Hounslow Youth Counselling Service

Who we are

Hounslow Youth Counselling Service

OUR SERVICE: HYCS aims to serve young people, aged 11 to 25, regardless of race, colour or creed, sex or class, disability, marital status or sexual orientation, by helping them address their problems in a setting where they feel at ease, safe and valued.  HYCS offers young people access to free, confidential Counselling by appointment at its offices in Isleworth, at secondary schools and at HM Prison Feltham YOI and Hounslow Youth Offending Service. Young people self-refer to HYCS and can be signposted on to other specialist local agencies where appropriate.

HYCS addresses directly young people’s emotional well-being and mental health. Counsellors work with young people who present with a range of issues including:  anxiety, panic attacks, self-harming, being bullied, negative pressures, eating disorders, bereavement, depression, low self-esteem, abuse or who are distressed because of breakdown in their relationships with family or friends. Counselling helps build more trusting relationships, develops autonomy, offers the opportunity to explore difficult issues and learn ways of coping, ways of staying safe and ways to manage difficult feelings.

Everyone in the ‘HYCS team’ has a passion to support and help the young people in this Borough, and to put the needs and best interests of young people at the core of our service.

“It was a tough journey as I find opening up a bit difficult but honestly I think I've got the skills now to open up as keeping things bottled up inside weights you down”  Client aged 15