I practice with a combination of my youth work and coaching practices with counselling skills. It is caring, respectful and non-judgemental. I work in a collaborative and adaptive way with a young person through games, craft, activities and discussions to support them best, giving them a holistic and tailor-made approach, to meet your young person’s individual needs. I also draw upon a range of other different theories and practices including but not limited too: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma Informed Practice, Mindfulness, Youth Work, Scouting and Play Therapy.
Sessions are relaxed and informal and centre around the young person, their interests, building of life skills and our common goal. Learning is informal and engagement from the young person is voluntary – meaning I work hard to make sessions interactive, enjoyable and informative. I have music playing (This is dependant on the young person and their wants and needs). I find this way of working works well for children and young people that find it hard to relax or engage in formal settings such as school or traditional counselling. The consultation, the initial session and pay as you go sessions are no obligation to continue which means if your young person feels the sessions are not for them there is no need to continue. I understand how hard it is to make such an investment when your young person may not be ready to take that step.
Areas Covered
Here are some of the areas of concern/what your young person would like to work on and have goals on:
Self esteem
Life Skills – including and not limited to cooking, finance, safety and first aid.
Exam preparation, stress and revision timetable planning
NEETS (Not in Education, Employment or Training)
Internet safety
Bullying
Mentoring
Relationships
Resilience building
Building coping strategies
Alternative Education for Young People out of School
Sexual Education and Sexual Health
LGBTQIA
Body image
Social skills building
Mindfulness
Anxiety
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Knife Crime
Drugs
Alternative Learning
Please note: This is not an exhaustive list. All these areas I have previously worked sucessfully with young people