Counselling for Students

Counselling for Students

Throughout a child’s life it is normal to experience everyday highs and lows with the majority of children being able to bounce back from life’s many challenges. Our family network, our friendship group and our school network all play a part in helping us to build our personal resilience. There are times however, when they might need a short term intervention. St Martin’s has access to the National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) that enables us to have a counsellor work on site, one day per week. In partnership with our parents, teachers and Student Wellbeing Leader, children may be referred to the counsellor for a variety of reasons.

When students that may benefit from referral for counselling:

• Mental health problems (persistent feelings or emotions)
  Depression
  Anger
  Body image
  Separation anxiety
  Mood swings
  Gender differences
• Social & emotional needs
  Low self esteem
  Behaviour management
  Self-management
  Resilience
  Emotional regulation
  Relationships (making/keeping friends)
  Bullying
  Attention seeking
• Trauma
  Grief or loss
  Separation or Divorce
  Illness
  Health problems (Personal or family)

Counselling at St Martin of Tours is a short term intervention and runs for a maximum of 8 sessions. It is very common for counsellor led sessions to lead to referrals to outside services such as;

• General practitioners (GPs)
• Paediatricians
• Occupational therapists
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Social workers

Parent Referrals can be made by completing the following 4 forms and submitting to Jamie Atherton, the Student Wellbeing Leader. We believe that it is important for families to have initial discussions with their child’s classroom teacher prior to making a formal referral.

Joint Parent Consent For Services Form

New-Client-Registration-Form-and-Privacy-Statement

Parent-Guardian Referral Form

Consent-to-Share-Information Form