We are pleased to welcome Natalie Anderson to our team of Counsellors. Natalie will be helping to provide Counselling at a secondary school in Guildford for one day a week. Natalie has over 15 years of experience working with 13-25 year olds in counselling, 1-1 support and
Read more →Life Story Training The Valley Trust is committed to encouraging continued professional development for the Counsellors who deliver our service. We recently hosted a day of Life Story Training with over two thirds of our Counsellors in attendance. We were delighted to welcome Sharon Tilling from The
Read more →The Valley Trust is delighted to be working with ACS Cobham International. We are incredibly pleased to hear such positive feedback from the School, ““We approached Valley Trust for our counselling provision in summer 2017 following excellent recommendations from other schools. We met with Sarah and were
Read more →Child Counselling and Mental Health Recently the media have seized upon the lack of mental health provision with numerous statistics such as 1 in 10 school children needing help and “celebrities” from Prince Harry to Aaron Lennon having undertaken or in need of professional counselling. Media exposure
Read more →Paying more attention to the present moment – to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you – can improve your mental wellbeing. Some people call this awareness “mindfulness”. Professor Mark Williams, former director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, says that “Most of us
Read more →Valley Trust welcomes Sarah Hurst as the new Coordinator who joined the Trust in September 2016. Sarah replaces Sally Fisher, who after 4 years as Coordinator, left to further her career in other fields. Sarah will deal with the day to day running of the charity and
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