Counselling In Twickenham - likes Place2be

The Duchess of Cambridge is currently the Royal Patron of Place2Be

The princess recently visited a therapeutic counselling scheme to help children deal early on in their lives with the impact of substance abuse and alcoholism. As the princess is a patron of such a laudible therapeutic organisation I am fully supportive of her in bringing the glare of media attention to this noble cause.

The Duchess of Cambridge recently launched a counselling scheme which aims to reduce the impact of substance abuse addiction on children in Manchester. And i know the area well as I did my teacher training in the very area she visited. So good luck to the staff, volunteers and children at The Willows Primary School in Wythenshawe. I now work at Counselling In Twickenham and Counselling In Richmond areas to help counsel adults and young people with addictions

The new programme is made up of a specialist partnership between two charities; Place2Be and Action on Addiction. The counselling programme is currently piloted in Wythenshawe and Tower Hamlets. Action on Addiction has the expertise to train, supervise and support Place2Be counsellors as they deliver counselling to young people whose lives have been blighted by the misery of drugs and alcohol abuse. In a speech at the school the Princess mentioned: "Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease and its impact is devastating. Lives and families can be shattered by it. My hope is through this specialist delivery of care, children of affected parents will have the best possible start in life - one they deserve."

The counselling scheme is also supported by Comic Relief and the Royal Foundation. Statistics prove over more than a million children in the UK live in homes where parental substance abuse has a detrimental impact on their well-being and education. Let's hope the scheme receives enough financial support, kudos and status with her support so that it may survive.