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Who we are
Who we are
MindLink Multicultural Counselling & Psychological Services is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), founded in 2025 and based in Aberdeen, with support available across Scotland.
MindLink grew from a counselling service previously delivered through the Polish Association Aberdeen. Building on that experience, MindLink was established as an independent charity to develop an inclusive service that responds to the needs of Scotland’s diverse communities.
Our team includes qualified counsellors, trainee counsellors and psychologists from diverse backgrounds, speaking a range of languages. Where possible, we offer counselling in a client’s preferred language. Our counsellors practise in accordance with relevant professional and ethical standards.
We are committed to building an increasingly diverse and inclusive team that reflects the communities we work with.
Our approach
Our approach
MindLink is guided by a simple principle: high-quality mental health support should be more accessible to people, regardless of language, culture, background or financial circumstances.
For us, multicultural counselling means more than recognising cultural differences. It means paying attention to the wider social, cultural and structural factors that shape people’s experiences of mental health and their access to support. We aim to provide counselling that is responsive and inclusive, and to work collaboratively with each person rather than assuming that one approach will suit everyone.
Our counsellors draw on a range of evidence-informed psychological approaches, including cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), person-centred, psychodynamic and integrative approaches, according to their training and competence. Counselling is shaped collaboratively around your needs, preferences, values, goals, language and cultural context.
Safety and good professional counselling practice are central to how we work. We follow clear safeguarding, confidentiality and data protection procedures and use secure systems for appointments and information management. Counsellors work within relevant professional and ethical standards, undertake appropriate background checks for their roles, and practise with regular clinical supervision.
We also recognise that well-being is supported by more than counselling alone. Where meaningful, this can include community and cultural strengths and resources, such as relationships, community networks, creativity, nature and opportunities for connection and belonging. We also take our work into the communities where people live, work and meet, creating opportunities to talk about mental health and access support in familiar and everyday settings.
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