We're here to help

Youth Talk provides free, confidential counselling to 13-25 year olds in St Albans, Harpenden and surrounding areas.

I NEED HELP

Gain access to free, confidential support

• parents • families • carers • young people and adults 

I WANT TO HELP

Together, we can change young lives

• community groups • corporates individuals • schools • volunteers 

I’m not sure what i need

Let’s figure it out together

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We’re listening to you

Since I started my counselling sessions with Youth Talk last year I have seen a tremendous amount of improvement within myself. I am so grateful to have been given this opportunity. I have been so fortunate to have my counsellor because I don’t think I would be the person I am now, compared to last year if it wasn’t for her incredible optimism and calm energy.

It's All About YOU!

This Mental Health Awareness Week, Youth Talk is launching ‘All About You’ – an important new campaign shining a light on the reality of growing up today, the importance of feeling heard and the vital difference our local community can make. Read more here.

Real lives, real change

Youth Talk news

They gave her something we couldn’t. A safe, confidential space where she could talk freely, without worrying about how it might affect us as parents....
Before Youth Talk, Finley was trying to survive each day. School felt unbearable. Anxiety, depression and trauma were building. Everything changed when he reached out....
For KDW, supporting Youth Talk started with a simple idea: if young people in our community are struggling, businesses can - and should - be part of the solution....
Growing up, Rose struggled with her mental health - but like so many young people, she didn’t feel able to ask for help....

Turning Awareness into Action This Mental Health Awareness Week, don’t just be aware. Be part of it. Right now, young people are telling us the same thing, again and again:...

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This June, a group of over thirty men will be heading to Northumberland from St Albans with the aim of hitting a century of kilometres. The Men of Fields (MoFs)...

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Partners

Our corporate partners play a vital role in funding free, confidential counselling and mental health support for young people in St Albans, Harpenden and surrounding areas.

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