When the world around us seems frightening or uncertain, we experience a bodily response, which is known as anxiety. Trying to understand when you become anxious can help you to understand your anxiety. Thinking about what is making you anxious and recording times that you become anxious in a diary can really help.

When you lose someone close to you it’s entirely natural to feel sad, depressed, worried or angry. Everyone reacts to grief in their own way. Talking to a trusted adult, such as a Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker, Project Worker or Counsellor can help you make sense of and understand your feelings.

When you are being bullied, or if you think you might be bullying someone, reaching out and talking to someone can often feel quite scary and overwhelming. You don’t have to cope with this alone. Speak to a trusted adult, or a Streetwise Youth Worker or Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker (some of whom are available to speak to in schools throughout Newcastle).

Depression is a mental health disorder that can affect the way you eat and sleep, the way you feel about yourself, and the way you think about things. Most people feel sad, low or down occasionally. A depressive disorder is more than a passing mood. Depression is not a sign of personal weakness, and it cannot be willed or wished away.

Sometimes we can all experience problems in our family. This can include things like divorce or parental arguments, not getting along with siblings, feeling misunderstood, or experiencing a misunderstanding between the support you need, and the support your family think you need. Speaking to someone you trust, or a Streetwise Youth Worker/ Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker or Counsellor can often be helpful.

Gender identity is how you feel about your own gender. This can include the labels that you use to describe your gender, the pronouns you use and how you express yourself. If you’re not sure about your gender identity, some questions to ask yourself are: How do I see myself and do I want others to see me? How do I feel about how I want to dress and look? How do I want people to refer to me?

Self-image is how we think and feel about ourselves, often physically (body image) and how we believe others see us. When we talk about body image there are lots of ways we can think about body and the way we look. Thoughts about how we look are often influenced by stuff around us, eg things we see on TV, social media or adverts about ‘improving how we look’. If you are struggling with thoughts about how you look you might be struggling with body image. A Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing worker, Youth Worker or Counsellor can support you and talk you through these feelings.

We all have relationships, whether they are family relationships, friendships, or ‘romantic/ intimate’ relationships. These relationships can give you the best feelings in the world – but they can also be really stressful! Positive relationships are about giving, taking, compromising, communicating, enjoying the good times and supporting each other through the bad. Relationships don’t just happen though; you have to work at them to get the best from them!

Your sexuality is the way you describe sexual, emotional and physical feelings or attractions you have towards another person. You might be attracted to people of the same gender, a different gender or you might not experience sexual attraction at all. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ sexuality. How you personally identify and experience attraction is unique to you. If you need to talk to someone about your sexuality, a Streetwise Youth Worker, Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker or Counsellor may be able to help.

Lots of things define and shape who we are as people. One of these factors is cultural identity, which can have a big impact on how we view the world and how we feel we fit into it. Cultural identity is made up of a unique combination of things, such as where we grew up, where we live now, where our parents are from, our religion, the language we speak, or our race or ethnicity. This can influence our values, where and who we spend time with, what we eat and drink, our practices and habits and our views on health and wellbeing.

In order to stay healthy you need to keep your mind and body rested and strong. Young people typically need around 8 – 10 hours sleep per night, but this varies person to person. It may be that you’re having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, waking too early or having poor quality sleep. If you need to talk to someone about your sleep a Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker, Counsellor or Youth Worker could talk to you about options to improve your sleep to help you feel better.

Stress affects most of us at some point in our lives, it is our bodies response to situations we find difficult or tough. A little stress can be good and help us get through challenging situations, but too much stress or being stressed for a long time can really affect our health! The first step is to recognise stress, which can be tricky if you are running round at 100 miles per hour or feel like your head is about to burst!

Suicide is defined as intentionally taking your own life. Having suicidal feelings or thoughts can mean having thoughts about ending your own life. It can also mean having thoughts that people would be better off without you or that life is not worth living. Not everyone who has suicidal thoughts or feelings tries to, or wants to end their own life. A lot of the time people just want to stop feeling they way they are feeling. It’s really important that you speak to a trusted adult or friend.

A traumatic experience is a distressing or upsetting event that put you or someone you are very close to at serious risk of harm; physically or emotionally. Traumatic experiences can be accidents, disasters or being deliberately hurt by someone. At Streetwise, our counsellors work with a range of issues and we are here for you when you are ready to talk.

Self harm is any action taken that causes hurt or harm to your physical self (even if you are not aware that’s what you do). Sometimes the emotions, pain and frustration we feel inside are too much for us to manage. For some of us this can lead to numb feeling, or feeling out control and harming can provide a temporary release for those feelings, or convert them into something more manageable. A Streetwise counsellor or mental health and wellbeing worker can help you understand these feelings and actions.

If you have been the victim of Crime (whether it has been reported to police or not) Streetwise Counsellors can support you and confidentially talk you through your experience. We are here to listen to you. Our EmpowHER group also provides peer support and an environment to discuss and talk through your experiences in a safe and supportive space.

