If you’re trying to find caring and qualified counselling for children in Cheltenham, you’re in the right place. Better Place Australia child counselling in Melbourne has counselling rooms right here in Cheltenham at level 1/16 Park Road, Cheltenham.
The office is easily accessable via the Nepean Highway and situated right on the corner of Park Road and the Nepean Highway. It can also be accessed easily by train. Simply alight at Cheltenham train station, and it is a 200m walk to Better Place Australia Cheltenham.
Here are all the locations for child counselling through Better Place Australia:
Better Place Australia counselling for children in Cheltenham has positive outcomes
Parents want the best for their child. Better Place Australia counselling for children in Cheltenham has qualified and caring counsellors with a track record of positive outcomes for children.
As children grow, they face challenges that require guidance and support. The process of counselling for children in Melbourne is an important step in a child’s life. Child counsellors at Better Place Australia support a child to navigate challenges, build resilience and manage emotions.
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?
At Better Place Australia, professional and qualified child counsellors work one-on-one with children, assessing their needs, and using age-related techniques, such as cognitive behaviour therapy, narrative or play therapy.
These techniques can help children 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.
The counselling style depends on the age and issues the child is experiencing.
How can parents be proactive and help their child?
Many people are unaware that more harm is caused to children exposed to their parents arguing and being abusive towards each other than an actual separation or divorce. Whether the issue the child is experiencing is some form of conflict at home, at school or somewhere else, there are powerful steps parents can take to help protect their child.
These include:
- 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
- listening to how the child feels about things.
The aim of Better Place Australia child counselling
Every child reacts differently to life issues and changes and some handle them better than others. The aim of Better Place Australia child counselling is to help children understand and manage the changes they are experiencing.
Here are just some of the skills children can come away with after counselling:
- an increased ability to better understand and manage their feelings
- decreased levels of distress and challenging behaviours
- improved communication and problem solving
- increased ability to trust and form healthy relationships.
If you are seeking child counselling in Melbourne and are able to access any one of our eight child counselling locations, including Cheltenham, 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.
