It has called on the government to “support young people to get help from a trusted adult”.
Figures published today by the NSPCC show that Childline delivered 109,136 counselling sessions on mental and emotional health and wellbeing in 2018/19 compared with 101,454 in 2017/18.
The calls included those from children worried about suicidal thoughts and feelings, and self-harm relating to themselves or others.
In 34,513 cases the counsellor was the first person a child had spoken to about their problem.
Some 74 per cent of counselling sessions over the last year were delivered online.
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