Counselling and Psychotherapy for Children,Young People and Adults
Welcome!
We are so glad you’re here.
Your unique life experience will be met with curiosity and heart.
Most of us are doing our best.
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Sometimes life throws us curveballs.
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Life challenges can often leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and those we love.
Therapy supports us to discover more about our authentic selves and make sense of our experience.
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Therapy can give children and young people tools for wellness and support their development and potential.
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At Pella we believe every life has value and that our
uniqueness is our superpower.
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Pella is on a Mission:
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To empower and support the next generation.
To welcome individuals and communities home to themselves and increase connection.
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To reduce the number of deaths by suicide.
Amanda is a Clinical Counsellor and Gestalt Psychotherapist who practices with a trauma informed relational approach.
Enabling individuals to feel safe, seen and heard during therapy underpins her practice. Amanda offers heartfelt therapy and aims to create a sense of warmth, curiosity and acceptance to everyone she works with.
Amanda is passionate about supporting the next generation and offers meaningful, playful and creative therapeutic resources when working with younger clients. Parents, carers and families are invited to be involved in their child's therapeutic process to enhance support for the child or young person.
Amanda sits on the PACFA special interest group for children and young people and is part of the Roses in the Ocean Lived Experience Taskforce.
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Amanda is open minded, non judgmental and takes an anti oppressive stance towards others.
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Working with Children and Young People
Program Design and Facilitation
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Amanda designs and delivers group programs for schools in urban, rural and remote communities and is continuously developing and refining content for school environments.
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Amanda has delivered individual therapy, crisis support, psycho education and well-being sessions within primary and high schools.
Collaborating with school staff to tailor program content to suit individual needs within regions supports students to thrive. Increasing children's emotional literacy and self agency through early intervention and prevention programs fuels children and young people to have an increased sense of self.
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What our clients say
"Amanda has been really great. I've been able to work through a lot with her, more than I have with anyone else" - K.R.
"Parent feedback was very positive and
indicated that they noticed a change in the level of confidence and resilience demonstrated by their children after completing this program"
- Guidance Counsellor
"My daughter really connected with Amanda and made a massive improvement"
- J.C.
"The children gained so much confidence and came away with real tools to manage thier anxiety"
- School Principal
"Amanda has an engaging manner when working
with children and was able to tailor a program
which targeted our individual student needs.
Our students loved working with Amanda and
responded well to the program"
- L.B.
"Amanda has played a huge part in helping me heal, I can't thank her enough"
- L.G.
With Respect
We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the land and waters where we live, learn and play. We pay our respect to Elders past , present and emerging.
Inclusion and Diversity
Pella welcomes people of any gender identity or expression. All people, no matter your ethnicity, size, nationality, neurotype, sexual orientation, ability level, religion, age, family structure or identity are welcome here. We support diversity and inclusion.
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