Emotional support for 4-18 years olds
We are part of a partnership working to support children, young people and families aged 4 - 18 across Lancashire access preventative and early-help support to improve emotional health and wellbeing.
Under Lancashire County Council’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Programme, we are part of a consortium led by Child Action North West.
The service, in general, helps young people with:
- Bereavement, loss & separation
- Depression, low mood
- Anger problems, emotional control
- Anxiety & stress management
- Low self-esteem & confidence
- Problem-solving, coping & resilience strategies
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Attachment Issues
- Identifying and understanding Parent & Child patterns of interaction
- Post Trauma support.
The support is time-limited, and most young people receive between 6 and 8 sessions. The majority of the work is provided by qualified counsellors and play therapists who work with children and young people to explore their individual situations, including the areas highlighted above.
We also have highly experienced staff supporting families whose child is on the Autistic Spectrum or is showing autistic traits and is awaiting a diagnosis.
This support usually takes a whole family approach and can include:
- Understanding autism and the triad of deficits
- Understanding behaviour-why poor behaviour happens/how behaviour changes over time/strategies for behaviour management
- Anxiety and autism/understanding triggers/working out strategies
- Sensory issues/the 8 senses/how they work together/sensory strategies
- Education matters/reasonable adjustments/EHC Plans/special education
- Looking to the future
My counsellor was amazing and so easy to get along with. I feel like I can tell her so much and speak to her about anything. She has helped so much.
Being able to talk through my feelings, realising the feelings are normal and okay and realising there is hope for a happy future. It is good to talk about these things out loud.