Talkzone Counselling (Nottinghamshire)

Talkzone offers free and confidential counselling for children and young people in Bassetlaw, aged 11-25. Counselling is a way of addressing problems you may be experiencing, or have experienced in the past, by talking them through with someone who is able to be supportive but who is not directly involved in the situation. You, or someone on your behalf, will need to contact us to make a referral. Once you have done this you will be offered an initial assessment appointment within four weeks. The assessment is an opportunity for you to meet with a counsellor to highlight the issues you wish to talk about and to make sure counselling is the right thing for you. After the assessment you will be placed on our waiting list - full details of the waiting times will be provided at your assessment and will depend on where and when you can attend.

When you reach the top of our waiting list you will be offered one-to-one counselling sessions; this means that just you and your counsellor will be in the room. This encourages you to talk openly without feeling influenced or pressured by anyone who might attend with you. The sessions will take place once a week for a period of six weeks and each session lasts fifty minutes. Counselling can be extended by an additional six weeks if both you and your counsellor agree they are needed. Appointments take place at various locations across Bassetlaw but we do not offer counselling sessions within the home.

If you are aged 13 or over you can contact us yourself and let us know that you would like to make a referral to Talkzone. If you are aged under 13 then the referral will need to be made by someone over the age of 18. This could be a family member or someone from another profession or organisation: for example a doctor, support worker, teacher, social worker or anyone else that is supporting you if you have given them permission to contact us.