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Care For Your Mind provides individual, couples and family counselling to children, young people and adults. We are skilled in working with a broad range of presentations.
We also psychological assessments for Neurodevelopmental and other conditions upon request.
Care For Your Mind works from an interpersonal, humanistic, and person-centred framework, which means the quality of the relationship between therapist and client is genuine, empathic, and unconditionally accepting with the underlying belief you have what it takes to fulfil your own potential.
We pride ourselves on creating a therapeutic space which allows you to take the lead in session. This approach to therapy moves away from the traditional hierarchical, “therapist is the expert” position to a more authentic and personable experience.
Care For Your Mind offers individual face-to-face, phone and online counselling.
Care For Your Mind also provides assessment and report writing for clients under self or plan managed NDIS plans and Victims of Crime.
Counselling can provide a space and a relationship whereby you can safely self-explore while being supported unconditionally to move in the direction of where you’d like to go. As a therapist who works from a person-centred framework you are supported to navigate through your concerns while drawing upon evidence-based tools and strategies to support you.
Research has consistently showed that accessing counselling facilitates positive changes in the brain, whereby unhelpful patterns of behaviour are decreased and movement towards more helpful patterns in relation to feeling, thinking and being are evident. Ultimately, counselling provides you with a space to gain clarity, feel supported, heard, and understood which is different to speaking to a friend, spouse or family member.
This answer is entirely dependent on your circumstances. Counselling is most effective when attended consistently, particularly when you first begin. Generally speaking, weekly or fortnightly sessions are recommended to begin with, and over time this would slowly decrease as you work through your concerns, however this fluid and entirely dependent on the complexity of the issues and challenges you may be facing.
Please discuss with your therapist about your needs and situation, and work together to decide what would work best for you.
Counselling is a safe and confidential process which usually is talk based to unpack and explore your concerns, however non-verbal ways of exploring your concerns may also be utilised to support you. There is no one approach which works for everyone. You and your therapist will work together collaboratively to decide what approach would feel most supportive for you.
Yes, Care For Your Mind does work with children. The youngest age we work with is children who are 4 years old, however if your child is younger, we tend to work directly with you as the parent/ caregiver. We utilise play and expressive therapies to engage children. We also provide direct support to parents and caregivers on how to respond and manage children’s behaviours.
Yes, Care For Your Mind offers zoom and telephone counselling.
Unfortunately, Care For Your Mind does not offer this service.
We are unavailable outside of business hours as Care For Your Mind is not an emergency mental health service, however please find the below numbers if requiring immediate assistance outside of business hours.
· Police, Fire or Ambulance - 000
· Lifeline- 13 11 14
· Kids Helpline - 1800 55 1800 (for young people up to the age of 25)
· 1800 Respect (Domestic Violence Hotline) 1800 737 732
· Sexual Assault Crisis Line (VIC) 1800 806 292
· Mensline (VIC) 1300 78 99 78
· Parentline (VIC)- 1300 30 1300