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About

The Ku-ring-gai Youth Development Service provides free and confidential counselling on an individual basis for 12 to 18 years old young people living on Sydney’s North Shore. We also provide free counselling and support for parents as well as family counselling, where the young person and their counsellor feel this to be appropriate. KYDS counsellors use evidence based approaches such as Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy.

History

"KYDS"began its history more than seven years ago when a need for counselling services for adolescents and their families was identified by members of the Lindfield Branch of Rotary.

After much effort, a site was set up and the practice of counselling commenced in March 2005 before the Service was officially opened; such was the need.

Vision and Mission

Our Vision

To improve the health and well being of young people on Sydney's North Shore.

Our Mission

The Kyds objective is to provide free counselling using clinical frameworks and evidence based research to promote measurable change for young people and their families. In addition to providing confidential individual and family counselling, KYDS runs a dynamic educational and therapeutic groupwork program and uses Solution Focused and Cognitive Behavioural approaches to ensure positive outcomes for our clients.