Contacts Counselling and Therapy was a service designed to offer placements to counsellors/therapists in training, working with children & young people in schools. 

As well as providing other services, CCaT now have a team of Associate Counsellors/Therapists who are qualified and experienced in working with children & young people in schools. 

Counselling and therapy is a skilled way of helping children & young people with personal and development issues and difficulties. Counselling/therapy gives individuals an opportunity to explore, discover and clarify ways to live in a more satisfying and resourceful way. It offers children & young people the opportunity to increase their self-awareness, develop their personal resources and understanding of their own problems as well as developing strategies to cope with change.

                                                                                                                  

We aim to link qualified counsellors/therapists, supervisors and schools to provide a competent and efficient counselling service for children & young people. Our vision is to see counsellors/therapists becoming a permanent part of every school setting; and for schools to recognise their value in supporting the emotional wellbeing and mental health of their whole community.