Counselling for 11-18 year olds
A chance to talk one-to-one in private to a trained counsellor
What is counselling?
Counselling gives you a chance to talk to someone who is not connected with your family friends or school about what is bothering you.
A counsellor won’t tell you what to do, but will help you to make your own decisions.
Why talk to a Counsellor?
If you are anxious, this can have an impact on your school work, friendships and life at home. Problems which seem unimportant to someone else can seem overwhelming to you. Being able to talk to someone outside of your situation can help you to feel less stressed and more able to enjoy life. Counsellors are trained to listen without judging and to help people sort out troubling thoughts and feelings.
What problems can counselling help with?
We see young people who want to talk about family problems or issues with other people in their life. You can talk about other things as well, like problems at school.
If you’re not sure whether counselling can help, contact us anyway! If we can’t help, we’ll do our best to work with you to find someone who can.
Is counselling private?
Whatever we discuss is confidential within the service, unless we believe that you or someone else is being harmed or at risk of being harmed. We would always try to discuss this with you before talking to anyone else.
Does my parent need to know I’m seeing a counsellor?
Most young people’s parents do know about their counselling. If another person, like your GP, has recommended counselling for you then they will often have also discussed this with your parent or carer.
Sometimes a parent doesn’t know about their child’s counselling. If you are unsure about your parent or carer knowing, contact us and we can talk through options with you.
If you are under 16 and coming to counselling at one of our out of school venues then you will need to have an adult wait in the building during your counselling. This will be discussed with you at your first session.
Sometimes it can help you to let a parent know you are getting help, but we leave this decision up to you when we can.
Who will know I’m seeing a counsellor?
The counsellor will try to keep the fact you are coming to counselling as private as possible. When someone else is helping you with your problems, we may need to let them know when you start and finish counselling. If we see you for counselling in school then we will need to let them know, but they should still keep this as private as possible.
Can someone make me go to see a counsellor?
No. Someone can suggest you have counselling, but going to counselling is your choice. During your first counselling session, you will have a chance to ask any questions you may have about counselling and to talk a bit about what’s bothering you. If you wish, we can then set up a series of appointments.
A chance to talk one-to-one in private to a trained counsellor
What is counselling?
Counselling gives you a chance to talk to someone who is not connected with your family friends or school about what is bothering you.
A counsellor won’t tell you what to do, but will help you to make your own decisions.
Why talk to a Counsellor?
If you are anxious, this can have an impact on your school work, friendships and life at home. Problems which seem unimportant to someone else can seem overwhelming to you. Being able to talk to someone outside of your situation can help you to feel less stressed and more able to enjoy life. Counsellors are trained to listen without judging and to help people sort out troubling thoughts and feelings.
What problems can counselling help with?
We see young people who want to talk about family problems or issues with other people in their life. You can talk about other things as well, like problems at school.
If you’re not sure whether counselling can help, contact us anyway! If we can’t help, we’ll do our best to work with you to find someone who can.
Is counselling private?
Whatever we discuss is confidential within the service, unless we believe that you or someone else is being harmed or at risk of being harmed. We would always try to discuss this with you before talking to anyone else.
Does my parent need to know I’m seeing a counsellor?
Most young people’s parents do know about their counselling. If another person, like your GP, has recommended counselling for you then they will often have also discussed this with your parent or carer.
Sometimes a parent doesn’t know about their child’s counselling. If you are unsure about your parent or carer knowing, contact us and we can talk through options with you.
If you are under 16 and coming to counselling at one of our out of school venues then you will need to have an adult wait in the building during your counselling. This will be discussed with you at your first session.
Sometimes it can help you to let a parent know you are getting help, but we leave this decision up to you when we can.
Who will know I’m seeing a counsellor?
The counsellor will try to keep the fact you are coming to counselling as private as possible. When someone else is helping you with your problems, we may need to let them know when you start and finish counselling. If we see you for counselling in school then we will need to let them know, but they should still keep this as private as possible.
Can someone make me go to see a counsellor?
No. Someone can suggest you have counselling, but going to counselling is your choice. During your first counselling session, you will have a chance to ask any questions you may have about counselling and to talk a bit about what’s bothering you. If you wish, we can then set up a series of appointments.
