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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.

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Counselling Retreats

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

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Placements

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

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Latest News

Counselling Retreats
Posted 6th February 2025
Posted 6 months ago
By Rachel Ratcliffe
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Counselling Retreats

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

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Trainee Counsellor Placements 2025
Posted 1st January 2025
Posted 7 months ago
By Rachel Ratcliffe
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Trainee Counsellor Placements 2025

Our next Volunteer Trainee Counsellor placement open date and details

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Trainee Counsellor Placements 2024
Posted 7th November 2023
Posted 2 years ago
By Rachel Ratcliffe
News

Trainee Counsellor Placements 2024

Our next Volunteer Trainee Counsellor placement open date and details

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Previous Customers We've Helped

Working with R&B has been a truly valuable experience. I've learned so much and have had the opportunity to work alongside such a supportive and dedicated team. I'll carry this experience with me as I move forward, and I'm genuinely grateful for the trust, collaboration, and encouragement I've received throughout…

- Stephen

Absolutely incredible training which brought new dimensions of insight which are invaluable in this sector. Professional, organised and relevant training which hones skills and really makes you think.

- Placement trainee anonymous

The five days of training was invaluable and worth so much more than the fee. Rachel's authenticity and passion broke through any remaining misconceptions I might have had about my role going forward, and as others also said, the training was the essential missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle. It…

- Placement trainee anonymous

The training was clear, encouraging and very interesting.

- Placement trainee anonymous

This training was superb! It was personal, professional and extremely interesting. It was also very relevant and useful. A lot of thought has gone into the training and it really shows. Thank you so much Rachel I really did feel supported, educated and reassured! I feel lucky to have had…

- Placement trainee anonymous