Teenagers and younger children are able to receive counselling at Home and Family as part of a group or on an individual basis.
All the counsellors who provide these services are specially trained in child and youth counselling, and have an active interest in working with children and young people.
Issues frequently effecting children and young people range from self-esteem, relationship changes, developing discipline and other school issues, through to the impacts of parents separating, eating disorders, depression and behavioural problems.
Our specialist children and youth programmes are:
Click on the programme name to learn more about it. You can also click on the name of our children's counsellors below to find out more about their areas of expertise.
Two sepcialist childrens counsellors woring at Mt Eden are Anya and Jude. As well Vic , Muriel , Brian and Jaqui work with children and young people.
At North Shore all our counsellors work with children and young people. The counselling team includes: Shelley, Maria , Stephen and Christine.
The Marvelz Young Person's Programme, developed by Home and Family, is a 10-session course for children and young people who have witnessed domestic violence. It is a programme approved by the Department of Courts.
It covers aspects of self-care and self-education; and educates children towards safe management of future situations, should they ever arise. Importantly it provides closure for children on the violence they have witnessed and leads them towards a future where they can have emotional health and happiness.
In many, but not all cases, the young person's parent is usually under a court protection order as a victim of domestic violence, and is also receiving court-referred counselling through Home and Family.
Home and Family Society is registered to deliver this programme to all children but also has a specific registration to help Asian children.
Contact our Mt Eden Team on info@homeandfamily.org.nz for more details.
This programme aims to develop skills that bring about respectful and friendly relationships. It is provided as a group programme through intermediate and secondary schools. The programme is for young women aged 12-15 years. It runs for five weeks with one 1 1/2 hour session each week; and with six to ten students in a group. Contact our North Shore Team on northshore@homeandfamily.org.nz for more details.
This is a programme for teenagers, many with violence in their lives, who want to make a change in how they manage their anger. The programme is for young men and women aged 14-15 years. .It is provided as a group programme through intermediate and secondary schools. It runs for 5-6 weeks with one 2 hour session each week; and six to ten students in a group. Contact our North Shore Team on northshore@homeandfamily.org.nz for more details.