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    Welcome to ACIS Youth

 

ACIS Youth Counselling Service provides confidential therapeutic counselling for young people in the Aberdeen City area who are aged 12-18 years.

What young people can expect from this service:

  • A chance to explore new ways of coping with conflict, distress or painful experiences
  • A place to come and talk …… be heard …… and be yourself
  • Help in coming to terms with loss or change in your life
  • A place where you are not judged or told what to do
  • Experienced counsellor who will help you make choices for yourself
  • To be shown respect and be treated with dignity at all times
  • Clear guidelines about confidentiality which are easy to understand
  • A chance to better understand your emotions and experiences
  • A chance to explore new choices

ACIS Youth offers counselling free of charge. The Service can be accessed directly by young people. Alternatively, confidential requests for counselling can be facilitated by others such as parents, social workers, youth services, teachers, GPs or any other agency, providing the young person has given their consent for others to do this on their behalf. 

Contact telephone number: 01224 573892

iTEXT: 077 583 600 95

Arrange counselling or get information on issues that are worrying you.

iText Service operates Monday to Friday during normal working hours.

Send a text at any time, day or night.  We aim to send a text reply back to your phone on weekdays within 24 hours.

Texts sent will be charged at your usual rate.  You will not be charged for the reply.

ACIS Youth Counselling Service is confidential. This means that no information is passed on to anyone else without the young person's prior knowledge and agreement. The only exception to this would be if Child Protection Proceedings needed to be initiated and this would be done in accordance with the published NHS and Aberdeen City Council guidelines.  This means we will keep what is said private unless someone is in real danger.

The Service promotes the rights of young people as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989.

If you are interested in volunteering for ACIS Youth, please see our Vacancies page for details of any available volunteering opportunities.