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School Therapy Services

School-based therapy services for children and young people in the Yorkshire region

What we do

Our school-based, early-intervention therapy services support children and young people at participating schools in Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate, Doncaster and York. And through MindMate Wellbeing our BACP-accredited service works in the majority of Leeds school clusters.

We offer:

  • Focused 1-to-1 therapy or group support – usually 6-8 sessions
  • SilverCloud digital guided self-help programmes
  • Parent/carer consultation
  • Staff consultation and training
  • Support for onward referrals

York Big Futures Foundation (BFF)

We provide school and parent counselling services to BFF partnership schools. For more information:

Who for

Children and young people aged 5-18 at participating schools, experiencing mild to moderate emotional and mental health difficulties.

York Big Futures Foundation (BFF)

Children and parents who meet the BFF referral criteria and are at a partnership school in York.

How to refer

Please talk to your child’s teacher, learning mentor or head of year about getting mental health support – the quickest and easiest way to refer your child is usually through school.

For York BFF, please talk to the staff at your child’s school about making a referral.

Or for children and young people at Leeds schools in clusters supported by MindMate Wellbeing, you can also refer directly (including self-referral) through the MindMate Single Point of Access (SPA).

How to refer

Please talk to your child’s teacher, learning mentor or head of year about getting mental health support – the quickest and easiest way to refer your child is usually through school.

For York BFF, please talk to the staff at your child’s school about making a referral.

Or for children and young people at Leeds schools in clusters supported by MindMate Wellbeing, you can also refer directly (including self-referral) through the MindMate Single Point of Access (SPA).

Contact these services

For anything else relating to our school therapy services, please call or message us:

0113 245 0303

“Thank you so much … you have absolutely worked miracles with him. He is so much less angry and back to being my lovely son. He has told me how much better he feels and has looked forward to seeing you each week … I was at my wits end.”

Sam - mum

More help and information

These websites are a good source of information on mental health and local services: