8/66 Clarence Street, Port Macquarie New South Wales 2444, Australia
Information
Confidentiality
Children and Adolescents
Children and Adolescents
Your Counsellor is bound by the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and will uphold your right to confidentiality. Your safety and privacy will be maintained. However there are some limitations to confidentiality. Counsellors have a legal obligation to protect you and other's safety should a significant risk be determined. This will be outlined in your intake form and during your initial consultation. You can ask your counsellor questions about this at any time. Your counsellor places your right to confidentiality in high regard.
Children and Adolescents
Children and Adolescents
Children and Adolescents
Thought-Full Counselling requires consent from at least one parent/carer/legal guardian to provide counselling services for anyone under the age of 18. In the case that there are two parents/carers/legal guardians, then consent is ideally provided from both parties. Parental involvement will depend on a range of factors; including the child's developmental age, the type of therapeutic treatment that is appropriate for them and how comfortable your child is with sharing information. There are times where it can be beneficial for the child to have parents/carers involvement. As a child progresses into adolescence they may have reservations about parent/carer involvement. Thought-Full Counselling does not wish for this to become a barrier for young people to seek help and ask that parents/carers also respect their child's right to confidentiality. Their counsellor will be guided by the child/adolescent and how much information they are comfortable sharing. This is to ensure that they are able to access a safe and supportive counselling environment.
Crisis Support
Children and Adolescents
Getting in touch
Thought-Full Counselling does not provide immediate crisis support. If you or someone you know needs immediate support please utilise the following services:
Emergency: 000
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800
Suicide callback service: 1300 659 467
Other services of interest:
Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
Mental Health Access Line (NSW):
1800 011 511
13 Yarn (Indigenous Crisis Line): 13 92 76
Parent Line (NSW): 1300 1300 52
ADIS (Alcohol and Other Drugs Information Service): 1800 250 015
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
Gambling Hotline: 1800 858 858
1800 RESPECT (DFV) Hotline: 1800 737 732
National Debt Hotline: 1800 007 007
Getting in touch
Reasons you might seek help
Getting in touch
The preferred method of contact is email mali@thought-fullcounselling.com . If phoning Thought-Full Counselling hopes that you understand that a session may be in progress. If this is the case please leave a short voicemail or send an email so Thought-Full Counselling can contact you when they are available.
You will be required to complete an Intake Form and a Practice and Protocols Written Consent Form prior to your first session. This will be sent to you and can be completed digitally. Under 18 will need parent/carers consent also.
When you reach out if you do have an idea of a few times that you may be available for your first session please include this in your email inquiry as it can assist in streamlining the process.
Reasons you might seek help
Reasons you might seek help
Reasons you might seek help
There are many reasons that you might choose to seek counselling support, including:
- anxiety, stress or worry
- burn-out or being overwhelmed
- shame, guilt or fear of rejection
- feeling lost or lack of belonging
- sadness
- family and relationship challenges
- cultural identity challenges
- impacts of adoption, foster care or family separation
- peer/friendship challenges
- experiencing grief or loss
- past or present trauma
- anger, frustration
- difficulty managing thoughts and behaviours
- sleep challenges
- confidence building and motivation
- thoughts of suicide, self-harm
- self-esteem
Therapeutic strategies
Reasons you might seek help
Reasons you might seek help
Your counsellor will work with you to develop the strategies that may work best for you. It is important that this is a collaborative process to ensure that you can engage in a sense of empowerment. What goes into your toolbox needs to be unique to you. Some of the strategies you may experience include:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Cue-Centered Therapy(coming soon)
- goal setting
- breathing techniques
- mindfulness techniques
- talking
- journaling
- psychoeducation
- art, music and writing techniques
- self-expression
- self-care