Karen Young, Laurie Stottlaw and Madeleine Holmes are your CrossReach Counsellors and they are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Culloden Academy and the associated primary schools. Karen, Laurie and Madeleine have been providing counselling in a number of schools across Inverness for many years. They are based in the two counselling rooms within the school, providing a quiet, private space where you can feel comfortable and safe to tell your story and consider ways to manage challenges and worries you might have. A counsellor can help you feel more in control of what you want and need and help take some weight off your shoulders.
Anyone can access school counselling by asking your guidance teacher to refer you, or refer yourself by contacting: inverness.counselling@crossreach.org.uk. You will then receive an email with a time and date to meet your school counsellor. During the first initial session, you will have a chance to ask any questions you might have about the counselling and talk with the counsellor about what is most helpful for you right now. If you chose counselling, you will be offered the same time each week for the duration of the counselling.