About The Project
School based counselling exists to provide accessible, confidential and professional support to young people at school. This site gives you the opportunity to learn more about how it works. By selecting the various items on the left menu you can access multimedia material giving you an insight into the reality and impact of school based counselling in action.
The material comes from our experience as a Counselling Unit within the University of Strathclyde. We have been delivering, researching and evaluating school based counselling for over 5 years.
From this experience we have concluded that: 
- school based counselling has a great deal to contribute to the mental health and emotional well being of young people of school age
- it gives schools an added resource to help in their support of vulnerable and troubled young people
- it is a non stigmatising and accessible service that is well integrated into the Guidance and Pupil Support structures in schools
- it supports young people going through transitions
- the person-centred approach works particularly well given the wide range of needs of young people
You can contact us by using our enquiry form and enter into a dialogue with us about your experience and interest in this field. You can also use the enquiry form to give us feedback on the material provided and suggest new material that you would find helpful.