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Sussex Central YMCA Counsellors
You or your parent/carer can contact us directly or you can get someone else to do it for you (your GP, CAMHS, your school, your Connexions Personal Advisor, your Youth worker, etc)
For more information read on or contact Joe Osmond (right) our project leader by phone on 01273 222577 or 07739 893707 or email aawypc@sussexcentralymca.org.uk
Counselling With Sussex Central YMCASussex Central YMCA offers community counselling to young people aged 13-25 at our Youth Advice Centre in Hove. Our counsellors can offer non-judgmental support on a range of issues such as bullying, families, relationships, sexual health, alcohol and drugs. Sussex Central YMCA counsellors will respect your values, choices and lifestyle whilst helping you explore what lies behind what is troubling you.
This service started in January 2009 and is funded by the Henry Smith Trust and Brighton and Hove Children and Young Peoples Trust. The counsellor is Michele Karban who has trained in Integrative Art Psychotherapy.
The proposed aims and objectives of this project were to set up and deliver an accessible counselling service specifically for young people aged 13 -21 who were either looked after by the local authority or in kinship care. This service also extends to those young people who had previously been in care and who had either returned to their family of birth or who were now living independently.
Brighton and Hove have an unusually high percentage of children and young people in care. As of 31st March 2009 there were 208 young people aged between 13 and 18 who were looked after by the local authority (source: Performance Team at the CYPT).
