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To find out more about counselling or to book an appointment
01246 559889
info@sailderbyshire.org.uk
SAIL provides specialised, trauma-informed counselling for young people aged 14-18 years who have experienced sexual abuse, violence or incest. Our Young People’s Service offers a safe and compassionate place for young people to access support that is tailored to their own unique needs. Our Young People’s Service offers 6 weekly sessions, and this can be extended to 26 weekly sessions.
What is Counselling?
Counselling provides you with a regular, confidential place for you to talk about yourself and your life. You can talk about anything that is important to you in the sessions. You don’t have to talk about the sexual abuse at all, but you can if it will help you. As well as listening to you, your counsellor might offer you practical ways of managing your thoughts and feelings, such as relaxation activities. Many people find it very helpful to talk to someone who has no personal connection with them or their friends or family.
Our counsellors are qualified, or in training. They have completed additional training on working with young people. They are supervised and managed by people with specialist knowledge and training on sexual abuse and how it impacts young people.
“Counselling has allowed me to stop punishing myself for the abuse: I realised I am not a bad person, not a victim but a survivor”
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FAQ’s
Where do sessions take place?
Sessions can take place face to face in a SAIL counselling room, or online at home, school or another confidential and private space. 14–16 year-olds need to have a trusted adult present at the start and end of every counselling session, and contactable throughout the session.
Your counselling sessions will happen with only you and your counsellor. When you talk to a counsellor, what you say is private. This means your counsellor won’t tell anyone else what you say, unless they need to for safety reasons.
When would information be shared?
There are a few times when a counsellor may need to tell someone else what’s going on, to protect you or others. This can include:
- You or someone else is in danger
- You’re being hurt or abused, or someone else is
- There’s a serious crime or illegal activity involved (especially if someone’s safety is at risk)
In most cases, the counsellor will talk to you first before they tell anyone else. They’ll try to involve you and explain what’s happening.
Who can access the service?
SAIL’s young people’s service is available to 14–18-year-olds, who live in Derbyshire, who have experienced sexual abuse, violence or incest.
Can you make ‘reasonable adjustments’ if I am neurodiverse or autistic?
SAIL wants everyone to feel comfortable during their counselling sessions. We will ask you if we can do anything to help with this during the assessment and when we are contracting with you. Examples include using low lighting, offering you a choice of places to sit, having fidget toys and colouring books available. You can get up and walk around in sessions and take a break in the session. If we are offering you counselling online we can adjust the screen backgrounds or the lighting.
Does an adult need to know I’m going to counselling?
If you are under 16, we will ask you to tell us about a trusted adult who can support you whilst you are having counselling. A trusted adult is an adult who you can trust, and who you can talk to if you need support between sessions. It might be a parent, carer, teacher or social worker.
If you are 14-16 and are having counselling online, a trusted adult will need to be available at the start and end of each session to let us know you are in a safe and confidential room. They will also need to be contactable during the session in case of emergencies.
How do I refer?
If you are 16 years or older, you can self-refer or ask a trusted adult to refer you.
If you are between 14 and 16 years old, you can ask a trusted adult to refer you.
If you are between 14 and 16 and have experienced sexual abuse, assault or incest and do not have a trusted adult please contact us and we will talk to you about your options.
If you are not sure about referring, you are welcome to give our friendly team a ring and we can talk things through.
Ways of Referring?
Ways of referring?
Online Referrals | SAIL Derbyshire
By phone 01246 559889
By email info@sailderbyshire.org.uk
What happens after a referral?
If you meet the criteria for SAIL’s counselling, you will be offered an assessment at the same time you are referred.
The assessment will be face to face or online with one of SAIL’s qualified counsellors. This will be a chance for you to find out more about SAIL, what counselling is, and how it can help.
During the assessment we will ask you to tell us about how your life has been impacted by the sexual abuse, violence or incest. We will want to know if you have any support, and how you think counselling can help you.
If we think counselling will be helpful to you then you will go onto SAIL’s waiting list. You will be contacted as soon as a counsellor becomes available.
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If at any point you are dissatisfied with your support or have issues, comments that you would like to discuss regarding any element of your support, contact, engagement or SAIL you can do so by contacting SAIL office on 01246 559889 or email: info@sailderbyshire.org.uk.
Or write to us addressed to Ruth Gartland at SAIL, 12 Soresby Street, Chesterfield, S40 1JN.
We welcome all types of feedback.
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