Counselling
Free talking therapy at Esteem
Free Counselling for 14-26 year olds
If you’re 26+ you can support us.
Please note: We have paused new applications and referrals as our counselling offer is at capacity at the moment. We will post on our socials when we re-open applications.
Counselling, also known as a ‘talking therapy’, provides you with a safe space to explore any difficult issue or feeling you are going through.
Esteem offers up to 24 sessions with a counsellor who will be best matched with you.
The Esteem counsellor is trained to work with young adults and will offer you a non-judgemental and supportive approach, where you can hopefully work things through at your own pace.
Why try counselling?
- A confidential space for you to feel heard
- Our professional counsellors are here to listen and support you
- Improve your understanding of yourself and your situation
- Counselling can be a helpful way of ‘getting stuff out’, increasing your self-awareness and helping you to make sense of your situation
- Gain useful wellbeing tools
- Counselling can help you to develop useful tools to support your own wellbeing
Not sure what 1-2-1 support is right for you? Book an informal chat at ESTEEM to talk about our offer, and help you decide what kind of support, if any, you might like.
Why choose counselling?
People come to counselling with a whole range of issues, none are too big or too small.
Examples of issues that sometimes come up:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- OCD
- Bereavement
- Gender
- Identity
- Self-Harm
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexuality
- Abuse
- Bullying
- Identity
- Transitions
How can I access counselling? 🙋🏾♀️
Please note: We have paused new applications and referrals as our counselling offer is at capacity at the moment. We will post on our socials when we re-open applications.
Anyone who has successfully signed up for Esteem is eligible for counselling. You can sign up for Esteem here.
Let any member of staff know if you’d like to access counselling at Esteem. After a staff member refers you, our Counselling Manager will be in touch to talk about the service and answer any questions you have.
After an initial meeting to see if counselling at Esteem is suitable for you, our Counselling Manager will match you with one of our counsellors and give you an indication of when the counselling is likely to commence. There may sometimes be a waiting list for counselling, however we endeavour for this time to be less than 3 months.
If you would like more information please contact us.
Additional Support Services
External support and crisis services that you can reach outside of counselling.
Childline – Ages 19 and under, chat online or email about any problem.
Call on 0800 1111. Open 24/7.
https://www.childline.org.uk/
Samaritans – Whatever you’re going through, you can call Samaritans for support.
Call on 116123 or email at jo@samaritans.org. Open 24/7.
https://www.samaritans.org/
Shout – Free text support for young people experiencing a mental health crisis.
Text SHOUT to 85258. Open 24/7.
https://giveusashout.org/
Everything we do at Esteem is linked to the 6 ways to well-being.
This page is about 1-2-1 counselling, but we offer a variety of activities which can improve your wellbeing.