Early intervention to improve children and young peoples emotional wellbeing is essential. Recent Government research found that 50% of lifetime mental illness starts before the age of 14,and that possibly half is avoidable with early intervention.(New Horizons)

The Natural Health Centre provides easily accessible, high quality professional counselling which is tailored to meet the needs of children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.

Younger children are offered a play therapy environment where they can work through problems using paints, clay, puppets and other therapeutic equipment. Older children and teenagers also often benefit from using art to explore emotions in a way that is less challenging than more traditional counselling methods.

Parents or Guardians must sign a Consent form before counselling can begin. It is important that they have had an opportunity to talk about their concerns, and to find out how these might be addressed within in a counselling plan that is specifically designed to meet the needs of their child.

The service is confidential and adheres to the North Yorks Safeguarding Children guidance in terms of Child Protection. All work is carried out within the Ethical Codes of Practice of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

Fees are currently £35.00 per session and a typical counselling period consists of 6 sessions to be followed by a review.