Parents of children with a disability or delay

When a child is diagnosed with disability or delay the effects on families are significant and often complex. 

Parents experience stress, grief, guilt and frustration with the health and education systems. 

I offer specialised counselling and psychotherapy for parents

• Respectful, warm and intelligent counselling individually, as a couple or as an extended family
  
• Knowledge and experience of the specialised interventions used with children with special needs
  
• Understanding of the challenges of managing a child’s behaviour; implementing strategies at home
  
• Competent and sensitive support that bridges gaps for individuals from a wide variety of marginalised  backgrounds 
  
• Demonstrated experience with depression, anxiety, trauma, addictions and grief and loss
  

I understand how the focus regarding your child is often so fully on his or her intervention and treatment to the exclusion of all else. The intense sadness and loss experienced by families is normal, yet sometimes when it is expressed carers feel blamed for being “too stressed” or “depressed” or even for “making things worse”. 
 
If you would like support with any of these issues or for something unrelated to your role as a parent please do not hesitate to contact me.

Free counselling is available

As an external provider for Carers Victoria's National Carer Counselling Program I am able to offer most clients six sessions free of charge - see counselling for carers. 

Additionally, as a registered psychologist, i am also able to offer Medicare rebates for a further 6-10 sessions per year. 

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