You might be facing challenges, perhaps at home or school, which just feel too much for you at the moment. Coming to see one of us in the safe space of our counselling room lets you talk about how you feel. We can work together to help you find ways of coping when things go wrong and build your resilience to help you as you enter adulthood.

Many of the young people we have counselled have felt a huge weight lifted off their shoulders after talking to us about their problems. By talking to someone outside of their home or school/college environment made them realise that their feelings were normal and that they wouldn’t always feel trapped in this cycle of anger or sadness or other negative feelings.

If you are struggling we are there to listen to whatever is going on for you without any judgments. We do not offer advice or tell you what you should be doing differently but by listening and respecting you as a young person allows you to explore your feelings. It will help you think about things in a different way and when you start thinking differently you start feeling differently and you start feeling better and when you feel better you’re stronger and things won’t get you down so much.

No, because what you talk about in our sessions together is confidential, just between the two of us. In our first session together we will both talk through and sign a confidentiality agreement. The only time when we as your counsellor would have to talk to someone about what we discussed is if we felt you or others were at risk of harm but we would always discuss this with you first.

How long will counselling last?

How will I know if counselling is right for me?