Church counselling service says money is not an issue

THE CATHOLIC Church’s free psychotherapy service for abuse victims has denied its plans to impose limits on the amount of counselling victims can receive is driven by an order to cut costs.

Up to 900 victims use the services of “Towards Healing” which, up to February of this year, was known as Faoiseamh.

As part of the reorganisation of the services, after 80 sessions each case will now be referred to an independent review panel, made up of three psychotherapists, who will decide if the person still requires counselling.