Into Blue

Contact & Location Information
Contact Name	Jo Ablett
Servicing Areas	Phillip Island, Victoria
Phone	03 5956 8306
Mobile	0417 078 792

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Into Blue

JO ABLETT
COUNSELLOR, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, EDUCATOR

Welcome to Into Blue

INTO BLUE EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES

Make positive changes for a better future. Take time out to discover solutions to life’s challenges.
Learn skills and techniques for personal growth, healing, Spiritual development and creativity.

TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE!

RETREAT and ACCOMMODATION

Into Blue Studio is perfectly situated for personalised retreats or accommodation for clients with significant travel. Enjoy the lovely garden, beach walks and a purpose built, two-storey self-contained studio with water views, situated a few minutes walk from the beach. Create your own program from a range of healing, therapeutic, enrichment and creative options.

JO ABLETT

My practice is founded on a life long passion to set the scene for children, teenagers and adults to tap into their potential; take charge of their lives and establish belief in themselves. Through my work with young people and adults I am constantly reminded of the innate ability that everyone has for healing, personal growth and resolving difficulties to achieve positive changes in behaviour and general wellbeing.

I do not presume to give advice or to provide answers for you but I do have the experience, knowledge and skills to assist you to access your own wisdom and solutions. My prime objective is to utilise my skills to help you to enrich and enhance your quality of life. I conduct a private practice from my Studio on Phillip Island specialising in counselling and psychotherapy for children, teenagers and adults. The foundation of my work is Expressive Therapies - a blend of personal growth, counselling and psychotherapy methods - which support emotional healing, personal wellbeing and skill development.

With 30 years’ experience in facilitating personal development and meditation for people of all ages I continue to work with individuals, couples and groups. I provide professional supervision for counsellors. Regular training courses and workshops for enrichment and personal growth are offered and include managing stress, learning relaxation skills, creative expression, assertive behaviour, personal development, meditation and Reiki. Implementing school enrichment programs, providing professional development and information sessions enables me to work in schools with teachers, students and parents.

EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES

Counselling & Psychotherapy for Children, Adolescents & Adults
Supervision for Counsellors
Professional Training in Expressive Therapies
Meditation Classes

Expressive Therapies is based on the belief that each person has their own inner wisdom, and capacity to overcome life challenges- YOU are the expert on yourself and with skilled support can access solutions, clearing the way for a brighter more hopeful future. Intense emotions and traumatic situations are imprinted in the body and memory and can affect behaviour, attitude and happiness until resolved. This can include birth trauma, early childhood traumas and recent trauma.

This experiential and holistic way of working is empowering for individuals as it employs a wide range of self-discovery processes to explore and resolve problems. It involves more than ‘just talking about the problem’, and provides the opportunity for real and lasting change. Counselling and psychotherapy have a dual function: The first- managing, resolving or changing a problem situation. The second – healing, personal growth and education through opportunities provided during sessions.

SOME OF THE METHODS USED:

Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work:
Representing an issue symbolically provides a new perspective and potential solutions.
Symbols - objects from nature, figurines, ornaments etc. are arranged in the sandtray to communicate and process feelings, explore issues, and assist with decisions.
Sandplay Therapy allows access to the deeper aspects of the psyche to be worked with naturally and in safety often providing insights and information for healing.

Body Focus: Body symptoms or ‘psychosomatic signals’ such as headaches, stomach cramps, backache and body pain, offer clues and vital information for identifying and working with emotional issues. Somatic focus can be a starting point for therapy by ‘tuning in’ to your body, and becoming aware of physical sensations, emotions and images using the process of visualisation to identify and explore emotional and physical blocks.

Voice Dialogue: A process, which gives ‘voice’ to the different aspects of your personality and identifies ‘inner voices’ that suppress self- esteem and self-confidence.

Expressive Drawing and Writing: Used as a means for recording, expressing, reflecting, processing, releasing and integrating emotions.

Emotional Release Processing: A safe way of working with and releasing strong emotion that is often at the core of negative behaviour patterns.

Meditation and Relaxation Techniques: There are many forms of meditation and visualisation is just one of them. For people of all ages learn meditation and / or simple but efficient ways to relax, reduce and manage stress.

EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES CAN SUPPORT YOUR PERSONAL GROWTH

Make Decisions/Solve problems
Develop organisational Skills
Understand your emotions and behaviour
Learn to be assertive
Discover your potential
Find purpose/direction
Develop motivation and drive
Enhance self- esteem/self-confidence
Change destructive patterns

EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES CAN ASSIST YOU IN DEALING WITH:

Abuse: Emotional, Sexual and Physical
Anger/Behavioural Issues
Anxiety and Depression
Eating Disorders
Family Separation
Grief and Loss
Relationship Issues
Self-Harm
Sleeping Difficulties
Social Issues
Stress
Substance Abuse
Trauma

Expressive Therapies
Certificate in Emotion -
Focused & Transpersonal Expressive Therapies with Adult Clients

Certificate in Expressive Therapies
with Children & Adolescents

Registration Form

Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work
with Children, Adolescents & Adults

Course Information

Registration Form

Meditation: There are many forms of meditation and visualisation is just one of them. Visualisation is suitable for young children, adolescents and adults. Visualisation is often described as ‘guided imagery’. Meditation is used for relaxation, developing self-awareness improving emotional wellbeing, fostering spiritual growth and healing. The extraordinary physiological benefits of meditation are well documented. Meditation has been recognised as a means to improve physical health, reduce pain and enhance immune response.
‘Stress Less’, Relaxation and Meditation workshops for business organisations and groups.
Parent workshops: understanding emotions, how to support your child’s learning, parenting adolescents, parenting pre-school children.
Art Classes for everyone: absolute beginners and developing artists alike. Improve your self-confidence, develop skills, define your personal style and tap into creativity in a supportive and fun environment.
Reiki Courses: Reiki is a system of natural healing involving the laying on of hands. It is many thousands of years old. The Usui System of Natural Healing, which I teach is a very simple but powerful healing technique that is easily given and received by anyone. Reiki 1 and Reiki 11 (The first and second degrees of Reiki) not only complement other therapies but also actively increase the strength of those healing energies.
School enrichment programs for staff and students: The concept of school enrichment is to set the scene for self-awareness and self-connection for teachers and students. Once you have trained, it is simple to implement with the minimum participation of a daily 10-minute session of quiet time for self-reflection.

WORKSHOPS

MEDITATION & RELAXATION:

Learn practical skills to facilitate relaxation & meditation for children, adolescents and adults

Meditation & Relaxation Workshop Information

CONSULTATION FEES:

According to the Australian Counselling Association, counsellors are entitled to charge a minimum of $70 and a maximum of up to $150 for a standard one hour counselling consultation.

INTO BLUE CONSULTATION FEES

Children and Adolescents $80.00 per 1 hour consultation, $40.00 half hour parent interview

Adults $150.00 per 2 hour consultation

Supervision: $100.00 1hour.

RETREAT: $600.00 includes one night accommodation and a choice of 4 hours of supported activities. Please note that if you forget your appointment, arrive late, or give less than 24 hours notice of your inability to attend, you will still be charged the usual fee for this session due to this time being set aside for you.

QUALIFICATIONS