Family counseling
When families need help in stressful crisis situations, they can turn to one of around 270 family counseling centers in North Rhine-Westphalia. The service, which is funded by the Ministry of Family Affairs of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is free of charge.
Overwhelming parenting, separation or divorce as well as other difficult situations and crises in family life are a major challenge for some families and especially for single parents.
In such a situation, children, young people, adolescents and their parents can find confidential help and professional support at one of the family counseling centers in their area. Counselling is provided in person, by telephone or online.
Find help quickly
The addresses of the family counseling centers can be obtained from the relevant youth welfare office.
The Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Jugend- und Eheberatung e.V. offers an online counseling guide. Here you can find the entirerange of psychosocial counseling services.
On the website of the Federal Conference for Educational Counseling e.V. young people with their worries and hardships among www.bke-jugendberatung.de log in. Parents can find the website at www.bke-elternberatung.de Help with your questions about parenting issues.
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