Creative Counselling for Teens
Spaces where adolescents feel understood!
About Us
Supporting Teenagers and Young Adults in Schools and Community Settings
Young people can face many different pressures around school, friendships, family life, identity, confidence, and mental health. At Action4Families, we offer a warm, supportive, and creative approach that helps teenagers and young adults feel heard, understood, and able to express themselves in ways that feel comfortable for them.
We understand that this stage of life can feel overwhelming at times, especially when young people are dealing with anxiety, low mood, stress, social pressures, family difficulties, or struggles with confidence and self-esteem. Our approach is tailored to the needs of each individual and focuses on building trust, emotional safety, and stronger resilience.
Sessions can take place in schools or community settings, creating a safe and trusted space where young people can explore challenges, build confidence, improve emotional wellbeing, and develop healthier ways of coping with the pressures of everyday life.
Using creative, relational, and age-appropriate ways of working, we help young people better understand their feelings, strengthen communication, and develop more positive ways of managing difficult experiences. Sessions may include talking, creative activities, practical strategies, and reflective work, depending on the needs of each individual.
Counselling Student Placements
Action4Families offers counselling and creative therapy placements for trainee counsellors and therapists who want to develop confidence, experience, and professional skills within a supportive, ethical, and trauma-informed environment.
Placement opportunities may be available in schools, community settings, and online, depending on your stage of training and placement requirements. Students may have opportunities to work with teenagers, adults, families, and young people across a range of therapeutic settings.
Our teen creative counselling placements can provide valuable experience of working with adolescents experiencing anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, low mood, bereavement, family challenges, school-related issues, and relationship difficulties. Placements are designed to help students build confidence in using creative, relational, and developmentally appropriate approaches with young people.
All placement students receive regular supervision, safeguarding support, reflective practice, and ongoing guidance to support safe, ethical, and competent practice. Students are carefully vetted and supported throughout their placement to ensure high standards of care for the young people and families we work with.
Action4Families placements are designed to help trainee therapists deepen their knowledge, strengthen their professional skills, and gain meaningful experience while making a positive difference in the lives of children, teenagers, adults, and families across Derbyshire and online.