Reparative Parenting Therapy
Evolving Minds Counselling and Psychology | Menai and Sutherland Shire
Based in Menai in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, Evolving Minds Counselling and Psychology provides evidence-based, trauma-informed and neuro-affirming reparative parenting therapy for parents and carers seeking to strengthen connection, emotional safety and trust within their family. We offer in-person sessions at our Menai psychology clinic, supporting families from Bangor, Illawong, Engadine and surrounding suburbs, as well as online counselling across Sydney and Australia.
Reparative parenting is a relationship-based approach designed to support children who have experienced developmental trauma, disrupted attachment or early experiences of stress. These experiences can influence how a child expresses emotions, responds to routine, forms relationships and manages sensory and behavioural overwhelm. Parents and carers often describe feeling unsure how to help, or worried about ongoing emotional or behavioural challenges at home. This approach is often recommended for families seeking reparative parenting therapy in Menai or looking for developmental trauma support for parents.
Our psychologists and counsellors work alongside families to rebuild connection through practical, attuned and emotionally safe strategies. We help parents and carers understand what sits beneath a child’s behaviour, whether emotional reactivity, shutdown, mistrust, anxiety, or difficulty with co-regulation, and support them to respond with confidence, clarity and warmth.
Reparative parenting therapy may involve co-regulation techniques, attuned communication, reflective listening, emotional naming, predictable routines and relational repair after moments of stress or disconnection. Our team also uses creative, play-based and narrative approaches to support emotional expression for children who find talking challenging.
Our psychologists and counsellors provide developmental trauma support for parents through a combination of evidence-based and relational therapies, including:
• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
• Play Therapy principles, including Theraplay
• Mindfulness-Based strategies
• Child-centred Emotion Coaching
• Attachment-focused interventions
In addition to clinical training, our team brings extensive experience working within child protection, out-of-home care, and family restoration settings. This background deepens our understanding of the relational, systemic and developmental factors that affect children with trauma histories and the families who care for them.
Children who benefit from reparative parenting support may also experience coexisting presentations such as anxiety, separation anxiety, school refusal, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), trauma, perfectionism, or difficulties with emotional regulation. Our integrated approach ensures these overlapping experiences are understood with compassion and context.
At Evolving Minds Counselling and Psychology, we value the relationships parents and carers have with their children. We work collaboratively to restore connection, strengthen emotional safety and support families to navigate challenges with confidence.
If you would like to learn more about reparative parenting and how we support families in the Sutherland Shire, or if you’d like to book an appointment, please call 02 8519 4197 or click the button below.