Youth friendly, non-judgemental, confidential and FREE
We have a super friendly Youth Counsellor who can help you to express your feelings, cope with stress, do things differently and feel ok about being you.
Our counselling service is voluntary - this means that you want to be here and that no one is making you.
The first session is 'checking each other out'. You get to meet our Counsellor and see if you like them and they get to chat with you about what is going on. You can bring your family and friends with you so that they can check us out too! After this first session we will be able to talk about if and how we can help or if there is someone else who can help and support you more. You get to tell us if you want to come back!
When you come to see us it normally takes about 50 minutes
Things that you tell us are confidential. If you tell us something that worries us (like about hurting yourself, someone else or you are being hurt) then we will talk to you about this and together make a plan if we have to tell someone else.
Our service is FREE (this is because we get funding from the District Health Board to provide you with a service). This means that sometimes we have a waiting list.
Our counsellor is trained and receives supervision - this helps us to make sure you get a quality service.
Our counselling service is free for young people aged 10-24 years old who live in Palmerston North and are not able to access counselling through statutory organisations.
To make an appointment just give our office a ring (355 5906). We will talk to you about how we can help. Appointments are made directly with our counselling staff.
NEWSFLASH!! We have just added a clinical psychologist to our team!! This will help us to provide more robust support and assessment to young people with mental health issues. Please contact us for more info
