Children & young people’s counsellor
Writing by Gia Bird
15 articles. Gia works with young people aged 11–30 and with parents supporting someone who is struggling. She works with all ages, and specialises in supporting neurodiverse young people with anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, and stress related to family, school or work.
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Counselling for young people aged 11–30
Gia Bird on youth counselling in Hartley Wintney and online via Teams — anxiety, school, identity, and a free 15-minute discovery call.
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Supporting a neurodiverse young person
Gia Bird on counselling when anxiety, school or sensory load sits alongside neurodiversity — without turning the young person into a problem to be fixed.
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When your teenager will not talk
A parent’s guide from Gia Bird — what counselling can offer when a young person has shut the bedroom door, and what it cannot force.
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School stress, anxiety and counselling
Exams, friendship politics and the Sunday-night chest — Gia Bird on counselling for school-related stress in north Hampshire.
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Exam pressure and young people
Gia Bird on GCSEs, A-levels and the body that will not sleep — counselling that does not add another tutor.
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Social media and teen anxiety
The group chat that never clocks off — Gia Bird on counselling in a world that comments in real time.
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Counselling for ADHD in young people
Gia Bird on neurodiversity-informed therapy — support around the diagnosis, not a replacement for it.
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Autistic young people and therapy
A room that does not demand eye contact as proof of work — Gia Bird on counselling that respects autistic communication.
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Parents in the waiting room
When your child is in the room and you are holding the car park — Gia Bird on parent work that is not gossip.
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Self-harm: when to get help
Gia Bird on taking marks and distress seriously — without turning the internet into a how-to.
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Friendship breakdowns in teens
The social earthquake that adults minimise — Gia Bird on counselling when a group chat ends a world.
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Identity and young people
Who am I becoming — Gia Bird on a confidential space for questions of self, without an agenda from the internet.
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The Year 6 to Year 7 jump
A new school, a longer day, a smaller fish — Gia Bird on counselling around one of the loudest transitions.
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Counselling after family change
Separation, a new household, a parent who left — Gia Bird on a room that is not a courtroom.
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Play and talk for younger clients
Not every young person arrives ready to sit and narrate — Gia Bird on making the hour usable.