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Women in Mind
Women in Mind is a three year project, beginning in 2025, offering gender specific counselling and support to young women (16-25) in Calderdale. We employ specialist counsellors with the knowledge, experience and understanding of young women and girls' issues and problems. All of our support is completely holistic, tailored for you and is integrated into our core offer for 16-25s in Calderdale.
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What do we offer?
- Free gender specific counselling & support for women 16-25 with mental health issues/concerns.
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- Safe, inclusive, women only peer support groups.
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- Long term wraparound support for young women struggling with gender specific issues.
- A series of 'Invest in Play' parenting courses for young women for mums with children with mental health issues
Why is this needed?
Research clearly demonstrates that gender differences exist in the nature of mental health problems suffered and the support that young women receive. Women are almost twice as likely to experience domestic abuse in their lives than men, and women aged 16-19 are more likely to experience it than any other demographic. In addition to this, women face numerous societal, biological and systemic issues and barriers to accessing mental health support.
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Women in Mind aims to offer effective, integrated, gender & age specific and culturally appropriate mental health support.
How does it work?
Simply make a referral using our referral form below, providing as much or as little information you feel comfortable sharing. Once this has been completed, someone will be in touch with you within one week to explore your support options. Then, you will be allocated to a female practitioner with experience and skills of working with gender specific issues. We offer counselling & 1:1 support between 6-18 weeks with activities, peer support and more available for the entirety of the project.