Counselling is...
a private and confidential place to talk about concerns and upsets, the things that might be troubling you. (Your counsellor will explain confidentiality in full at your first meeting.)
Counselling provides...
a space to talk and explore where you will be listened to and supported to gain an understanding of your concerns or difficulties.
Your counsellor will...
provide a time and place that is for you to talk as openly as you wish. She will help you explore your thoughts and feelings
Counselling can help you
Counselling is not
How to make an appointment
About the Counselling Service
The Counselling Service is here to meet the needs, when required, of all students and staff at Milton Keynes Academy. Coralie Ward is a trainer, supervisor and a qualified counsellor having accredited membership of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists. The service offers primarily time-limited, short-term counselling, although contracts may be extended where individual need makes it appropriate.
Information on common problems
Sometimes it helps to discover that you are not the only person feeling or behaving the way that you do. It can be reassuring to learn that what you are going through is experienced by other people; that you are not "abnormal" and it is possible to deal with it.
You can use the links below to external websites specifically concerned with some of the topics people bring to counselling.
Please remember that each individual is unique. Your issues and concerns may, or may not, resonate with the descriptions contained in these pages, and please don't be discouraged from contacting the service if you don't identify with these labels. No concern is too trivial, and if you feel counselling might be able to help you, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Local support
www.mkweb.co.uk/youthinformation/home.asp
Issues relating to bereavement
Winston's Wish is the leading childhood bereavement charity and the largest provider of services to bereaved children, young people and their families in the UK.
RD4U is a website designed for young people by young people. It is part of Cruse Bereavement Care's Youth Involvement Project and is here to support people after the death of someone close.
Daisy's Dream offers advice and support for children, young people and their families, both facing and following bereavement.
Issues related to parenting
For anyone with a teenager in their life. Join for parent-to-parent support, informal advice, useful information and a community of other parents dealing with the same issues as you...
Relate for parents offers ideas, guidance, support and information for those who are searching for something that will make a difference. Our focus will usually be on the relationship or relationships that influence your role as a parent.
Parentlineplus is the leading national charity providing help and support to anyone caring for children - parents, grandparents, step-parents, relatives - for families living together as well as apart.
Issues related to emotional and mental health
Beat is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families.
Bristol Crisis service for Women is a national organisation that supports girls and women in emotional distress. They particularly help women who harm themselves.
Harmless is a user led organisation that provides a range of services about self harm including support, information, training and consultancy to people who self harm, their friends and families and professionals.
YoungMinds is the UK's only national charity committed to improving the mental health and emotional well-being of all children and young people.
Self-help and prevention
MoodGYM is a popular interactive program which incorporates cognitive-behaviour therapy for depression. It was first launched in 2001 and is now in its third revision. MoodGYM has been extensively researched and its effectiveness has been demonstrated in randomised controlled trials.It is an independent resource developed and delivered by the Australian National University.
