My Concerns

Here is a list below of reasons as to why you may want to reffer your child to counselling.

Abortion

A procedure that a woman undertakes to terminate pregnancy...Read more

Abuse

Abuse is when someone causes us harm or distress.  It can take many forms, ranging from disrespect to causing someone physical, sexual, emotional, financial, or psychological pain. ..Read more

  • Financial Abuse
  • Sexual abuse
  • Physical abuse
  • Emotional abuse
  • Domestic violence
Addiction(s)

Addiction is defined as not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point where it could be harmful to you..Read more

  • Sex Addiction
  • Smoking
  • Gambling
  • Drug addiction
  • Alcoholism
Suicidal thoughts

Deeply unhappy or depressed and likely to commit suicide..Read more

Anxiety (GAD)

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome. Also known as Generalise Anxiety Disorder (GAD)..Read more

  • Social anxiety
  • Phobias
  • Panic Attacks
Autism

A developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behaviour...Read more

  • Asperger's syndrome
Bereavement

Bereavement is the period of grief and mourning after a death. When you grieve, it's part of the normal process of reacting to a loss. You may experience grief as a mental, physical, social or emotio..Read more

Body dysmorphic disorder

body dysmorphia is a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about appearance in particular their flaws. These flaws may not be of any significance to others..Read more

Bullying

A bully seeks to harm, intimidate those that are deemed vulnerable...Read more

Schizophrenia

a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from r..Read more

Depression

a mental condition characterized by feelings inadequate or/and guilty. It is coupled with feeling lethargic, loss of appetite and sleep...Read more

  • Postnatal depression
  • Bipolar disorder
Disabilities

a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities...Read more

Eating disorders

A range of psychological disorders characterised by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. This includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge-eating...Read more

  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Binge-eating disorder
  • Anorexia nervosa
Sexuality

A person's identity in relation to the gender or genders to which they are typically attracted; sexual orientation...Read more

Self-Harm

To deliberately injure oneself, typically as a manifestation of a psychological or psychiatric disorder...Read more

Learning Difficulties

Learning difficulties is described as finding it challenging to acquire knowledge and skills to the normal level expected of those of the same age, especially because of mental disability or cognitive..Read more

Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is how we value and perceive ourselves. It's based on our opinions and beliefs about ourselves. ..Read more

Pornography

Pornography can be printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement...Read more

Adoption

A way of providing permanent residency for children and young people that have no longer are being cared for by their parents. ..Read more

Attachments

The emergence of an emotional bond between an infant and primary caregiver and the way in which this bond affects the child’s behavioural and emotional development into adulthood...Read more

Psychosis

A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality...Read more

Racism

The belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another...Read more

Relationships

The way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected. ..Read more

  • Family issues
  • Separation/Divorce
Trauma

Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape or natural disaster. Immediately after the event, shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable e..Read more