Family & Child Counselling

Family dynamics and parenting can be challenging and every family goes through tough times occasionally. My goal is to help you and your family communicate better and find solutions that work for everyone. Using specialist therapy techniques, I work with children and their parents to help them to understand each other better and reach outcomes that benefit the whole family.

I begin by working with the parents, and then, if the parents are agreeable, I provide highly-specialised child counselling to the children. I use a range of age-appropriate child therapy techniques, to help children explore their thoughts and feelings about the challenging issue. I assess their coping strategies, responses, concerns, needs, and wants. Then, with great care, I sensitively provide feedback to the parents about how the children are perceiving and responding to the problem. I relay this information along with any questions children have, back to their parents. I also assist parents with understanding the needs of their children and provide practical strategies to help them better support their children through the difficulty.

Most children and parents usually report feeling valued and heard during family therapy. They each feel glad to be included in the process, knowing their thoughts and feelings have been heard by other members of the family, and progress can occur with consideration to everyone's needs and wants.

I provide a child-safe environment and am dedicated to building stronger and healthier families. Contact me to learn about positive parenting, child counselling and family therapy and how I can help your family today.

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