Psychotherapist, Child and Adolescent Counsellor and Director of the Blue Mountains Children's Theatre.
Ten Week Group for Mothers "Helping Develop your Child's Self-Esteem."
SERVICES
PSYCHOTHERAPY
When your personal suffering has become too great, and this could be for a number of reasons: experiencing a death, a life threatening trauma, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship conflicts, divorce, post-natal depression, worries and difficulties with children, childhood trauma's, addiction problems, cultural issues, lack of happiness and creativity or spiritual matters - it is time to seek the services of a qualified professional. This is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of strength and courage to do something constructive and change your situation for the better. It is not enough to rely on friends and family when things get too difficult, nor are they in a position to offer what a therapist can. Having one's privacy and dignity whilst getting through a challenging time builds self-esteem and a healthy independence. I oppose the increasing trend of seeing personal and inter-personal problems as though they were medical diseases.
THERAPY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
If your child is experiencing some of the common childhood problems such as bed-wetting, soiling, sleeping problems, nightmares, temper tantrums, low self-esteem, anxiety or panic attacks, I can help you. When I work with children, I always work in a team with the mother - as it is the mother who knows her child better than anyone. I work with sand-play and art with children as it is extremely effective in resolving the child's issues.
I also work as a school counsellor so I am very familiar with the difficulties of adolescence, and consider it an excellent time to obtain therapy for any of the problems young people are facing as it then sets them up in a good way for the rest of their lives. The problems could be related to drugs and alcohol, educational issues, relationship conflicts, body image, eating disorders, depression, grief/loss or anything that impinges on the individual to be leading a happy life.
BLUE MOUNTAINS CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Ten years ago The Blue Mountains Children's Theatre was established in order to offer children something therapeutic without being Therapy. The focus is in providing a creative environment for children to express themselves, develop their self-esteem, confidence, capacity to work in a group and problem solve. Classes are always small so each child receives adult supervision and attention. The children develop their own plays with the assistance of the teacher around topics that are important or relevant to the kids, through drama games, story-telling, improvisations, role-plays and lots of fun. Classes are held in a beautiful setting in Wentworth Falls during school holidays. I originally trained in the performing Arts in Australia and in Europe before my Psychotherapy training. The Children's Theatre Holiday programmes are very popular and quickly booked out. The next programme will run from the 12th - 16th January when we will be making a movie!!
HELPING DEVELOP YOUR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM
As parents, we are often concerned with the way in which we bring up our kids and whether we are doing a good job or not. This group is for mother's wishing to discuss those vulnerabilities around their own mothering while we explore some tried and true basic principle's of parenting. In this group a mother's authority will be supported and instincts backed while each participant makes use of the group to understand the way in which they may help their children develop good self-esteem. We will be looking at such areas as boundaries, communication, discipline, age appropriate behaviour and play to name but a few topics.
The group will run on Tuesday mornings beginning in February, 2009 for ten weeks.
I have been trained at the Institute of Clinical Psychotherapy which is registered with PACFA and graduated in Psychotherapy and Dream Analysis. I have worked at the Blue Mountains Counselling Centre for the past 13 years.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Registered Clinical Psychotherapist with the Institute of Clinical Psychotherapy which is a member association of PACFA, and registered Dream Analyst with the Australian and New Zealand Association of Independent Dream Analysts.
Service Categories
Counselling, Psychotherapy
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