Berkshire West CCG has commissioned the online counselling service Kooth, to support young people aged 11 – 18 years (up to 19^th birthday).

Kooth is an integral component of Berkshire West’s mental health provision offering digital counselling and emotional well-being service for young people and young adults.

Kooth provides a safe, secure means of accessing help via the internet.  By accessing young people can benefit from:

• A free, confidential, anonymous and safe way to receive support online.

• Out of hours’ availability. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop in basis.

• Online Counselling from a professional team of BACP qualified counsellors is available via 1-1 chat sessions or messaging on a drop in basis or via booked sessions.

• Discussion Boards which are all pre-moderated allow young people to access peer to peer support.

• Online Magazine full of moderated articles many of which are submitted by young people offering advice and guidance on a huge range of topics.

• No referral is required.  Young people can register for kooth independently at www.kooth.com

To use the service or find out more visit www.kooth.com

You can also view a short video about the service by following this link: Kooth Video