What is counselling?
Counselling offers a safe, confidential environment for people to explore their feelings. It provides a confortable atmosphere for you to look at any issues that may be affecting you.
The main focus of counselling is for people to share their inner most feelings and thoughts without being judged or disrepected but to be valued as an individual.
Counselling Direct provides a range of therapeutic interventions that meet the clients needs including: expressive therapy/art therapy/play therapy and talking therapy.
We offer 1:1 confidential person-centred counselling for children and young people aged 5-25 years who live in the Bury and surrounding areas.
Emotional issues can affect anyone from any background/culture/gender/religion and age.
Counselling helps children and young people to improve their emotional and mental well being enabling them to make better choices and promote positive behaviour. This many then help them to cope better with any future issues.
What issues can be worked with?
Our counsellors will work with a range of issues examples:
Bereavement & loss, eating disorders
Self harm/suicide, domestic violence
Physical/mental/sexual abuse, bullying
Relationship issues, trauma
Ante-natal/post natal depression, alcohol & drug misuse
Divorce and separation
Who can access this service?
Anybody aged between 5 and 25 years old can access Counselling Direct. This can either be a self referral or through other professional agencies.
You can contact us at:
Counselling Direct
1-3 Crompton Street
Bury
BL9 0AD
Telephone us on:
0161 253 6337/6341/5891 between 9.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. or leave a message out of hours
e-mail Angela Cuddihy - Project manager:
a.cuddihy@bury.gov.uk
Registered Charity Number: 1097045 Company limited by Guarantee Company Number 4511993
Bury Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
