If you’re looking for counselling for men near Croydon, you don’t have far to go.
Better Place Australia men’s counselling service has rooms right here in Croydon. You’ll find us at Unit 1/16-18 Croydon Rd. This is easily accessible via Mt Dandenong Road, Maroondah Highway, Wicklow Avenue or Kent Avenue.
The office is also quite close to Croydon train station and is an easy 200m walk, located almost at the corner of Croydon Road and Coolstore Road.
What does counselling for men near Croydon help with?
When men find it difficult to manage strong their emotions and challenges, counselling for men near Croydon can help. It provides one-on-one sessions with a qualified counsellor to facilitate a positive outcome for men in their respective situations.
The counsellor will impart tools and skills to help you manage personal issues, create positive relationship experiences and improve your quality of life.
Some of the issues could be:
- dealing with strong emotions, such as loss, sadness, anger, confusion
- moving on from past relationships
- wanting to gain support and guidance to enhance your current relationship
- overcoming conflict with partners, parents, family, friends, colleagues or children
- struggling with self-worth and self-esteem
- wanting help to identify what isn’t working in your life
- needing an impartial, non-judgmental person to talk to about problems.
How does men’s counselling work?
The counsellor aims to guide you towards overcoming challenges in a positive way. This is achieved partly by equipping you with tools and strategies to meet and deal with life’s challenges.
A men’s counsellor helps you to:
- understand your family history and trigger points
- focus on personal responsibility
- identify strengths in order to promote positive change
- gain a thorough understanding of difficult situations and how decisions impact others
- develop emotional regulation strategies
- clarify healthy relationship boundaries
- understand yourself and how you relate to others
- identify unhelpful thinking that can negatively impact your life
- reframe current relationships and how you can positively change.
In some cases, the counsellor may also encourage the use of apps between sessions to supplement the counselling being received.
How old do you have to be?
Better Places Australia helps men aged from 16 years and upwards. You’re never too old to receive support and guidance on men’s issues. (For young men 16 -18 years of age in particular, it helps them work through conflict with their parents or other family members.)
How many sessions does it take?
The Better Place Australia men’s counselling program is normally about 8 to 10 sessions over a period of three months. If you find you would like more sessions or specialist services relating to what has come out of your men’s counselling sessions, you can speak with the counsellor about options available to you.
Other Better Place Australia support services for men include:
Attendance reports can be issued upon request.
When it comes to counselling about money problems, we are funded to provide free financial counselling if you live in one of the government funded areas of Melbourne and across Victoria. We also encourage you to learn more about your money problems by going to the Financial First Aid website. Here you can watch videos of how our financial counsellors mediated for people with money troubles.
What do counsellors not do?
There are just a few things that we need to outline that Better Place Australia counsellors don’t do.
These include:
- giving advice or being judgemental
- diagnosing mental illness or prescribe medication (only doctors can do that)
- taking sides or refereeing a disagreement.
Contact Better Place Australia
If you need the services of qualified counselling for men near Croydon, your first step is to contact Better Place Australia to begin the process of positive change in your life.
