Base 51 Counselling Service

The Base 51 Counselling Service provides time and space for young people aged 12 to 25 to talk about their troubles and explore difficult feelings in an environment which is dependable, free from intrusion and confidential.  Counsellors at Base 51 respects young people’s viewpoint while helping them to deal with specific problems, cope with crises, improve their relationships, or develop better ways of living.

Counselling is not about offering advice or about managing a situation for a young person: counselling offers help to the young person to gain insight into their feelings, thoughts and behaviour and to work with them to change if necessary or if they want to.  Some of the things that counselling can support young people with are issues around relationships, family issues, bullying, neglect, violence, abuse, anger, trauma, being self-critical, adoption, loss, foster-care, bereavement, sexuality, exploitation, drugs and alcohol, disordered eating, anxiety, panic, stress, depression, suicidal thoughts or self-harm to name a few!

Who to contact

Contact Name: Counselling Team
Telephone: 0115 952 5040
E-mail: counselling@base51.org.uk

Where to go

Name: NGY myplace
Address: 29-31
Castle Gate
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Postcode: NG1 7AR
Notes: Base 51 Counselling is located inside the NGY myplace building.

Time / Date Details

When is it on: Open Monday to Friday with counselling sessions available between 9.30am -and 7.00pm. Crisis drop-in sessions available on Wednesdays at 6.00pm and 7.00pm and Thursdays at 4pm and 5pm . First come, first seen basis, so no appointment is necessary for drop-in sessions. Call us on 0115 9525040 to be sure drop-in times are correct and to find out further details.
Time of day: Afternoon
Morning
Evening
Session Information: Counselling session take place on a 1-2-1 basis and sessions last 50 minutes. The first time you come to see us we will complete an assessment with you to give you chance to ask any questions and support you to decide if this is the right service for you. If between us we decide it is you will be added to the waiting list to be allocated a counsellor. Once you have been allocated a counsellor we will contact you to set up a regular time on a weekly basis. You will have a review with your counsellor every six weeks to see how the sessions are going and whta you might want to do next.

Other Details

Costs

Table of costs

Table of costs
Amount	Cost Type
FREE	Free

Availability

Referral required

Referral Details

If you would like to make an appointment to come in for an assessment please complete a referral form or get someone else to complete it for you and either:

Email to counselling@base51.org.uk
Post it to our address
Hand it in to our recption

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Record Last Updated On: 26/09/2019