Counselling (Parent and Child)

This counselling is for families with children aged 0-16 years old. It focusses on parent child relationships and sibling relationships. Counselling for children and parents aims to develop positive relationships and strengthen family bonds.

This service is available strictly for clients in Yarra, Moonee Valley, Melbourne, and Maribyrnong (please note that we do not accept clients for this service outside of those LGAs).

Service details

Parents and caregivers can talk to a counsellor about their concerns including:

• child’s development
• behaviour or emotional difficulties
• attachment & relationships
• play
• postnatal depression
• family separation
• impacts of family violence (the perpetrator cannot be included in this counselling)

Our counsellors can help you and your child/ren with:

• family relationships & communication
• parenting skills, strategies and approaches
• supporting a child’s development
• enhance constructive bond between caregivers and children
• developing emotional regulation &/or coping skills
• feeling more confident with parenting
• strengthen bonding through respectful communication
• appropriate discipline strategies
• engaging with your children in an empathic and developmentally appropriate way

The first session is with the parent only. This is an initial assessment to explore family needs.  This is followed up by an assessment with the child/children.  Then we engage in up to 5-10 counselling sessions.

About our counsellors

Our counsellors are specifically trained to work with both parents and children.

They are qualified child and family counsellors and family therapists.