Counselling

Bar 'N' Bus currently provides a weekly counselling service to four local secondary schools; The king John School; The Cornelius Vermuyden School, The Castle View School, and The Furtherwick Park School.  

All our Counsellors are carefully selected and qualified. They act in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the Association of Christian Counsellors, a copy of which is available here.

If you are interested in being a Counsellor for Bar N Bus please contact the office. team@barnbus.org.uk


How can counselling help?

          Counselling can help people deal with a wide range of issues.
           

                   Loneliness, anxiety and depression
                   Distress through bereavement or loss
                   Relationship problems
                   Rape and sexual abuse
                   Confusion over sexuality
                   Suicidal feelings
                   Bullying
                   Low self-esteem
                   Family breakdown
                   Eating disorders
                   Lack of confidence and social skills
                   Alcohol and drug abuse
                   Exam stress

Anger management

 

 

Specifications of service

Bar 'N' Bus will see any person aged 11-18 that attends one of the schools we work with and has either made a self-referral or has been referred by the school. Parents may also make requests for their child to be seen but must make this request via the school.

Counselling takes place in the privacy of a small counselling room, and the atmosphere is welcoming and informal. Where possible, clients work with the same counsellor whether they visit for just two or three sessions or for many months. Appointments are usually weekly and each session lasts for 40 minutes.

We operate a confidentiality policy, which will be explained to the client at their appointment, and no information is passed back to the source of referral without the prior consent of the client. Clients can give as much or as little information about themselves as they wish.

 

Other related courses we run in Secondary Schools

 

Peer-Counselling

A Peer-Counsellor is someone of a similar age who is able to listen to another pupils problems or difficulties without judging and be there for them. They are not there to solve their problems or dish out loads of advice. The purpose of this training is to learn new skills that will help peer-counsellors such as listening skills, working as a team, accepting others for who they are, etc.