Project Casebook: Hertfordshire Brief Therapy Service, Sorted, Buildability, StreetChance

1 September 2010 5 mins read Jo Stephenson Youth Work

Jo Stephenson reports on a therapy service in Hertfordshire; an event to raise awareness of youth services in Peterborough; a project to give young people a taste of the construction industry; and a scheme that uses cricket as a positive activity.

HERTFORDSHIRE BRIEF THERAPY SERVICE

Aim To help young people with a range of issues find ways of making changes
Funding Youth Connexions Hertfordshire service

Michaela Taylor-Boakes, 19, wasn't sure what to expect from her first brief therapy session. Now she's a staunch advocate, one of many helped by the short courses of therapy offered by the Hertfordshire Brief Therapy Service.

Sessions are delivered by therapists Maureen Linsdell and Louise Gorrod, who are employed by Youth Connexions Hertfordshire. Linsdell offers solution-focused brief therapy while Gorrod specialises in the Human Givens approach. Both approaches involve working together with a young person to find solutions to problems rather than telling them what to do.

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