Section: My Time

My Time for children and young people aged 12 – 18

Every Parent and Child (EPC) has been awarded three year funding by BBC Children in Need to provide the My Time Counselling Service.

The Service supports children and young people (12–18 years old), at risk of mental health issues, such as low self-esteem and confidence levels, anxiety, difficulties verbalising and regulating their emotions. The Service will support those children living in or at school in Enfield, Waltham Forest and Haringey (The majority of children will be from Enfield).

We know you face lots of challenges, at home, at school and with friends. You may feel you are lacking in confidence or suffer low self-esteem. These challenges may cause you to feel angry or upset or to feel alone or isolated. You may find this affects your sleep or that you feel bad about yourself or maybe even think about hurting yourself.

Talking to friends and family about how you feel can help, but sometimes it’s easier to talk to someone who doesn’t know you or your family.

For the 1:1 counselling service, you will be allocated a counsellor who you will see weekly. The number of therapy sessions you will need to attend will be decided between you and your counsellor at the beginning. Your counsellor will listen to what you have to say without judging you. They will try to understand and help you to help yourself.

Anything you tell us is always kept confidential. This means your counsellor will not tell anyone else what you say, including your parents or school. The only time they need to talk to another adult is if they are concerned about your safety or someone else’s. Your counsellor will explore what confidentiality means to you at your first session.

You can contact us yourself or your parent, school, or carer can do this for you. To arrange a meeting or to have a conversation to find out whether this service is right for you, please contact Pauline Walker, the My Time Counselling Service Manager, on 07944 855297 / 020 8373 6243 or email pauline.walker@epandc.org.uk

If you live in Haringey or Waltham Forest, you may be offered the counselling session using video such as Zoom.

My Time for children aged 5 – 11

Every Parent and Child (EPC) has been awarded three year funding by BBC Children in Need to provide the My Time Counselling Service.

The Service supports children and young people (5–11 years old), at risk of mental health issues, such as low self-esteem and confidence levels, anxiety, difficulties verbalising and regulating their emotions. The Service will support those children living in or at school in Enfield, Waltham Forest and Haringey (The majority of children will be from Enfield).

My Time is a counselling service providing a private space where you can talk when you are feeling angry or upset. This may be to do with school, your friends or with an adult. We are here to help you make sense of the muddles in your head.

We offer you the chance to talk to someone about anything that is on your mind or that is worrying you. You may be feeling angry, sad, lonely or just really confused.

You will have one Counsellor, who you will see each week. They will help you to understand how you are feeling. You will have use of paints, pens, toys, which means that you don’t have to talk, you could tell your story in a variety of ways.

My Time is confidential service. This means that your counsellor will not tell anyone else what you say, including your parents or school. The only time they need to talk to another adult is if they’re concerned about your safety, or someone else’s. Your counsellor will explore what confidentiality means to you at your first session.

If you think talking to one of our counsellors would help, you can ask your parent, carer, social worker or any other adult to contact us. Sessions will take place at school during school time, or after school from our office at Community House, 311 Fore Street, N9 0PZ.

If you live in Haringey or Waltham Forest, you may be offered the counselling session using video such as Zoom.

To arrange a meeting or to have a conversation to find out whether this service is right for you, please contact Pauline Walker, the My Time Counselling Service Manager, on 07944 855297 / 020 8373 6243 or email pauline.walker@epandc.org.uk

‘My Time’ Counselling Service

Every Parent and Child (EPC) has been awarded funding from BBC Children in Need to provide Play Therapy/Counselling to support the mental health and wellbeing of children/young people, with and without special educational needs/disabilities.

We are now recruiting for volunteer counsellors with a child/adolescent qualification/those suitably qualified, or trainee counsellors looking for placement hours. For further details, please visit https://epandc.org.uk/placements-for-counsellors/

The Service is for those children/young people living in or at school in Enfield, Waltham Forest and Haringey (the majority of children/young people will be from Enfield).

The ‘My Time’ counselling service will support children and young people aged 5-18 years.

Counsellors will see children/young people for individual counselling sessions at school time and/ in the evening, Monday to Friday. Evening sessions will be held at our office at Community House, Edmonton, N9 0PZ in agreement with parents/carers of the child/young person and will be dependent on the availability of our counsellors.

The service also employs a part-time School Drop-in and Family Support Therapist to work with identified secondary schools running groups for young people on issues that are affecting them, such as friendships, bullying, as well as providing a drop-in service, where young people can talk through any issues they may have on a one to one basis.

Parents of referred children/young people will also be able to obtain family support/advice to promote wellbeing.

If you are a child or young person and you would like more information, you can visit the pages for children or for young people on our website.

How to refer a child

If you would like to refer a child or a young person to the My Time Counselling Service, you can complete the referral form.

If you prefer, you could contact Pauline Walker, the My Time Counselling Service Manager, on 07944 855297 / 020 8373 6243 or email pauline.walker@epandc.org.uk