Padiham counselling practice gets young men talking

The Hill Counselling Practice has provided free counselling to young men in the Burnley and Pendle area through the Community Interest Company (CIC) arm of the business.

The sessions were made possible after the CIC was awarded an allocation of local community funding from the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Council For Voluntary Service.

The funding allowed the practice to provide confidential counselling to men aged 18 to 24 years both from The Hill Counselling Practice premises in Padiham and online. The limited places proved extremely popular, as one of the Hill’s directors Zoe McPherson explains:

“When we posted about the free counselling sessions, the places were snapped up really quickly, which just shows that there is a real need for this kind of support. We applied for funding for this demographic as the suicide rate for young men in this age group is quite high and they often don’t reach out and seek help.

“By offering free sessions, with the option of online if preferred, we wanted to make it as easy as possible for young men to get help and deal with any issues that were holding them back.”

More than 40 sessions were delivered by members of the practice’s counselling team over six weeks.

The practice developed the CIC in March 2022, to deliver free professional counselling and psychotherapy services to people across Burnley and Pendle for whom cost might be a barrier to access. Projects to date have included the support for young men and bereavement counselling, with a pilot mental health training session for beauty and hair salons planned later in the year.

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