Marriage Couples, Family, general & trauma counselling, Perth, WA

Family, general & trauma counselling is offered for Individuals, Couples, Siblings, Parent-Child including adults 82 and 63 years old respectively! People may participate either jointly or  individually in Marriage Couples, Family, general & trauma counselling, Perth, WA which may include:

  • Counselling face to face, and via telephone counselling
  • Trauma Emotional First-aid / Debriefing
  • Information & Support for family/friends

or Support Groups: click for more information

FIFO family relationship improvement skills  & resources

FIFO families have unique needs which the counselling profession is only starting to collate research on. SUPPORT GROUPS   are a wonderful addition to your coping resources. More information is available on industry websites  and online services  but Imago coaching gives you the skills to communicate your feelings and opinions and needs in a way that can be heard, understood, respected in a way that is more likely to be  responded to by other family members.

Other FIFO difficulties with anxiety, depression or alcohol can be overcome with our personal, private and practical  individual counselling.

COUNSELLOR ROLE

The Counsellor’s role in providing Family, general & trauma counselling is to:

  • Create a safe environment in which participants can start to explore emotions and begin to look at options
  • Empower the person to manage their recovery with information, and a means to express what is happening for them.
  • Flexibly facilitate the participants’ movement through the process.
  • Monitor and evaluate individual’s threshold levels.

Costs are negotiable but no more than you would have to pay even with Medicare rebates or Health lnsurance. Note: Couple & family therapy is not eligible for Medicare or many health fund rebates.

Contact us and we will discuss with you how we can help with your Family, general & trauma counselling needs!

Theoretical approaches include: Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Logotherapy, Existential and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) along with the other methods listed in “About Us” and see IMAGO Relationship counselling.

Many clients say how helpful it is to have a counsellor whose knowledge and understanding about trauma recovery comes from over 30 years of her own experiences. We share information in a relatable way that assists others to find ways to express what is happening to them & explore ways to manage. Please view information about book and workbook. For more information about Traumatic Stress click here.

Francess has provided Family, general & trauma counselling since 1996, but began working in the area 30 years ago beginning training and working with the Institute of Human Development (WA). Since that time she has completed a BA Psychology (1st Class Honours), 2009, Behavioural Studies, Health Education, 1989; researched and written a plain English book about Traumatic Stress in the mid-90’s; and in 2004, a self-help workbook [ self-help books]. Currently studying a Masters in Clinical Psychology, Francess can offer you a wide range of counselling approaches and techniques. For more information about Francess click on “About Us“.

Groups of ‘helping’ professionals and other people working in services such as catering and community street patrols have benefited from debriefings which were based upon psychological first-aid. My style is based upon my experience in using various group therapy or educative approaches. Most importantly, the group members or I have assisted in providing answers and meanings to perplexing reactions to critical incident events.

Even though much of the community is now aware of traumatic stress [PTSD]; the experience of not acting like one’s-usual-self is distressing. A benefit from having others normalise the reactions under the circumstances in a way that validates the person is important. Additionally, the benefits of discussing what that particular person does to cope, rather than being told what they should do has been highlighted by survivors of various traumas.

Everyone recovers in an individual way and at their own pace, although many of my longer-term therapy group participants reported how useful it was to hear others and learn new recovery strategies to the ways they would normally rely on. More information about anonymously provided group members’ feedback is available in the paper published in the HR Monthly Journal. October, 2000. Subsequent extensive research worldwide has shown that the severe type of stress experienced after trauma often needs a little more help than what we usually do to cope with the general stressors of life.

Imagine having your FAMILY understand what is happening to you currently! Click here for how.

REFERRAL

When Referring people for Family, general & trauma counselling, we recommend that you introduce the idea as:

“When you need to lift something very heavy, you ask somebody to help, don’t you?” (Get them to answer -yes) “Well then it makes sense to get additional support from people who have been through the process and now specialise in assisting people in a professional way, to clear the emotional load that has just landed on your plate and gets in the way of you doing your usual day to day things.”