Counselling

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Counselling

Medway Youth Trust Connexions service provides a counselling service at our Connexions Centre in Chatham. This section tells you a little about counselling, what it is and how it works.

What is counselling?
Will it be confidential?
Who can counselling help?
What about the counsellor?
How can I get counselling?

What is Counselling?

Our counselling is a talking therapy where the counsellor helps to explore areas that are causing concern or difficulties. Counsellors are not there to judge or tell you what to do, but can help you get a better understanding of yourself and develop strategies and make changes where you would like.

It involves a series of meetings with a counsellor and is a time where you can explore your situation by expressing thoughts and feelings. Counselling sessions usually last for about 50 minutes.

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Will it be confidential?

There is a designated counselling room at our Connexions centre in Chatham were you see the counsellor in private. The only information that the counsellor will share with Connexions is whether or not you are attending your counselling sessions. There are three situations when the counsellor will pass on information:

It is felt that you or someone else is at risk
You have given your permission for information to be shared
The counsellor is required by law to disclose information.

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Who can counselling help?

Counselling can help lots of people when they are experiencing difficulties in their life. People come to counselling for a variety of reasons from stress and self esteem issues to eating disorders and family problems.

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What about the counsellor?

The counsellor that you will see has completed specific counselling training and has lots of experience of working with young people. Our counsellor is also a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and follows their Ethical Framework for Good Practice.

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How can I get counselling?

If you think counselling would help you, please contact your Medway Youth Trust Connexions Personal Adviser, call us on 01634 33 43 43 or visit us at our Connexions Centre in Chatham.