Crossreach Children and Young People's Counselling
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About us
Crossreach has over 4 decades of experience in delivering counselling services across Scotland. Our dedicated team of therapists offer weekly Counselling and Art Therapy sessions for children and young people from our central Edinburgh base. With experience of working with anxiety, depression, trauma, parental separation, school difficulties, neurodiversity and much more - contact us today to find out how we can help.
We offer a confidential space for young people to help them explore or reflect on things that feel important to them. Sometimes it can be difficult to know what to say or where to start, but our team of skilled counsellors and therapists are there to help them find a way to tell their story and explore their difficulties – whether through making art, creative activities, games or talking. Over time, counselling can help reduce worrying feelings, improve relationships, and help young people find new ways of coping.
We want to make sure that we are the right service for you and so we offer you a 'Welcome Meeting' where you will be able to come and meet with one of the team, tell us a little more about what has brought you to counselling and hear about the service we provide. This will be a great opportunity to ask any questions you may have and get to know us. If you would like to go ahead then your child will be offered a weekly 50 minute 1:1 session with a Counsellor or Art Therapist.
Sessions happen at our dedicated base in Simpson House, 52 Queen Street. We have young people's counselling rooms as well as art rooms that are designed to help young people feel at ease. We have some sessions available after school and others that young people can come to during the school day.
We are a registered charity and this service is a social enterprise, helping to fund our charitable activity.
Training, qualifications & experience
We make sure that our counsellors have the right qualifications and registrations so that you get the best possible service. All our counsellors are qualified to at least diploma level in counselling/therapy. The counselling sessions follow guidelines set out in the COSCA Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, as well as our own Operational Policies and Complaints Procedure.
Member organisations *
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Areas of counselling we deal with
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions are £60. Your welcome meeting is charged at a reduced rate of £45.
Further information
If you would like to email us directly then you can reach us here!
We are a registered charity and this service is a social enterprise, helping to fund our charitable activity.
