Targeted support

CAMHS help children and young people and their families and carers when someone is experiencing emotional well-being or mental health difficulties. They provide services across a variety of locations, such as GP surgeries, clinics, hospitals and schools, to support young people experiencing mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and psychosis.

CAMHS staff are trained to help your child to acknowledge and understand why they might be feeling and behaving in a certain way, and support them in their recovery to overcome these difficulties with the most appropriate course of treatment.

This service offers consultation and support for professionals who are working with young people under the age of 18, and are concerned about a young person’s mental health and wellbeing. Parents are often invited to attend these consultations which may also include professionals such as GPs, teachers, public health nurses, emotional wellbeing leads and support workers.

YMCA offer a range of support services to young people aged 11-17 in West Sussex including: face to face counselling, online counselling, art therapy, CBT based support, canine counselling, groupwork and family work. They also have a specialist counselling service for young people who are from ethnic minority groups. They work in lots of different locations in the community – we have private rooms in places like community centres, libraries and youth centres.

YES work with young people aged 11-18. YES offers groupwork and 1-to-1 sessions.

The groupwork tends to be a one-day event where you are equipped with strategies and tools on how to manage difficulties such as anxiety and low mood.

1-to-1 sessions are designed with the individual in mind. Working flexibly and creatively YES workers will assess, plan, and enable you to identify areas for positive change.