If you are looking for effective children and youth counselling in Melbourne, you’re in the right place. Better Place Australia provides professional help for children and teenagers up to the age of 18 in various locations in and near Melbourne.
Locations include:
- Broadmeadows
- Bunyip
- Cheltenham
- Croydon
- Koo Wee Rup
- Melton
- Narre Warren
- Oakleigh
- Pakenham (Springs Centre)
- Wyndham Vale.
Better Place Australia child and youth counsellors will use the right technique to help the child with managing emotions and dealing with issues appropriately.
The issue might be:
- separating or separated parents
- going to a new school
- working through family conflict
- overcoming peer pressure
- managing loss and grief
- going through puberty
- or another issue.
Professional counselling at Better Place Australia can provide a positive way forward.
Better Place Australia provides a safe space for children and youth counselling in Melbourne
If you have a referral and Mental Health Plan for the child from a General Practitioner (GP), you can access low-cost children and youth counselling in Melbourne at any one of the Better Place Australia locations.
As you will know, every child is different. Our qualified child counsellors assess the young person’s needs to determine the most age-appropriate technique. There are various techniques that can be employed, including conversation, play, storytelling, drama or drawing.
With the right technique, the child will learn:
- to express feelings
- about strong emotions, such as blame, guilt and anger
- to manage emotions
- about appropriate self-expression and relating in a positive way to others
- how family and friend relationships operate and how they can change
- age-appropriate coping skills
- to improve resilience and stabilise emotions.
We encourage seeing a counsellor sooner rather than later. The last thing you want is for the issues to escalate.
Better Place Australia helps you each step of the way
The first place to start for children and youth counselling in Melbourne is to obtain a referral and Mental Health Plan from your GP. Ask to see a child counsellor at your nearest Better Place Australia location.
If there are issues because parents are separated or separating, there is helpful information you can read on the Better Place Australia ‘Supporting Children Through Separation’ fact sheet.
We encourage making the young person’s wellbeing a priority.
Call Better Place Australia office hours on 1800 639 523, via email or live online chat.
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Please make an enquiry if you would like to book an appointment for one of our services. Alternatively, you can live chat with us during business hours.