Relationships

Unlocking the mysteries of the human condition is a wild, meandering and fascinating journey. How well we relate to and communicate with others across all contexts in life is absolutely fundamental to acheiving optimal health and wellness. It’s not only our romantic partnerships that require our careful attention. Our relationships with family members, friends and colleagues can be just as complex and as important to our overall success, wellness and happiness. Establishing an understanding of attachment styles, learning to be more reflective and also more intentional in relationship with others, practising open respectful communication where individual needs and truths can be expressed with clarity and safety, and setting thoughtful and considered boundaries, are all areas of personal development that can be worked on through counselling and coaching. Making links between the nature of workplace dynamics, family connections and intimate relationships with all other aspects of our health, is paramount to endeavouring to improve well-being holistically. Supporting clients to strengthen connections and create meaningful and fulfilling relationships by design, rather than simply by default, is work I particularly enjoy incorporating into my holistic and personalised approach to service.

LGBTQI inclusive.

This work can be done individually or with partners.

Changing Family Arrangements

Working with families to plan for and support children with separation, divorce and new blended family arrangements is work I have a great deal of experience and interest in. Supporting parents working towards harmonious resolutions and creative problem solving during times of stress and change, that lead to healthy adjustments, is a passion of mine. Moving away from acrimony towards amicability and hopefully a new way of loving and living as a family.

Areas we can work on together:

  • Individual work focussed on dating & relationships

  • Couples work focussed on strengthening relationships

  • Couples work focussed on overcoming mistrust & betrayal

  • Exploring different relationship styles

  • Processing a break up

  • Parent child work (including with adults)

  • Sibling relationships

  • Parenting/carer work - individually, as a couple or as co-parents./carers

  • Professional partnerships and relationships with colleagues

  • Navigating separation, divorce and changing custody arrangements

  • Building blended families

  • Parenting support with adolescents

  • Circle of Security Program facilitation

Perinatal and Postnatal Parenting Support

Many years of working with children, adolescents and parents within an attachment framework has helped grow my understanding of just how much of how we develop as humans, how we conduct ourselves in relationships, and how we see ourselves in the world, is shaped by our early developing experiences and relationships with care givers.

The perinatal and postnatal period is such a special yet fragile and ultimately supremely important time for both the developing baby and mother/care givers. Science supports that not only is brain structure change occurring throughout these early infant and childhood experiences,  but so too are patterns of emotional responses within relationships developing.  Major and often rapidly fluctuating physical and emotional shifts occur during this time of metamorphosis for new mothers and their partners also.

The science and culture relating to preparing for and nurturing a new life can be overwhelming for many. Decisions about birthing, feeding, sleeping and understanding the early synergistic relationship between baby and mother, require thoughtful filtering in a world saturated with information and strong opinion on the topic. Curating individualised support that gently cradles this period of transition is a special interest.

As a registered COSP facilitator, I offer a personalised Circle Of Security Group program to support parents and care givers in better understanding their child’s emotional world and needs, whilst honouring their own inner intelligence and desire to respond in a manner that enhances self esteem and provides security for their little person. This is a research informed early intervention program, considered internationally by many, as the gold standard of attachment based parenting courses. Whether you are an expectant first time parent, in the trenches with a toddler or already at school, this course definitely has something to offer. Grandparents or other key care givers also welcome.

It is also possible to incorporate this program into individual and family work.