Free counselling for young people in the North West.

Are you a young person living in the North West?

Are you looking for mental health support?

If you are a young person or an organisation that works with young people. Whatever you’re experiencing, Stop.Breathe.Think. has partnered with AJ Bell Futures Foundation to provide essential support.

If you would like to book a first appointment with us, please click below. All appointments will take place online at a time and day that best suits you.

Please note to access counselling with Stop.Breathe.Think. you must:

• Be between the ages of 8-21 years.
• Be able to provide us with an emergency contact detail who is over the age of 18, if you are under 16 this must be a parent or legal guardian.
• You must not have accessed our service before, or currently be in counselling elsewhere.
• please note that all funded spaces are available on a first come first served basis.
• If you are an organisation working with a young person please include this on the referral form.

Through our service, you can access up to six free online counselling sessions with one of our lovely trained counsellors. The first step is to book in for a first intake appointment so that we can have an informal chat to get to know you better.  Whatever you’re struggling with, talking to someone can really help. Nothing is too big or too small.

Please watch this short video to find out more about how we work with you:

Ending with Stop.Breathe.Think (please only click below on your final session, with support from your counsellor)

As you’ve reached the end of your counselling journey with Stop.Breathe.Think, we would love to hear more about your experience with the service.  Don’t worry- we will keep your response anonymous, we ask for your feedback so that we can make our service better and more inclusive for all young people. Please click the button below to complete a short survey about Stop.Breathe.Think. We hope that counselling has equipped you with the tools that you need to help you move forward, and we wish you all the best for the future.

Thank you from everyone at Stop.Breathe.Think!