Online Child Counselling - Safe, secure, convenient...

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To ensure you & your family can get the support you need, during the COVID-19 outbreak, we are now offering all of our counselling services online.

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Online counselling is particularly useful too if during these times of required self-isolation. It can also be valuable when we are:

experiencing illness
a parent of young children
living in remote location or a rural community
your schedule is very tight
you want help, but feel highly uncomfortable in new environments
you live overseas or are traveling
you are a time compromised teenager

What is Online Child Counselling?

Online Child Counselling at The Grove is provided either by phone or via a secure online video platform. Essentially Online Counselling is talk therapy using an online medium. It is very safe, secure and convenient.

Initially we recommend meeting over the phone or via online video consult for a FREE 30min Consult with one of our therapists. This is a time that we learn about your most significant struggles and together determine whether Online Counselling is appropriate for you. If together we decide to proceed, you and your therapist schedule time to meet via the online video platform.

Just as if you were meeting face-to-face, your first session will be an intake session and will run for 90 minutes, and your subsequent appointments will be standard sessions and will run for 60 minutes.

At The Grove, we take your wellbeing very seriously. As we would in a face-to-face counselling, we will ask that you provide details of:

your GP or any medical practitioners / specialists that you are consulting
a person you could reach out to, if you needed to be with someone

Generally we do not recommend Online Child Counselling for those that are:

quite unstable or psychologically unwell or at risk to themselves or others

Does Online Child Counselling really work?

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Whilst Online Child Counselling does not afford us the same opportunity to perhaps engage in Art Therapy, it is an incredibly effective medium for talk therapy. For those clients that have experienced trauma in their lives, Online Counselling, can help them feel very safe and empowered in the work, as they have complete control over their environment. In the case of Wholebody Focusing Oriented Therapy, clients and therapists alike, comment on how powerfully they experience the therapy, when the the attention is so actively brought to one another through the screen medium. Couples often are really grateful for the experience to work online.

What do I need to do Online Child Counselling?

Counselling for children is very personal work. Before each session we recommend that you take time to prepare yourself and your space accordingly. Shut the doors, turn off the phone, get yourself a glass of water, and maybe even light a candle, that you then blow out once the session is complete. To make the most of the session, be ready to commence 5 minutes before your appointed time.

Whilst the online medium is very convenient and easy to access, it is important that you ensure you are in a space that is:

private
distraction or disturbance free
comfortable - don’t forget the water & tissues

You will need:

a computer with a camera
earbuds or headset with a microphone (not essential, but recommended)
strong internet access

At the time of your session:

locate your session link in your appointment confirmation email
click on the link & the session will commence

How do I pay?

At the end of each session we ask that you provide your credit card details and payment is made using our secure payment terminal. Just as for face-to-face clients, a receipt and follow up session details are then emailed to you.

I live in a different time zone, what do I do?

All Online Counselling sessions are conducted from our practice in Melbourne Australia (Australian Eastern Standard Time). If you are located in a different time zone, we ask that you consult http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html to determine your relevant time zone. Please note all appointment and reminder information will refer to the Melbourne, Australian time time and date of your appointment.

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Delivering Expert Child Counselling Online

The Grove Counselling and Therapy Practice is proud to employ a truly seasoned specialists in the area of child counselling, Megan Rees. Megan specialises in therapy for children, dedicating herself to the foundational philosophy of child-centred play therapy. Sarah is a qualified counsellor, meditation teacher and group facilitator, delivering therapy for adults, young adults and children.

At The Grove, we have long been celebrated specialists in online counselling for children up to 10 years of age in Melbourne, and are delighted to now be able to offer the same expert support online, to children anywhere in Australia, or indeed worldwide.

Whatever issues or behaviours your child is experiencing, be it grief, death, family separation, illness, bullying, school difficulties, learning, physical or mental disabilities, anxiety or abuse, we can provide expert support via online video sessions.

As with in-person sessions, online child counselling sessions take place on a 1-to-1 basis between child and therapist. However, regular calls can be scheduled between parent and child to ensure parent remains informed of their child’s progression.

The Benefits of Online Child Counselling

The team at The Grove are well-established specialists in the provision of online video counselling sessions for children. During this period, we have observed rising demand from parents to offer our expert 1-to-1 counselling for children online. In doing so, we can offer our clients the following benefits:

Accessible to all

Children living in rural or remote areas may struggle to attend a counselling practice in-person – travelling from afar may also increase the cost of the child attending therapy, ruling it out as an option. By delivering our child counselling sessions online, we can help and support children anywhere in Australia, or even abroad.

Our online video sessions are particularly beneficial for children suffering from illness or mobility issues, for whom having to travel to a physical practice can prove especially distressing or difficult.

A comfortable environment

Therapy can prove overwhelming for some children, so the ability to speak to a therapist from the comfort of their own home can help to reduce or eliminate any daunting feelings. The home can feel like a safe space where they feel more comfortable opening up.

The screen can help children feel one-step removed from the experience, which can enable them to feel a sense of anonymity or invisibility. This can provide them with the confidence to truly explore their feelings and experiences.

Flexibility

Trying to navigate the schedules of both parents and child can prove extraordinarily difficult. The flexible delivery of our online video sessions enables parents to better be able to accommodate a counselling session for their child that fits around school, homework, work, recreational activities and all the other various responsibilities parent and child have in and outside the home.

Book a Free Online Child Therapy Session Online

You can book a free 30-minute online child counselling session with a member of our team. This will help you and your child to get first-hand experience of what childrens online counselling is like, speak with our therapists and decide whether The Grove online child counselling sessions are the right fit for your needs.

Your first free session can be easily booked online via our website. Our team are ready and waiting to provide your child and your family the support you need.
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