Counselling
What we do
Counselling is a confidential safe space for a young person to discuss worries and concerns in confidence with a trained professional counsellor.
Counselling is talking to someone outside of your personal world and building a trusting relationship to explore your thoughts, feelings, worries and concerns.
A counsellor will support, listen, and guide. They are friendly, genuine, non-judgemental, patient and will talk about anything. Counsellors can’t give advice or tell you what to do, but can give pointers and help you to find your own way forward.
Anyone can make a referral including a parent or professaional such as a teacher or doctor. A young person can also refer themselves using the Get Help Button
For information about Headspace Counselling please visit www.myheadspace.org.uk or to discuss further email Helen at Helen@myheadspace.org.uk
How we help you
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Complete the counselling referral form via the Headspace website with as much detail as possible
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Headspace will be in touch to confirm that your referral has been received and provide an overview of the counselling process
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The young person is added to the counselling waiting list
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Headspace will advise you when a counselling space has been allocated
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The Counsellor will liaise with school to book an appointment, school will provide the young person with appointment details
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Initial assessment appointment take place. The counsellor offers up to 6 weeks of sessions if the young person is ready for counselling
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Support begins
After 6 weeks, the counsellor will review whether to continue or counselling sessions will end
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When counselling has finished the young person will be provided details of other relevant support services as required
What the parents say
A parent said that their child loves Headspace
X is really enjoying the group and thought Headspace sessions were brilliant!
Headspace is hugely beneficial and has had a major positive effect and is a very important part of X’s week
X’s journal is absolutely brilliant! A real keepsake from the sessions and very much a usable tool, what a great example of what Headspace can do with the young people.
It has been a very long road with X and still is… she is really enjoying Headspace now and I knew she would once she had settled in
X seemed positive about being there
He absolutely loved going to Headspace, he really enjoyed making and trying new things which helped him chill out
Again, thank you so much for your time and support