Counselling
It is often hard to discuss your worries or anxieties with close family or friends. The Teenage Drop In Centre can help by offering free confidential counseling by a trained counsellor.
Counselling can help during the tough times in your life when you may feel lonely, sad, depressed or when you feel you have nobody to talk to.
You will have a 50 minute session every week for up to 6 weeks to help explore the issues you are worried about. If you feel this would benefit you, just drop in to see one of our Nurses or Doctor who will talk to you and refer you if appropriate.
Bereavement
This can be a painful experience and can make you feel sad, angry or lost.
Stress / Anxiety
You may find everyday life hard to cope with, feeling angry, lonely or feel like crying.
Depression
You may feel isolated or alone and feel everything in your life has changed. That nobody understands and that you are the only one to be feeling like this. In extreme cases it may feel like life is not worth living making you feel suicidal.
Low self esteem / confidence
You may feel lonely, unable to join in with your peers, and feel everyone can do things except you.
Bullying
You can often feel scared to go to school and want to avoid the places this is happening, this can make you isolated alone and unhappy in all areas of your life.
Eating disorders
Models portray slim bone like figures leading young people to feel they need to change their image. This can make you eating habits change but can spiral out of control leaving you feeling very unwell.
Abuse
This can be physical, mental, and sexual or neglect. All of these areas can make you fee you are the only one, you can feel unhappy, angry, tearful or resentful, feeling you are alone and have to keep it to yourself.