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Mental health is an issue that affects us all, and supporting organizations that provide mental health services is crucial. That’s why we’re proud to support YPI Counselling, a charity that provides affordable and accessible counseling services to young people in the UK. If you’re looking for a way to support this fantastic charity, consider using the Easy Fundraising browser extension. By using the Easy Fundraising […]

How we changed for the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many changes in our daily lives, and the field of counseling is no exception. In the face of social distancing measures and the closure of in-person counseling centers, counselors and therapists have had to adapt and find new ways to continue providing services to clients. One of the most significant changes in counseling during the pandemic has been the […]

How to do your best running a marathon for YPI Counselling

Thinking about running a maarathon or doing a arduous fitness challange for YPI Counselling? This is how to get the most out of the big day!

Children’s Mental Health Week

Children’s Mental Health Week is run by children’s mental health charity to focus on the importance of looking after our emotional wellbeing from an early age. This year’s theme is ‘GROWING TOGETHER’. Human beings change and grow – we do it all the time and in many different ways. Physical growth is easy to see as we grow from babies to children, teenagers to adults. […]

Love Amazon?

Raise donations for YPI Counselling whenever you shop on Amazon, by using Amazon Smile’s referral links on: http://smile.amazon.co.uk They have also enable you to do this on your Amazon App on Your Android or Apple Smartphone, by following these instructions! Just remember to re authenticate every 6 months in the new year!

Engaging with our staff – YPI Counselling Staff Forum

In support of our vision and mission, we are always looking for ways to develop, improve and integrate – this makes engaging with our staff and volunteers one of our key values here at YPI. At our last Spring Forum, held on 24 March 2018 at the Orchard, we wanted to continue to harness ideas and insight from our people and we hosted an open debate […]

Christmas Charity Weekend at Sainsbury’s

Christmas Charity Weekend at Sainsbury’s Young Peoples’ Independent Counselling (YPI) were lucky enough to be chosen by the Kempshott branch of Sainsbury’s to be their charity of the year.  Sarah our Executive Assistant for Community Engagement and Ann-Marie our Clinical Manager took the lead on arranging our Christmas Charity Weekend (15-17 Dec). Without doubt they did an amazing job, in both pulling together the 9 […]

YPI Fundraiser – Afternoon Tea Party

YPI Fundraiser – Afternoon Tea Party In support of Young Peoples Independent Counselling (YPI), we (Simone Freire) hosted her first charity event last month and raised £251 (the £1 was to acknowledge my 9 year old daughter’s contribution, which was mainly made up of 2p coins)! It was great to have a few close friends around for some afternoon tea and a good catch up. I feel […]

Dedicated counselling service for victims of child sexual abuse

Police and Crime Commissioner Michael Lane launches new dedicated counselling service for victims of child sexual abuse Frankie Workers aim to prevent trauma developing into poor mental health Michael Lane, Police and Crime Commissioner, has joined forces with Clinical Commissioning Groups across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to fund a new dedicated counselling service for victims of child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, and […]

Frankie Worker: A lot happens for a child in two years

Frankie Worker: A lot happens for a child in two years The Frankie Project counselling is quite unique in that we work with young people alongside other agencies including the Police, Children’s services and Sexual Abuse Recovery Centre (SARC) to support them throughout the process of recovery from some form of sexual abuse or exploitation. In the first two months since the launch of the […]