When the world around us seems frightening or uncertain, we experience a bodily response, which is known as anxiety. Trying to understand when you become anxious can help you to understand your anxiety. Thinking about what is making you anxious and recording times that you become anxious in a diary can really help.

When you lose someone close to you it’s entirely natural to feel sad, depressed, worried or angry. Everyone reacts to grief in their own way. Talking to a trusted adult, such as a Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker, Project Worker or Counsellor can help you make sense of and understand your feelings.

When you are being bullied, or if you think you might be bullying someone, reaching out and talking to someone can often feel quite scary and overwhelming. You don’t have to cope with this alone. Speak to a trusted adult, or a Streetwise Youth Worker or Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker (some of whom are available to speak to in schools throughout Newcastle).

Depression is a mental health disorder that can affect the way you eat and sleep, the way you feel about yourself, and the way you think about things. Most people feel sad, low or down occasionally. A depressive disorder is more than a passing mood. Depression is not a sign of personal weakness, and it cannot be willed or wished away.

Sometimes we can all experience problems in our family. This can include things like divorce or parental arguments, not getting along with siblings, feeling misunderstood, or experiencing a misunderstanding between the support you need, and the support your family think you need. Speaking to someone you trust, or a Streetwise Youth Worker/ Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker or Counsellor can often be helpful.

Gender identity is how you feel about your own gender. This can include the labels that you use to describe your gender, the pronouns you use and how you express yourself. If you’re not sure about your gender identity, some questions to ask yourself are: How do I see myself and do I want others to see me? How do I feel about how I want to dress and look? How do I want people to refer to me?

Self-image is how we think and feel about ourselves, often physically (body image) and how we believe others see us. When we talk about body image there are lots of ways we can think about body and the way we look. Thoughts about how we look are often influenced by stuff around us, eg things we see on TV, social media or adverts about ‘improving how we look’. If you are struggling with thoughts about how you look you might be struggling with body image. A Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing worker, Youth Worker or Counsellor can support you and talk you through these feelings.

We all have relationships, whether they are family relationships, friendships, or ‘romantic/ intimate’ relationships. These relationships can give you the best feelings in the world – but they can also be really stressful! Positive relationships are about giving, taking, compromising, communicating, enjoying the good times and supporting each other through the bad. Relationships don’t just happen though; you have to work at them to get the best from them!

Your sexuality is the way you describe sexual, emotional and physical feelings or attractions you have towards another person. You might be attracted to people of the same gender, a different gender or you might not experience sexual attraction at all. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ sexuality. How you personally identify and experience attraction is unique to you. If you need to talk to someone about your sexuality, a Streetwise Youth Worker, Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker or Counsellor may be able to help.

Lots of things define and shape who we are as people. One of these factors is cultural identity, which can have a big impact on how we view the world and how we feel we fit into it. Cultural identity is made up of a unique combination of things, such as where we grew up, where we live now, where our parents are from, our religion, the language we speak, or our race or ethnicity. This can influence our values, where and who we spend time with, what we eat and drink, our practices and habits and our views on health and wellbeing.

In order to stay healthy you need to keep your mind and body rested and strong. Young people typically need around 8 – 10 hours sleep per night, but this varies person to person. It may be that you’re having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, waking too early or having poor quality sleep. If you need to talk to someone about your sleep a Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker, Counsellor or Youth Worker could talk to you about options to improve your sleep to help you feel better.

Stress affects most of us at some point in our lives, it is our bodies response to situations we find difficult or tough. A little stress can be good and help us get through challenging situations, but too much stress or being stressed for a long time can really affect our health! The first step is to recognise stress, which can be tricky if you are running round at 100 miles per hour or feel like your head is about to burst!

Suicide is defined as intentionally taking your own life. Having suicidal feelings or thoughts can mean having thoughts about ending your own life. It can also mean having thoughts that people would be better off without you or that life is not worth living. Not everyone who has suicidal thoughts or feelings tries to, or wants to end their own life. A lot of the time people just want to stop feeling they way they are feeling. It’s really important that you speak to a trusted adult or friend.

A traumatic experience is a distressing or upsetting event that put you or someone you are very close to at serious risk of harm; physically or emotionally. Traumatic experiences can be accidents, disasters or being deliberately hurt by someone. At Streetwise, our counsellors work with a range of issues and we are here for you when you are ready to talk.

Self harm is any action taken that causes hurt or harm to your physical self (even if you are not aware that’s what you do). Sometimes the emotions, pain and frustration we feel inside are too much for us to manage. For some of us this can lead to numb feeling, or feeling out control and harming can provide a temporary release for those feelings, or convert them into something more manageable. A Streetwise counsellor or mental health and wellbeing worker can help you understand these feelings and actions.

If you have been the victim of Crime (whether it has been reported to police or not) Streetwise Counsellors can support you and confidentially talk you through your experience. We are here to listen to you. Our EmpowHER group also provides peer support and an environment to discuss and talk through your experiences in a safe and supportive space.

