Wellbeing Practitioner

Wellbeing Practitioner

Connected Self’s Wellbeing Practitioner program delivers targeted social and emotional support for young people within the school setting, empowering them to thrive both academically and personally.

The Wellbeing Practitioner model creates dedicated, full-day weekly opportunities for young people to connect with peers through group activities and meaningful interactions. Through these sessions, the practitioner supports the development of essential skills that help young people better understand their bodies, regulate emotions, and navigate social environments with confidence.

Relationship-Focused

At the heart of the Wellbeing Practitioner program lies the power of strong, supportive relationships.

By intentionally fostering safe and predictable connections through trauma-informed practice, we lay essential groundwork for both academic success and lasting wellbeing.

Strengths-Based

With a core focus on building resilience and fostering personal growth, each Wellbeing Practitioner carefully tailors the program to meet the unique needs of the young people they support.

This individualized approach ensures that each participant is meaningfully engaged, and that personal and developmental goals are not only met but empowered through intentional, strengths-based practice.

Practitioner-Supported

Wellbeing Practitioners are supported through our secondary-consult model with our highly trained psychologists. They also receive ongoing supervision, debriefing opportunities, and on-call guidance to ensure purposeful, effective session delivery.

How to access our Wellbeing Practitioner program

To learn more about Connected Self's Wellbeing Practitioner program, please phone 08 8232 2438 or email info@connectedself.com.au.

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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