Brook offers free and confidential 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.
Brook deliver tailored one to one sessions for vulnerable young people around their sexual health and wellbeing. Brook accepts referrals from a wide range of sources including schools, colleges, youth hubs etc. from across Buckinghamshire.
- The young person will meet with a Brook Specialist
- Each young person will receive up to 6 sessions that are tailored to them
- Sessions are voluntary and confidential
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 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
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.
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@brook.org.uk