Children's Counselling

Oasis Counselling service has been offering counselling to adults in Bal-lyfermot for the past 9 years. For the last 3 years we have extended our service to children between the ages of 4-18.

Parents attend the first session and must give written permission for the child to attend. At this session the counselling process will be explained to the parents and the children. It is really important that the child wants to come and isn't being 'sent.'

Each session lasts about 50 minutes and will be confidential unless the child says something involving child abuse, or that they are going to harm themselves or someone else………

Counselling-this is for children or teenagers who would like to talk to a counsellor about their problems. The counsellor will listen, try to understand and help the child or teen to work through their problems. The counsellor's job is not to give advice or tell the child what to do but to listen, understand and help them to process what is happening in their lives. Art and sand and creative techniques are often used in the counselling sessions.