Children Counselling
Support shaped by experience, guided by research, centred on you
Ages 8-12
With 30 years of dedicated experience supporting young minds, I provide a warm, creative, and friendly therapeutic space where children can truly feel seen and understood.
Drawing on my rich background—including 20 years as a classroom teacher and 4 years as a school counsellor and 4 years as a school psychologist across both state and independent school sectors—I bring deep insight into the unique academic and emotional pressures students face today.
I offer evidence-based, developmentally appropriate interventions tailored to children navigating school refusal, anxiety, depression, burnout, neurodiversity, chronic illness, and gender identity exploration. Recognising how profoundly these struggles can impact a young person’s self-esteem, confidence, and emerging sense of identity, my approach extends beyond the child to offer holistic family and parenting support.
Together, we will build a nurturing framework that honours your child's individuality, fosters resilience, and helps them rediscover their strengths.
My Values:
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I maintain a child safe environment, current training in mandatory reporting, current working with vulnerable people registration and strive to ensure I create a welcoming, physically safe, respectful environment that builds rapport and trust.
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I approach all behaviours with an awareness of neurodiversity and potential adverse childhood experiences. I focus sessions using evidenced based models designed to help children regulate their emotions and build a sense of agency.
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I focus on building strengths for children to support development of resilience and adaptive coping strategies to face their challenges.
I work with creative therapies and expressive arts for children, focus on integrating therapy with parent support as children operate within a family or care systems.
Effective support can involve caregivers. This helps to create trauma-responsive environments at home that foster emotional regulation and connection.
Ethical, Legal and Safeguarding Principles:
I am a mandatory reporter and am clear and upfront about my obligations to prevent harm to children and report risks of harm.
I inform children and parents about the child’s right to privacy while also establishing safe boundaries to share information with parents.
Child Centredness
I strive to actively listen to children and value their voice in the treatment process.
Professional Supervision
I engage in professional and peer supervision within my training level and attend consistent clinical supervision to ensure my professional standards remain high.
Next steps
If you have any questions about my Children’s Counselling services, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Otherwise, if you’re ready to book your child's first appointment, please submit a Self-Referral.