If you are searching for qualified counselling for children in Oakleigh, Better Place Australia can help. Our counselling rooms are located at level 3, 20 Atherton Rd Oakleigh. If you’re coming by car, we are located just off Warrigal Road. You should find there is abundant ticketed parking spaces along Drummond Street. It is also easy to access by train. The office is just a few minutes’ walk from Oakleigh train station.
If you ever need child counselling and you’re not in Oakleigh, you’ll find Better Place Australia child counselling in Melbourne locations including:
- Â Broadmeadows
- Â Cheltenham
- Â Croydon
- Â Melton
- Â Narre Warren
- Â Oakleigh
- Â Pakenham (Springs Centre)
- Â Wyndham Vale
Better Place Australia counselling for children in Oakleigh is a positive step forward
It is important for children to maintain optimal health and well-being as they grow. If they are struggling with any life issues, you may need the services of a child counsellor to support the child. Better Place Australia counselling for children in Oakleigh has caring child counsellors with a track record of achieving positive outcomes. Through professional counselling in a safe space, the child will be empowered with tools to face the challenges and manage them in a positive manner.
The challenges could be:
- a change of school
- family conflict
- loss and grief
- peer pressure
- puberty
- any other issue that may be having a negative effect on the child’s mental health and well-being.
By seeking child counselling early for your child, it can help prevent issues from escalating.
What happens during a child counselling session?
Better Place Australia child counsellors work one-on-one to assess the child’s individual needs. The counsellor incorporates age-related techniques to explore the issues and equip the child with tools to manage the challenges. There are several important techniques used depending on the age and capacity of the child, including cognitive behaviour therapy, narrative or play therapy.
These techniques can help the child to:
- use coping skills
- express their feelings in a safe place
- manage strong emotions such as blame, guilt and anger
- learn how to express themselves and relate positively to others
- understand their family and friend relationships as they are now and how they change
- develop resilience and improve emotional stability.
It is also important for parents to be proactive in their child’s life.
Why should parents be proactive?
Some parents forget that when a child is constantly exposed to aggressive, parental conflict in the home, (or anywhere else for that matter), it can cause more harm to the child than actual separation or divorce. When looking at challenges a child can face, parental conflict may be just one of those. We encourage parents to do their part at home to protect their child.
Proactive steps include:
- listening to how the child feels about things
- putting the interests of the child first during decision-making
- ensuring both parents have meaningful involvement in their child’s life
- keeping parental conflict away from the child as much as possible.
A better outcome through Better Place Australia child counselling
Every child deals with issues and changes in life differently. Some cope better than others. The mission of Better Place Australia counselling for children in Oakleigh is to help all children become resilient and manage challenges in a positive way.
Here are some of the skills learnt through Better Place Australia child counselling:
- an increased ability to better understand and manage feelings
- decreased levels of distress and challenging behaviours
- improved communication and problem solving
- increased ability to trust and form healthy relationships.
If you’re looking for child counselling in Melbourne and are able to get to Oakleigh or one of our other child counselling locations, please contact Better Place Australia.
Learn more about the mental health and well-being of your child
If you’d like to learn more about mental health and well-being in children and family units, visit the Centre for Better Relationships website.
Centre for Better Relationships is the research and advocacy arm of Better Place Australia, with resources for you to learn more.
Read sector news articles such as: Understanding Child Development; and Highlighting the Imperative of Investing in Children and Young People’s Safety.
There are also learning videos you can watch, such as: Preventing Emotional Abuse of Children; Supporting Children Who Have Disclosed Trauma; The Whole Child; and The Role of Parents Preventing Emotional Abuse of Children.
By learning more, you will be better equipped to protect your children and support them during tough times.
