Wellbeing Services

Connected Self offers a wide variety of therapeutic modalities to support you in achieving your wellbeing goals.

Our experienced psychologists can support you with a range of challenges and work to improve your wellbeing.

Connected Self are committed to working with young people and adults to support their therapeutic needs.

We offer individual and family psychotherapy and counselling as another modality to respond to the mental health and wellbeing needs of young people, and adults. Our psychotherapists and counsellors bring significant experience and qualifications to their roles in a range of contexts.

At Connected Self, our occupational therapists support children, young people and adults who are experiencing challenges in their relationships, attending and participating in school, getting around, daily routines and doing things that matter to them and their family.

We support our clients to participate in activities that they want, need or are expected to do in order to live a healthy and meaningful life.

Connected Self’s Therapeutic Mentoring Program provides an alternate medium for young people to engage in therapeutic support.

With a fundamental practice focus on resilience, wellbeing and personal growth, each program is tailored to best suit the young person and their goals.

Our Speech Pathology services are dedicated to supporting children and young people in their communication and language development. Our compassionate Speech Pathologist works closely with clients to enhance their communication skills, whether they are late talkers or facing challenges with social interaction and language use.

We provide evidence-based, client-centered care, ensuring each individual's needs are met with warmth and understanding in a nurturing, and engaging environment.

Expressive therapies offer participants alternate methods of exploring, understanding and communicating their inner worlds, when words are not enough. Our expressive therapists work collaboratively with clients to create sessions tailored to their unique needs.

Our outdoor therapeutic services offer evidence-based, flexible, and engaging modalities that support wellbeing, build therapeutic rapport, and create client-centred healing environments.

Polyvagal Practices

Polyvagal practices aim to enhance physiological regulation, restore a sense of safety, and promote engagement through autonomic nervous system regulation.

This enhances social and emotional learning, including recognising and regulating emotions (from a physiological lens) and developing empathy for others.

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PACE

Developed as part of attachment-focused family therapy, PACE is a trauma-informed approach aiming to create safe, trusting, emotionally connected relationships with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma or attachment difficulties. PACE stands for:

Playfulness

  • Approaching with an open, ready, calm, relaxed and engaged attitude.
  • Not taking yourself/situations too seriously.
  • Diffusing difficult/tense situations.

Acceptance

  • Unconditionally accepting the current state/mood/behaviour.
  • Accepting that there are things unseen that lie below behaviour.
  • Acceptance supports feeling secure, safe and loved

Curiosity

  • Understanding the child gently and without judgement.
  • Supporting child to bring awareness to their inner life.
  • Wondering statements.

Empathy

  • A sense of compassion and understanding for young person’s feelings and thoughts.

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