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Great things can happen when young people get the right support at the right time…

 

Being a child or young person isn’t always easy – school/college, family, relationships, friendships, finding or keeping a job, money troubles or self-image can all cause stress or worry. Sometimes your wellbeing can be affected and you might feel low, anxious angry or scared. Many young people are struggling with how they feel and counselling can help you to talk things through, without feeling judged, and in confidence.

 

We offer Person Centred Counselling which is where you are the expert – you tell us what issues you would like to explore. We don’t judge you; our job is to listen and to build trust with an aim for you to unlock your own potential.

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON OUR COUNSELLING SERVICE – FROM 1ST FEBRUARY 2025

 

As of the 1st Feb 2025 our Counselling Service age range has indefinitely changed to 14-25. This very difficult decision is in response to the acute funding challenges faced by small local charities such as ours. We will still support parents of children aged 8-13 and more information on how you can access this help is available at https://www.justdropin.co.uk/contact-us/info-for-parents/

 

There is lots of other information about other services available that may be useful on our page https://www.justdropin.co.uk/resources-for-parents-and-young-people/ including how to access Mental Health Support or Privately funded counselling

 

Thanks for understanding.

If you are depressed or angry about something don’t be afraid to ask for counselling, it really does help. It was nice to be able to be honest without being judged.

What will happen?

When you get in touch to ask about counselling, we will ask some questions to make sure that we are the right service for you.

 

This might involve us doing something called a triage, where we ask you a bit more about what is happening for you. We do this to make sure that we can support you with whatever it is you are experiencing as sometimes a more specialist service might be needed.

 

If it seems like counselling could be helpful we will invite you to come for a counselling assessment meeting with one of the counsellors, who will talk to you about what’s working well and what you would like support with.

 

If you still want to go ahead with counselling and if the counsellor agrees that it would be appropriate to support you through Person Centred Counselling, you will be added to the allocations list to be matched with a counsellor. We offer counselling in different places, and with male or female counsellors. The counsellor will explain your options at the assessment.

 

You should start counselling within 4-8 weeks of the assessment. Sometimes it may be a bit more or less than this. Please know we are working hard to keep your waiting time short.

 

Counselling is confidential unless we become very concerned about you or someone else. Confidentiality is important to us and we would discuss this with you in counselling sessions – we encourage you to ask questions about this so you are properly informed.

 

We will talk to you if we have worries and we think it might help to share them with someone you trust.

 

We have completed a Privacy Notice that provides more information on this for you: Young People’s Privacy Notice

 

If you have been to counselling with us previously, you can re-refer yourself 3 months after your last appointment.

Legendary group of people who want to do nothing except help you.

All of our counsellors must adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework. We require all of our staff to be registered with the British Association of Counselling Psychotherapy (https://www.bacp.co.uk/) or similar professional body that demonstrates they meet an appropriate standard of training and practice. All have a special interest and experience in working with children and young people.

Where are we?

Our counselling service is available to children and young people who live in the north of Cheshire East – that’s Macclesfield, Poynton, Wilmslow, Handforth, Knutsford and the villages in-between.

Most of our sessions take place in Macclesfield but we do offer some sessions in Poynton, Knutsford and Wilmslow.

 

Our Macclesfield address:

Bridge House

15 Brook Street

Macclesfield

SK11 7AA

 

Wilmslow address:

Wilmslow Youth

Wilmslow United Reform Church

Chapel Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 1PR

 

Poynton address:

Poynton Civic Hall

Park Lane

Poynton

Stockport

SK12 1RB

 

Knutsford address:

Unit 6A, First Floor, Watson’s Building

44-46 King Street

Knutsford

WA16 6DT

 

If you live outside of this footprint, you could try the following free sources of support:

Stockport: http://www.beacon-counselling.org.uk

Central and Southern Cheshire East: http://www.visyon.org.uk

Manchester/Trafford: https://www.42ndstreet.org.uk/

If you can afford to, you can also search for a private counsellor at http://www.bacp.co.uk

Is there any support if I'm under 11?

We don’t offer one-to-one counselling for under 14s.

 

We offer parenting groups for parents of children aged 8-18. For more information about these courses, visit our Parenting page: https://www.justdropin.co.uk/contact-us/info-for-parents/

 

Alternatively, please view the Under 11s/Primary Age section on our page: https://www.justdropin.co.uk/resources-for-parents-and-young-people/

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