Brook offers one to one sexual health and wellbeing support for young people and adults. To find out what Brook offers, click on the relevant box below.
My Life is an early intervention health and wellbeing support programme providing one-to-one support to young people. The programme aims to empower young people to improve their sexual health, wellbeing and relationships.
Using a goals-based approach, Brook’s one-to-one programme provides the young person with the skills and confidence to build a toolkit to make these choices. Please note, this service is an early support programme, and therefore educational rather than therapeutic or counselling.
Programme Structure
A bespoke programme will be created for each individual young person and will include up to six 1-hour sessions with a Brook Specialist.
Outcomes for young people
By the end of their My Life programme each young person will achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Identify up to 3 relevant and important health and wellbeing goals in their life that they wish to improve/work on
- Identify strengths and positive aspects of their lives that they can build on
- Have a stronger sense of self-worth and self confidence
- Have enhanced aspirations for a positive future
- Have developed lifelong skills in setting and achieving goals
- Describe and demonstrate being skilled and actively engaged in improving their own health and wellbeing
- Demonstrate skills in finding, assessing, and using health and wellbeing related information
- Have mitigated and minimised negative risk, and harm
Who is the programme for?
The My Life one-to-one-programme is a free and confidential service available for young people who need additional support to manage their own relationships, sexual health and wellbeing.Voluntary engagement is key to the programme, therefore young people must consent to a referral being made.
For a young person to be referred to Brook for the My Life Programme, they must:
- Live, work or be educated in Buckinghamshire
- Be aged between 11-18 years old (up to 25 for SEND)
And either:
- Display an unhealthy attitude to relationships, sexual health and/or gender norms.
- Display a lack of understanding of appropriate behaviour and boundaries in relation to peers and professionals.
- Require support around sexuality awareness, gender awareness or identity.
- Require support around self-esteem and acceptance.
- Be at risk of harm or danger relating to sex and relationships (online or in the community).
- Have been involved in creating or sharing youth produced sexual imagery.
- Be at risk of engaging in unprotected sexual activity.
- Be pregnant, have aspirations to become a parent, or have had a termination.
Confidentiality and Consent
Please note that the young person has the right to see any information that is written about them. We will fully brief the person as to the content and format of the programme during the first session. The young person can decide whether they would like to participate or not and has the right to withdraw at any point in the programme.
Boundaries and Limitations
This programme is based on a supported self-help approach. It is important that referrers and individuals understand that Brook will review referrals on a case-by-case basis and may reject the referral if it is not appropriate. We will provide feedback if the referral is rejected.
We cannot accept referrals for young people involved in an active criminal investigation.
Make a Referral
To refer a young person to the My Life One-to-One Programme, please use this link: Brook Buckinghamshire Referral request for 1 to 1 targeted support
If you are unsure about a referral or wish to discuss this in more detail, please contact bucks.1to1@brook.org.uk
One-to-One Support Adults Support – for over 18’s
Our one-to-one service can help to boost your motivation and self-esteem, support you to make positive changes in your life.
It is a free and confidential service, which provides you with the time and space to think about your life and what is important to you.
We won’t judge you or tell you what to do. We’re here to listen, guide and support you in finding meaningful ways to improve your relationships, sexual health and well being.
Who is it for?
Our one-to-one support is for adults who would benefit from having the time and space to think about their relationships and sexual health and wellbeing.
You must live, work or study in Buckinghamshire, and be over 18.
This is a one-to-one supported self-help service, not a counselling service. This does mean that we aren’t able to help where there is an urgent need or more complex mental health concerns.
We are not able to accept referrals for individuals who are involved in an active police investigation.
Get in touch and we’ll help you understand if our one-to-one service is right for you.
How does it work?
You will meet with a trained Brook Specialist at a local community venue who will help you to get the most from each session. You can also choose to have your sessions online or over the phone, if you prefer.
The number of sessions you have will depend on the support you need; it could be a single meeting or one-off support to access another service (e.g. a sexual health clinic), or it could be a longer programme of support with up to 6 x 1-hour sessions.
Through our one-to-one support you will be given the chance to:
- Think about your sexual health and your life as a whole
- Build your self-confidence and motivation to take care of your health, and in particular your sexual health
- Build on your strengths
- Make your sexual health and your life the way you want it to be
On your first session we will agree together what your priorities are and how we can support you, this may include referring or telling you about other services who can help.
How can one-to-one support help me?
The support we offer will be based on your own individual needs, but could cover any of the following:
- Support to access clinical services, e.g. STI testing/treatment, but could cover condoms or PrEP
- Increasing motivation to take responsibility for own sexual health and wellbeing and make positive changes
- Provide you with information and/or support related to sex, sexuality, and safer sex
- Support recognising traits of a healthy and unhealthy relationship
- Support around sexuality awareness, gender awareness or identity
- Support around self-esteem and acceptance
- Signposting and referrals to other relevant organisations and support
Expected outcomes
By the end of their one-to-one support, individuals will:
- Have identified key issues in their life they wish to improve
- Have identified strengths and positive aspects of their life that they can build on
- Be actively engaged in improving their own health and wellbeing
- Have a stronger sense of self-worth and self-confidence
- Be skilled in finding, assessing and using health and wellbeing related information
- Have improved their mental and emotional wellbeing
- Have enhanced aspirations for a positive future
- Have developed skills in setting and achieving goals that they can use in future
How do I sign up?
If you would like to refer yourself for one-to-one support, please complete our online referral form.
If you’re referring on behalf of someone else, please ask their permission first.
Voluntary engagement is key; therefore, we can’t accept referrals where consent has not been given. You can refer on behalf of someone using our professional’s referral form.
Once we receive your referral, we will be in touch to discuss in more detail what support you’re looking for and how we can help you.
If you have any questions you can get in touch with us at bucks.1to1@brook.org.uk