Support for Children

The Dove Service can generally provide counselling and support to all children over the age of four. This may be provided at our Head Office in Hanley or at one of our outreaches in Stoke-on-Trent.

All referrals must be made to our Head Office and a suitable location, date and time will be arranged.

Children must be accompanied to their session by an appropriate adult, but will be given the choice whether or not to have that adult present during their counselling session.

The counsellor will work with the child to enable them to express their emotions; this may be through creative interventions such as painting, puppets, sand tray work, or with toys, stones or buttons.

counselling sessions are completely confidential. The child can choose to include appropriate adults in their sessions if needed and our counsellors can facilitate the child in sharing their feelings with others in a safe and confidential environment.