Making a Referral We are currently experiencing a very high demand for all of our services. You could be waiting for up to two years for our counselling services. Making a self-referral If you are wanting to refer yourself into STARS Dorset for our support please fill in our self online referral form. Your referral will be reviewed by our Referrals Team and we will contact you to let you know if you have been accepted into service. Due to the high demand for all our services, initial contact will be made by email (please check your junk email) so please ensure your email address is correct on the referral form. All telephone contact from us will show as a ‘withheld number’. The number of individuals who do not respond to our contact and/or do not show up to booked appointments is very high and impacting on our service. Your case will be closed if you do not attend appointments when booked, unless you have given us 24 hours notice. Professionals / Agencies referring a client to our service If you are wanting to refer your client into STARS Dorset for either our Counselling Services or our Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Service please fill in our professionals online referral form. Our Referrals Team will review your referral to identify which is the most appropriate of our specialist services to provide support. Please be aware that there are long waiting lists for our services. Due to the high demand for STARS your clients case will be closed if they do not attend a booked appointment or Counselling Session. Occasionally we may not be the right service at the point of referral, if this is the case we will advise you accordingly and try to signpost you to more appropriate services.