Child & Adolescent Counselling
Evidence-based counselling for children and adolescents experiencing anxiety, emotional or behavioural challenges, trauma, and family difficulties in Caringbah, the Sutherland Shire, and online across Australia.
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Phone: 0402 998 830
A Safe Space for Young Minds
A Safe Space for Young Minds
Supporting your child through emotional or behavioural challenges can feel overwhelming. I provide evidence-based counselling for children and adolescents in a safe, supportive environment where young people feel heard, understood, and empowered to build resilience. Informed by developmental psychology.
Supporting your child through emotional or behavioural challenges can feel overwhelming. I provide evidence-based counselling for children and adolescents in a safe, supportive environment where young people feel heard, understood, and empowered to build resilience. Informed by developmental psychology.
With more than 20 years of experience working across hospitals, community mental health, juvenile forensic services, and school-based mental health programs, I understand the unique challenges children, adolescents, and families face. Therapy is tailored to each young person's developmental stage using child-centred, systemic, trauma-informed, and evidence-based approaches.
I work collaboratively with parents and caregivers, recognising the important role families play in a child's emotional wellbeing. Together, we strengthen communication, develop practical strategies for managing emotional and behavioural challenges, and support positive change across home, school, and other important environments.
Based in Caringbah, I provide child and adolescent counselling for families throughout the Sutherland Shire and St George, with secure Telehealth appointments available across Australia. As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, I offer Medicare-rebated counselling for eligible clients referred by their GP under a Mental Health Treatment Plan.
EMDR for Children and Adolescents
EMDR therapy is adapted to suit each child's age and stage of development while maintaining the evidence-based eight-phase approach. Sessions may include play, storytelling, creative activities, and gentle parent-assisted bilateral stimulation to help children and adolescents feel safe, engaged, and supported throughout the therapeutic process.
EMDR therapy can help children and adolescents recover from trauma, anxiety, phobias, grief, low self-esteem, emotional regulation difficulties, and behavioural challenges. Every child's therapy is tailored to their unique needs, strengths, and readiness, providing a safe and supportive environment for healing and growth.
As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Medicare provider, and approved NSW Victims Support Scheme counsellor, I provide evidence-based EMDR therapy and child counselling for children and adolescents in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney, and across Australia via secure online therapy. Children and young people who have experienced significant or complex trauma are warmly welcomed.
Why attachment Matters
“Secure relationships help us feel safe enough to grow"
John Bowlby
Attachment theory developed by John Bowlby emphasised the emotional bonds formed between a child and their care giver. Bowlby's work showed that early attachments shape the child's future and their sense of security. Bowlby's reasearch laid the foundation for how attachment style affect mental health and behaviour throughout childhood and life course. Attachment theory is foundational in child and adolescent therapy and informs practical implemenation of focused psychological strategies.
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