The counseling centers for children, adolescents, and families run by the Bremen Office for Social Services offer parenting advice and support with personal and family issues, challenges, and conflicts. The teams consist of professionals from the fields of social work, education, psychology, and psychotherapy.
The service is aimed at children, adolescents, young adults, (expectant) parents, families, and other caregivers. Adolescents can also contact a counseling center without their parents.
Counseling is available, for example, when parents have questions about their child's development and upbringing, when family life is difficult, or when conflicts are causing stress. Other topics can include separation and divorce, custody arrangements, differing parenting styles, or personal problems of children and adolescents. Young people can find support for issues such as conflicts at home, difficulties with friends, heartbreak, traumatic experiences, or other worries.
The aim of parenting counseling is to jointly understand the specific situation, strengthen existing resources, and develop suitable solutions and courses of action. In addition to in-person meetings, telephone, video, and online counseling are also available, depending on the service.
The consultation is free and confidential. The consultants are bound by legal confidentiality. Consultations can be anonymous upon request. Interpreters can be provided if needed. The responsible counseling center depends on your place of residence in Bremen.
Children, young people, parents, and other caregivers can contact the city's counseling centers for children, young people, and families with any personal or family-related questions. These might include questions about development, upbringing, (family) conflicts, or separation and divorce.
Counselors typically discuss very personal experiences and feelings that require a safe and confidential environment. Therefore, all counselors are bound by professional confidentiality. Counseling is free of charge and available in other languages (with the support of interpreters who are also bound by confidentiality). Young people can access counseling without their parents. It is also possible to receive anonymous counseling upon request.
The consulting team consists of professionals from the fields of social work, education, psychology and psychotherapy.
Would you like to schedule a consultation?
If you would like to make an appointment, please call the advice center or send us an email. We have regular telephone consultation hours during which you can reach the team personally. You can also leave a message on the answering machine and we will call you back as soon as possible. Consultations with interpreters are also possible.
The advice center Mitte/West is responsible for the following districts: Mitte, Östliche Vorstadt, Findorff, Walle, Gröpelingen, Blockland.
Telephone consultation hours:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 1-2 pm.
Here you will find contact persons and further contact information.