When the world around us seems frightening or uncertain, we experience a bodily response, which is known as anxiety. Trying to understand when you become anxious can help you to understand your anxiety. Thinking about what is making you anxious and recording times that you become anxious in a diary can really help.

When you lose someone close to you it’s entirely natural to feel sad, depressed, worried or angry. Everyone reacts to grief in their own way. Talking to a trusted adult, such as a Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker, Project Worker or Counsellor can help you make sense of and understand your feelings.

When you are being bullied, or if you think you might be bullying someone, reaching out and talking to someone can often feel quite scary and overwhelming. You don’t have to cope with this alone. Speak to a trusted adult, or a Streetwise Youth Worker or Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker (some of whom are available to speak to in schools throughout Newcastle).

Depression is a mental health disorder that can affect the way you eat and sleep, the way you feel about yourself, and the way you think about things. Most people feel sad, low or down occasionally. A depressive disorder is more than a passing mood. Depression is not a sign of personal weakness, and it cannot be willed or wished away.

Sometimes we can all experience problems in our family. This can include things like divorce or parental arguments, not getting along with siblings, feeling misunderstood, or experiencing a misunderstanding between the support you need, and the support your family think you need. Speaking to someone you trust, or a Streetwise Youth Worker/ Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker or Counsellor can often be helpful.

Gender identity is how you feel about your own gender. This can include the labels that you use to describe your gender, the pronouns you use and how you express yourself. If you’re not sure about your gender identity, some questions to ask yourself are: How do I see myself and do I want others to see me? How do I feel about how I want to dress and look? How do I want people to refer to me?

Self-image is how we think and feel about ourselves, often physically (body image) and how we believe others see us. When we talk about body image there are lots of ways we can think about body and the way we look. Thoughts about how we look are often influenced by stuff around us, eg things we see on TV, social media or adverts about ‘improving how we look’. If you are struggling with thoughts about how you look you might be struggling with body image. A Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing worker, Youth Worker or Counsellor can support you and talk you through these feelings.

We all have relationships, whether they are family relationships, friendships, or ‘romantic/ intimate’ relationships. These relationships can give you the best feelings in the world – but they can also be really stressful! Positive relationships are about giving, taking, compromising, communicating, enjoying the good times and supporting each other through the bad. Relationships don’t just happen though; you have to work at them to get the best from them!

Your sexuality is the way you describe sexual, emotional and physical feelings or attractions you have towards another person. You might be attracted to people of the same gender, a different gender or you might not experience sexual attraction at all. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ sexuality. How you personally identify and experience attraction is unique to you. If you need to talk to someone about your sexuality, a Streetwise Youth Worker, Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker or Counsellor may be able to help.

Lots of things define and shape who we are as people. One of these factors is cultural identity, which can have a big impact on how we view the world and how we feel we fit into it. Cultural identity is made up of a unique combination of things, such as where we grew up, where we live now, where our parents are from, our religion, the language we speak, or our race or ethnicity. This can influence our values, where and who we spend time with, what we eat and drink, our practices and habits and our views on health and wellbeing.

In order to stay healthy you need to keep your mind and body rested and strong. Young people typically need around 8 – 10 hours sleep per night, but this varies person to person. It may be that you’re having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, waking too early or having poor quality sleep. If you need to talk to someone about your sleep a Streetwise Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker, Counsellor or Youth Worker could talk to you about options to improve your sleep to help you feel better.

Stress affects most of us at some point in our lives, it is our bodies response to situations we find difficult or tough. A little stress can be good and help us get through challenging situations, but too much stress or being stressed for a long time can really affect our health! The first step is to recognise stress, which can be tricky if you are running round at 100 miles per hour or feel like your head is about to burst!

Suicide is defined as intentionally taking your own life. Having suicidal feelings or thoughts can mean having thoughts about ending your own life. It can also mean having thoughts that people would be better off without you or that life is not worth living. Not everyone who has suicidal thoughts or feelings tries to, or wants to end their own life. A lot of the time people just want to stop feeling they way they are feeling. It’s really important that you speak to a trusted adult or friend.

A traumatic experience is a distressing or upsetting event that put you or someone you are very close to at serious risk of harm; physically or emotionally. Traumatic experiences can be accidents, disasters or being deliberately hurt by someone. At Streetwise, our counsellors work with a range of issues and we are here for you when you are ready to talk.

Self harm is any action taken that causes hurt or harm to your physical self (even if you are not aware that’s what you do). Sometimes the emotions, pain and frustration we feel inside are too much for us to manage. For some of us this can lead to numb feeling, or feeling out control and harming can provide a temporary release for those feelings, or convert them into something more manageable. A Streetwise counsellor or mental health and wellbeing worker can help you understand these feelings and actions.

If you have been the victim of Crime (whether it has been reported to police or not) Streetwise Counsellors can support you and confidentially talk you through your experience. We are here to listen to you. Our EmpowHER group also provides peer support and an environment to discuss and talk through your experiences in a safe and supportive space.