If you need qualified counselling for children in Narre Warren, you’re in the right place. Better Place Australia child counselling in Melbourne has counselling rooms in Narre Warren at 86-88 Victor Crescent. The office is located between the Monash Freeway and Princes Highway. It is possible to get there by train if you don’t have a car. The office is approximately a 13-minute walk from Narre Warren station.
If you ever need another location for child counselling, here are other Better Place Australia child counselling locations:
Better Place Australia counselling for children in Narre Warren is a positive step forward
Parents want their child to maintain optimal health and well-being. Sometimes that means engaging a child counsellor to support their child when they are facing challenges they can’t manage. Better Place Australia counselling for children in Narre Warren has qualified and caring child counsellors with a track record of achieving positive outcomes. The children are empowered with tools to face new challenges and situations 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 provides a caring and safe space for the child to express their feelings. Child counsellors work one-on-one with the child to assess their individual needs and incorporate age-related techniques suitable to the child. These could be 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 counsellors choose techniques based on the child’s age, capacity and issues being experienced.
Why should parents be proactive?
Many parents are unaware that when a child is exposed to parental conflict, it can cause more harm to that child than actual separation or divorce. Parental conflict is just one of the major challenges a child can face as they grow. Parents can do their part at home to protect their child by following some important steps.
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.
A better outcome with Better Place Australia child counselling
Every child reacts differently to issues and changes in life. The aim of Better Place Australia counselling for children in Narre Warren is to help a child understand and manage the challenges in a positive way.
Here are just some of the skills a child can learn 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 Narre Warren 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.
