Phone: 02 8519 4197
Counselling for Children and Adolescents
at Evolving Minds
Therapy can help identify and address mental health issues early, preventing them from becoming more severe or entrenched. Early intervention is crucial in preventing long-term problems. By learning to regulate emotions, children and young people can handle challenging situations more adaptively and with greater control.
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Working with children and adolescents requires a specialised approach. Evolving Minds clinicians are specifically trained in this area and use a range of evidence-based techniques, including talking therapy, play therapy, art therapy, and imaginative role-play.
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​These approaches are designed to be both therapeutic and engaging, ensuring that children and young people feel understood, valued, and supported in their journey towards emotional well-being.
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In addition to its many benefits, counselling offers the opportunity for children and adolescents to develop coping skills, manage emotions, solve problems, and improve social interactions. All skills that are vital for facing life's obstacles with confidence.
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You can call one of the Evolving Minds team on 02 8519 4197, email us at info@evolvingminds.com.au, or schedule an appointment with one of our highly skilled clinicians by clicking on the button below.
How We Can Help
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Social Anxiety
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Social Skills
Counselling Therapies
Our experienced clinicians utilise a range of therapeutic approaches, including:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
ACT encourages you to accept your thoughts and feelings instead of resisting them.
By integrating mindfulness techniques with behavioural changes, it helps build psychological flexibility and resilience.​​​
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Cognitive Behaviour
Therapy​
CBT helps challenge and change inaccurate beliefs, recognise and address negative thinking, and understand the impact of worries.
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It teaches strategies to manage worries, reframe unhelpful thoughts, and improve communication.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
DBT is a therapy that empowers clients to better manage intense emotions that often lead to disruptive behaviours.
It helps you cope with stress, regulate your emotions, and create positive changes in your life.​​
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EMDR
(Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
Through eye movements, therapists activate the brain's natural healing mechanisms to create more healthier associations to memories. This reduces the emotional impact of those memories and reduces feelings of fear, shame, or helplessness, facilitating healing.
Parenting
Skills
Parenting skills training provides practical strategies for improving communication and emotional regulation.
By working together, we can build confidence, strengthen relationships, and support lasting progress for both you and your child.
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Our clinicians are also facilitators of Tuning into Kids, Peaceful Kids and Bringing Up Great Kids
Play
Therapy
Play therapy is a therapeutic approach that helps children and adolescents express their emotions, process difficult experiences, and develop coping skills in a safe and supportive environment.
By engaging in play, children and adolescents can gain insights into their behaviour, build resilience, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.
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Social
Skills
This is a structured therapy that helps children and adolescents develop interpersonal skills so they can navigate social situations with confidence.
It combines teaching practical skills such the ability to communicate effectively, problem solve, manage difficult emotions and manage challenging behaviours.
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Trauma Focused CBT
TF-CBT helps identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts that arise from traumatic experiences.
It guides in developing coping skills to manage distressing emotions while alleviating trauma-related symptoms, such as anxiety and intrusive thoughts.
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