If you are a separating parent and live in the Croydon area, your children may benefit from child counselling in Croydon.
The Better Place Australia Supporting Children Through Separation Program (SCaSP) in Croydon is a special counselling program conducted by a qualified team of child counsellors. They specialise in supporting children through the challenging period of family separation and will help empower your children to confidently move forward after separation.
Our location in Croydon is easy and convenient to get to, at 1/16-18 Croydon Road, opposite Croydon Central Shopping Centre. If you’re coming by train, it’s only about 200m from Croydon train station.
How does child counselling in Croydon help?
Better Place Australia child counselling in Croydon is a safe place for your child to gain support through, and after, separation. By putting your children first, you separate smarter. It helps to put issues and disagreements into perspective and contributes towards a smoother mediation and separation process.
A qualified child counsellor offers help:
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- supporting your child to explore their emotions in relation to family conflict and separation
- giving your child to gain a greater understanding of their emotions, emotion regulation, and grief and loss
- growing the child’s confidence in communicating their needs and wants
- developing the child’s skills in resilience and communication
- empowering the child to take control of their situation moving forward.
We work with your child in collaboration with you to ensure the best interests of your child are accommodated in and out of sessions.
Feedback is given to parents with the permission of the child, due to confidentiality.
The importance of child counselling
Childhood should be a carefree time of life, but in reality, all children go through issues at some stage in their lives. With qualified child counselling for the difficult issues, they will be taught skills to navigate life’s journey better.
There are numerous other issues child counselling helps with, including:
· family conflict
· changes in living situations
· absence of loved ones
· change of school
· puberty and peer pressures.
Some children handle changes better than others. Our goal is to equip children with age-appropriate coping strategies to understand and manage the changes they are experiencing.
What outcome you can expect for your child?
Better Place Australia Supporting Children Through Separation Program (SCaSP) in Croydon regularly sees a better outcome for children. Our child counsellors specialise in dealing with children using tailored counselling methods to achieve a positive outcome for your child.
Outcomes can include:
- an increased ability to better understand and manage their feelings
- decreased levels of stress and anxiety resulting in challenging behaviours
- improved communication skills and problem solving
- an increased ability to trust and form healthy relationships.
Our Supporting Children through Counselling fact sheet can help you gain more insights.
Supporting your child to maintain their well-being
Separating smarter includes putting your children first. Child counselling could be the answer for empowering them to cope. When you choose to engage them in the Supporting Children Through Separation Program in Croydon, a child counsellor will meet confidentially to discuss the situation and formulate a plan of care.
Better Place Australia also offers safe, facilitated change overs and supervised visits through our children’s contact service Narre Warren and children’s contact service Sale.
We also have effective counselling for individuals and relationship counselling programs for adults.
Reach out to Better Place Australia via phone 1800 639 523, website or online chat at the bottom right-hand side of our website.
Learn more about the mental health and well-being of your child
Visit the Centre for Better Relationships website. Centre for Better Relationships is the research and advocacy arm of Better Place Australia with sector news articles, videos and podcasts for you to learn more.
Sector news articles include: Understanding Child Development; and Highlighting the Imperative of Investing in Children and Young People’s Safety.
Learning videos include: 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.
