HBBS are a charity providing specialist bereavement counselling, and are well known for providing excellent support to children and adults. Our mission statement is
“To provide the best one to one support for adults and children experiencing bereavement and loss, enabling them to explore and understand their feelings and emotions and work towards adjustment in their lives.”
The Havering & Brentwood Bereavement Service (HBBS) is a local charity, established in 1989 to provide one-to-one counselling support for adults suffering from bereavement and loss. HBBS has grown and evolved and now provides counselling for a wide variety of other issues.
We have strong partnerships in the community with schools, other agencies, health professionals and GP’s. HBBS has its office base and counselling centre in Brentwood with additional counselling premises in Hornchurch. Counselling is also provided in other areas of Essex on request and within Brentwood and Havering primary and secondary schools for bereavement as well as other presenting issues.
Our dedicated, professional team of counsellors hold a wide range of experience and expertise in working with bereavement and loss, alongside expertise in working with trauma, anticipatory grief, clients with special needs and cultural difference. Our aim is to deliver timely high quality counselling interventions for adults, dementia carers, children and young people.