By KLTV Newsdesk –
Local not-for-profit, Conscious Youth C.I.C. has received a distinction in trauma and mental health courses to support young people in Kirklees and across the UK.
The youth organisation is now set to offer a new range of therapy sessions for those who need bespoke support.
Adapting to the times
Conscious Youth, including the organisation’s two directors Serena Johnson and Sophie Simpson, decided to undertake trauma and mental health training to support those young people in the community after a challenging two years.
Over two-thirds of people (67%) believe that the pandemic will have a long term impact on their mental health.
With young people particularly affected by traumatic experiences during the past 18 months of the outbreak, the trauma and mental health training staff at Conscious Youth have received will enable the organisation to employ support strategies to help young people cope with their mental health struggles.
Following the accreditation, Conscious Youth will now begin to offer 1-2-1 therapy sessions, play therapy sessions, and other interventions to support young people in understanding the trauma they have experienced.
‘Supporting Young People’
Sophie Simpson, Co-Founder and CEO of Conscious Youth, said: “As a community organisation, it was really important for us to take the steps in broadening our knowledge of mental health and trauma to support and understand our young people in the best way possible.
“With this training, we will now be able to support young people who have gone through specific adverse childhood experiences, and we will be able to provide them with tools and techniques to work through feelings of anger and traumatic loss.
“As well as the organisation being trauma-informed, I’ve also received a recommendation from the course director to be able to apply for the Diploma in Counselling Teenagers.
“Counselling is something I’m extremely passionate about, and being able to provide counselling sessions to young people will help me to enable teenagers to successfully process painful life experiences and make informed decisions about key aspects of their lives”.
You can learn more about Conscious Youth CIC on their website: https://bit.ly/3DJ0amp
