Counselling for young people

What is Counselling?

There are many different types of counselling and here at HYCS we offer a Humanistic approach –we believe that we are all able to grow and change given the right conditions.

Our counsellors will therefore listen carefully to what you say, without judging and in confidence, helping you to work through problems and to develop in your own way so that you can achieve your potential.

If you want to know more about the different types of counselling to see if this is the right approach for you – check out this link to the BACP guide to therapy types. If you are looking for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) please speak to your doctor who will be able to advise.

What we do

HYCS offers a free, 1-2-1 counselling service just for young people – whatever is troubling you, however big or small, we’re here to listen.

Where we work

We want to make our service as accessible as possible for young people, so we offer counselling at a variety of locations including our main centre, local secondary schools, youth offending services and leaving care services: 

Isleworth Centre

Our centre in Isleworth is based at 78 St John's Road, Isleworth TW7 6RU.

A team of HYCS counsellors are based here and offer appointments on weekdays during the day, after school and in the evening.

Counselling Sessions at our Centre

Session times available by appointment as follows:

Monday - 3pm - 9pm Tuesday - 11am  - 9pm Wednesday - 11am  - 9pm Thursday - 11am  - 9pm Friday  - 2pm - 5pm

Secondary Schools

Our specialist Schools’ Counselling team are based at many local secondary schools.  

You can refer yourselves in to the service in school directly or can ask a trusted member of the school's staff to help put you in touch with us.

The schools in which we are currently working are:

• Bolder Academy

• Chiswick School

• Gunnersbury Catholic School

• Kingsley Academy

• Logic Studio School

• Rivers Academy

• Springwest Academy

• St Mark’s Catholic School

Youth Offending Services

If you are at YOS or at HMP Feltham Young Offenders Insitute (FYOI) you can refer yourself in to HYCS either via your YOS officer or by contacting HYCS directly.

Care Leavers' Service

If you are a young person leaving care, just speak to your PA who can help to put you in touch with our HYCS counsellor for Care Leavers or you can contact HYCS directly.