Counselling
What is Counselling?
The provision of professional assistance and guidance in resolving personal or psychological problems.
Counselling is the most common form of talking therapy. It can help Children and young people deal with issues and events and the effects they are having on their mental wellbeing. Counselling could be recommended for children and young people who are basically healthy but who are struggling with a mental health disorder or it can address problems with anxiety, identity issues, bereavement, bullying, anger, relationships, low self-esteem, and self-harm. Counsellors will help explore the problem, the symptoms and strategies for coping. Description adapted from Young minds website; Counselling Services for Children and Young People (youngminds.org.uk)
Counselling
Funded and part-funded Counselling
We are very proud to provide counselling for children and young people who wouldn’t normally have a chance to access help. We work with friendly, approachable, fully qualified counsellors to ensure support is available within familiar surroundings as soon as possible.
HELP as SOON As possible
We know that if we can assist early we can help to stop mental health problems becoming more serious.
This also impacts positively with Children's future mental wellbeing, giving them the ability to cope if they experience difficulties.
1 in 6
Approximately 1 in 6 children have a diagnosable mental health disorder, which means that approximately 6 children in every classroom need help
75%
of children with a diagnosable mental health condition do not have access to the help they need. A quarter of children that are referred to the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) are turned away and the others can wait up to 10 months or more for appropriate help.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
"Can I take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU for funding Lisa to visit our school - she is wonderful!
Lisa Jones has been offering her Counselling support (funded by The Matthew Hackney Foundation), to our School for several years. She is very friendly and is able to put children at ease, very quickly, with good results. With mental health issues on the increase, her support has proved invaluable and I can't recommend her enough - thank you"
West Byfleet School