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Sign Counselling – training counsellors specialised in British Sign Language to give deaf people the support they need to help break the cycle of more severe mental health situations.
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The consequence of social and linguistic deprivation in childhood is mental health problems later in life. Deaf people are much more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, personality disorder or as having behavioural, adjustment or attachment problems. There are too few counsellors specialising in British Sign Language to support deaf people who are depressed, confused or coping with changes they have no control over. These situations often stem from severe social isolation, lack of communication, abuse and neglect. Sign Counselling desperately needs funding to train more counsellors to specialize in support for tinnitus sufferers / people who have been traumatically deafened, relationship counselling, psycho sexual / sexual-abuse and post-trauma.