self-care…

- Placement trainee anonymous

The way the training was delivered with illustrated slides, made it enjoyable and clear to understand, and there was space allowed for questions and group discussion which felt very well held by the facilitator and a valuable part of the sessions.

- Placement trainee anonymous

Really enjoyed the training, and gained insights into some areas that has not been covered on my course.

- Placement trainee anonymous

I feel happy with the level of support and training received so far. It has covered topics not discussed in our college course, which has been enlightening and valuable for this placement and others.

- Placement trainee anonymous