Talk Therapy Options
Kiddos
I work with kids from 6yrs and up.
Why kids can come:
- Anger, (ie emotional regulation)
- Anxiety,
- Fears and phobias,
- Trauma
- Behavioural Challenges
- Schooling/emotional schooling can't yet
- Sibling challenges, and
- Friendships, bullying, not making friends
- EQ, Emotional Regulation
Child sessions are playful and fun. We talk, play, and engage in art and games, plus movement, to assist in expression and safety.
Kid's sessions can be 30mins or 1hr session.
Teens
Teens seek support with:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Gender and Sexuality
- Schooling/school can't yet/exam stress
- Friendships
- Family dynamics
- Fears and phobias
- Struggling with life transitions: ie primary to high school, high school to university/work
- Relationships
- Trauma(s)
- Grief
As with all sessions, privacy, and confidentiality are upheld for kids, teens, and adults.
Adults
Adult sessions cover a range of topics, issues, and support. Such as;
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship Issues; partner or with children
- Childhood trauma / Reparenting
- Sexuality and Gender
- Affairs (either to discuss you are having an affair before telling your partner or for the hurt partner to talk about their hurt and grief)
- Lacking purpose and enjoyment of life
- Co-parenting or separation struggles
-Trying to decide if you stay or leave a relationship
- A survivor of narcissistic abuse (either as an adult or child)
- Discovering who you truly are at your core
- Experiencing and dealing with grief and loss (be it loss of identity, people, pregnancies, sense of self)
- and so much more
Creating a connected We
Couples work is for you if you are:
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a new couple,
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a long-term couple,
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stepping out of the honeymoon period,
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navigating the challenges of moving in together
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welcoming a baby, or
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in the throws of the ups and downs of your relationships,
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discovered an affair,
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feeling resentful of your partner,
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fighting about parenting,
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on the brink of divorce,
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divorced and co-parenting.
Basically, anyone in a relationship :)
Jessie's aim is to help you feel heard, understood, and learn new ways of relating that build love, respect, kindness, and connection.
Purpose
Couples work is a pathway to learning more about yourself, the people you are in a relationship with, and options for creating a thriving relationship.
It is vital in relationships that everybody's inner world is understood, respected, loved, and cared about. The most important Love Language is Being Truly Seen, beyond human constructs. Jessie helps with holding space to build understanding, skills, and strategies for expressing yourself to be fully seen and also giving your chosen person the love of being fully seen.
Jessie grew up in a house with maternal narcissistic abuse which amplified her gift of being an empath. Her radar for narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, and control is highly attuned. The antidote is taught in sessions, ie deepening consciousness around these coping behaviours, setting healthy boundaries, and engaging in respectful communication.
When to invest in Couples Work...
Couples work is as unique as your relationship and support can be;
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Anytime
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Pre-Marriage Counselling
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Dealing and healing after infidelity and affairs {emotional and sexual},
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Work from resentment to love...this can be making a loving choice to consciously uncouple, or reconnecting for a stronger healthier relationship,
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Create bonds and loving connections in blended families,
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Step away from bad communication cycles to communication skills that help everyone feel respected, heard, appreciated, and loved,
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plus all the amazing facets of human relationships: addictions, abuse, grief, resolving arguments, clash in parenting and intimacy levels, needs, and consent.
Relationships are healthiest when;
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Each individual is working on learning and healing their own stuff.
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Each individual is looking through eyes of interest and intrigue at the person they are in a relationship with.
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And when the relationship is based upon mutual respect, clear conscious communication, and understanding.
Relationships are at their unhealthiest, usually, when one person is driving and determining everything about the other person and what terms the relationship functions under. When blame, resentment, distance, and rigidity are plentiful. To move to a healthier place, book in now.
Creating a connected We
Sessions are for you:
If you wish to attend with someone else; a partner, co-parent, parent, sibling, or child(ren).
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wanting to heal from dysfunctional family dynamics
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navigating co-parenting
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wanting to learn more about how to respectfully parent as a team
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needing guidance on telling kids about changes in life: divorce, family illness
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desiring support with grief, schooling, friendships
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parenting support with challenging behaviours, and/or anxiety, and/or depression
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reuniting after family separation,
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healing from abuse, codependency, addictions, DV.
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court requirements
Purpose
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Families seek a pathway to learning more about themselves as individuals and a loving unit,
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To learn more about child development,
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To learn more about how to support and teach kids skills where they are lagging (ie expressions of emotions, overwhelms, not listening, swearing, fighting, etc).
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Gain information about anxiety, depression, ADHD, Autism, etc.
The rates of childhood anxiety and depression are now at about 1 in 3, up from 1 in 5 only a few years ago. I'm always privileged to help children and their big people learn about anxiety and depression.
Personal note
I am lucky to be a mum to a beautiful superpower autistic PDA ADHD soul and a glorious anxious autistic soul, they've afforded me the opportunity to learn about the need to work collaboratively with individual needs, sensory processing, our internal worlds, and being understanding and respectful to each person's experience. Holding and remembering everybody's magnificence at all times.
This is vital in families; that everybody's inner world is understood, respected, loved, and cared about.
In addition to the above
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Jessie helps parents share the news of separation. This can be just the parents working out and finding the wording that best cares for the children, or with the children in a session,
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Sessions can be for young families as well as older families. In younger families particularly with children under 5yrs old, parents usually attend by themselves. For families with children 5 to 10yrs old, it is best to discuss with Jessie the aims and goals and then together decide if the children should attend or not. Older families with children 10+ usually come all together. Children's voices and needs are always heard and respected.
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Create bonds and loving connections in blended families,
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Navigation around co-parenting dynamics: respecting and understanding boundaries in the new dynamics of single parenting, introducing new partners, and methods and forms of healthy communicating plus so much more.