Counselling Insight
Counselling support gives people the opportunity to resolve past trauma, improve their capacity to cope with life’s challenges and to feel seen and heard. My clients range from children to adults; they all come with different issues to resolve, but they all wish to improve their emotional well-being and capacity to cope. Working collaboratively with a counsellor and in a safe, non-judgemental space, you can tackle difficult decisions, reduce your stress, face mental health issues and address relationship or friendship challenges.
The first step?
Services
Families
Having worked as a manager and counsellor in family support and as a facilitator of parenting programs, Counselling Insight specialises in providing counselling and practical strategies for parents/carers. As well as counselling younger family members, as appropriate.
Children/Young Adults
I believe to work effectively with young adults and children a flexible approach is required, to create rapport and partnership within each session.
Individuals
One-on-one counselling should allow your story to be heard, in an empathic, non-judgmental environment. A partnership that facilitates greater self-awareness and allows new perspectives to be explored. We don’t learn through experiences, but by reflecting on those experiences.
Sarah Cocksedge
I’ve worked as a Counsellor and Family Services Manager within non-government and private organisations. As a counsellor in private practice, I provide support to individuals, families, children and young adults. When working with clients, I draw upon my clinical experience and as a practitioner of parenting programs, plus experience gained as a Manager of Family Support Services in Sydney.
As a registered member of the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and CAPA NSW, I adhere to their code of ethics and membership requirements, offering a professional, confidential and ethical service to my clients. I’m degree trained (BA Hons) Psychology, with Counselling qualifications from ACAP – one of the most highly regarded, private training institutions in Australia for Counsellors and Psychologists. My on-going professional development covers anxiety management for individuals, fostering resilience in children/teens, HSC support; creative therapy interventions for children/teens; co-parenting; conflict resolution; domestic and family violence support and suicide prevention training.
I’m also a trained practitioner of Macquarie University’s anxiety management program for children and teens (7 yrs +); Melbourne University’s Emotion Coaching program for parents (Tuning in to kids/teens) ; “Healthy relationships and resilience building”; Circle of Security attachment parenting and NSW Govt’s Triple PPP positive parenting program.
The benefits of Counselling…
Counselling
For counselling to be successful, the approach should be tailored to each person. I offer a range of psychological supports including narrative therapy, CBT programs, psycho-education and creative therapy for children, allowing rapport and a sense of partnership to develop from the 1st session.
For children or teenagers, there is the opportunity to talk about the challenges they face with an impartial third party, able to offer a fresh perspective and guidance. Some children have never experienced therapy or counselling before; it’s critical that a range of interventions are available to suit their temperament – ensuring they don’t feel they are “the problem”.
Resources
Please find here some additional resources, which may be of use
Looking at problems
A different way to look at challenges.."What's the name you would give your difficulties?' "What effect does it have on your relationships with others?" "Does the difficulty (e.g. anxiety/depression/anger) ever have you say or do things, that you might not otherwise...
You are not the problem!
In narrative therapy and also when I work with children/teens, I actively externalise the problem. This involves turning an adjective "I am a depressed Mother" "My child is anxious"..into a noun. "I am experiencing depression"' "I am experiencing anxiety". It...
How to mentalise as a parent
Mentalising is the capacity to interpret your child's behaviour interms of intentional mental states e.g.. child's needs, desires, feelings; beliefs; goals and reasons. BUT if we as a parent, when we were growing up, were not surrounded by others who thought about you...