Student Counsellor Placements

The Parenting Project is a leading UK registered charity supporting family mental health and wellbeing.

Our Counselling service sees clients with varied issues and life experiences which can be multiple and complex. Studies show childhood experiences can have a profound effect on our adult well-being, both physical and psychological.

As a result of these studies, and our own emerging data, we remain aware of the impact of adversity in childhood and work with parents to achieve better outcomes, not only for themselves but also their children.

By holding the sentiment ‘It is not what is wrong with you, but what has happened to you’ at the core of our work, we learn that being ‘Trauma informed’ in our relationship with clients can facilitate better outcomes and help avoid the stigma which often comes when experiencing mental health problems. We are a non-pathologising service and understand emotional distress through a social model of mental health.

As a placement, we are committed to the relationships we hold with our students and counsellors. The placement facilitates and encourages self-governance, for students to become autonomous practitioners, within a framework that is robust and boundaried to support ethical and safe practice.