Kooth is a free online counselling and emotional well-being support service providing young people aged 10-16 years (up to 17th birthday) in Kent with a safe and secure means of accessing support with their emotional health and wellbeing needs, from a professional team of qualified counsellors. By accessing Kooth, 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 find out more visit www.Kooth.com and you can also view a short video about the service by following this link: Kooth Video
Please find below details of upcoming free webinars for professionals to come along and find out more, which includes a live tour of the site. I will be scheduling dates for April next week. I also have a pre-recorded webinar too:
Please ensure you register for the workshop of choice. All enquiries to kdawber@kooth.com
Mon 8 March
1pm – 2pm
Fri 19 March
10.30am – 11.30am
Tuesday 23 March
3pm – 4pm
Thurs 1 April
12pm – 1pm