Future Directions Counselling, Consulting &Training

Mindfully Moving Forward - an online 8 session course:
Focussing on Mindfulness techniques, participants will be asked to introduce new practices into their daily routine. If you think you don't have time for something else in your life, consider if you want to continue to worry over ruminating thoughts, missing a lot of life because you are living in your head.
Each week participants will be emailed new Mindfulness tasks and information to broaden their understanding of behaviour and gain more enjoyment out of everyday relationships. Strategies aim to reduce stress, become more productive, stop procrastinating, be more accepting of self and others and ultimately live a more engaged and meaningful life.
Personalised Face-to-Face sessions can be organised at Session 3 and Session 8 to ensure ongoing changes.
Starting with two non-threatening psychological assessments for Depression and Anxiety, those with clinical levels will be referred onto further support.
As the course is online, each participant will be able to move through the 8 sessions at their own pace.
To get started all you need to do is email Therese Sheedy at tsheedy@futuredirections.com.au.

Future Directions encourages individuals to be present and mindful.
We can help you examine your true motivations for change and how to achieve personal goals.
Future Directions is committed to providing professional psychological support to individuals, schools and organisations. Using a Mindfulness approach within a positive and optimistic framework, Future Directions supports people in building resilience, mental health & wellbeing and personal development. We have over 18 years experience in working with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, body image, relationship and adolescent issues, problem gambling, sleep disorders, stress management, personal development and parenting. Medicare and private health insurance rebates are available where eligible.

What can I expect from Counselling?:
Counselling can often be thought of as a painful process of telling someone you don’t know, all your deep thoughts and secrets, and they in turn will tell you how to fix your problems.
Talking about or facing problems can seem to be a really scary process. In reality, counseling is finding a safe connection with another person who understands what it is like to suffer.
Everyone has concerns about certain things in their life, even counselors! Having someone there to listen but also help see things a little differently can be very relieving. The amount of information you tell in counseling is always within your control.
At Future Directions, counseling is used to help you explore what it is that is causing concern; find ways of how to approach this concern from a different angle and then build the strategies to help changes occur. We focus on how you want things to look, what is within your control and then how to go about changing. We have a solution-focused model which is based on identifying strengths and values and understanding ourselves a bit gentler.
Often people want to know why they feel a certain way or how they can control a certain feeling or situation. By looking at strengths, values and life stories we can become more active in getting our thoughts out of focusing on past events, or worrying about the future, and into the present moment where life can be more rewarding and satisfying.

Training:
Future Directions: Counselling, Consultancy and Training provides training to all organizations, schools, parent groups, social and professional groups.
You can pick from any one of our interactive workshops which we will adjust to suit your group’s current needs all within the boundaries of your charter or culture. All training sessions focus on building social and emotional intelligence in all members of the group.
Training can help develop self awareness in relationships, open communication, resolve conflict or build on an existing successful structure.
Positive relationships are the key in any group or organizations. Building an environment of trust and respect where individuals can challenge, make suggestions, offer opinions and be creative is essential to ongoing success and satisfaction. Connecting well with others improves stress levels, increases ownership and productivity, strengthens loyalty and longevity, and creates less absenteeism. This environment means that leadership can be truly and openly shared and valued.
We provide the opportunity to safely explore what your group or organization might look like. How it can change safely and successfully. Developing a unified vision aides positive and sustained change. People who share a common vision can set up common goals, identify supports, barriers or obstacles and work together to achieve and celebrate.

Strategically Enhancing Teams To enhance team cohesion we need to look at how team members are performing; communication within the workplace; identifying skills and talents; and group identity.
There can be many reasons that block effective team performance. High performance teams encourage the identification of strengths and support others to contribute using their own strengths and talents. Collaboration and cohesion comes from developing a wider perspective.
Emotional Intelligence is a key influential factor in how a team maximises performance.
Team building develops through a preparedness to understand and be understood.
This workshop can help team members to find a voice, develop an individual mission and work towards achieving a united vision.

Schools: Positive Education workshops for schools focus on teacher training, curriculum development and classroom sessions. Working from a Strengths perspective the whole school can be transformed to become a positive education community where students are connected to school, enjoy learning, create healthy and respectful relationships and take responsibility for their actions.

Professional development workshops:
Leadership Team Development:
Personal styles in leadership and management can help bring about satisfying relationships with those around us, producing more effective and productive work environments.
These interactive and fun workshops are based on the research findings of Positive Psychology which encourages us to use our strengths and values to live engaged and meangingful lives both in and out of the workplace. Leadership Team Development supports leaders and teams to examine different leadership styles, the role of emotional intelligence in enhancing team development and communication strategies that encourage and support.
Individuals can begin to identify their own leadership style, become better at time management, more effective in working with people, and establish achievable goals and outcomes.
Achieving balance for leaders is essential for longevity and increased personal satisfaction. Issues examined include professional support, supervision and mentoring, goal setting, balanced lifestyle and identifying personal motivators and stressors. This is a workshop uses a Positive Psychology Coaching model.

Other Workshops include:
Restorative Practices
Socially & Emotionally Intelligent Classrooms
Bullying Prevention
Understanding Child Development
Managing Workplace Stress
Conflict Resolution & Mediation
Understanding Mental Health & Mental Illness
Positivity is Easier Than You Think