P.E.L.L.A
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The name PELLA has fond early childhood memories of a time when I was running about barefoot in Papua New Guinea with my brothers and sister who used to refer to me as Pella. Years later this childhood nickname transfers as an acronym for the Pella Wellness Group and stands for Psychotherapy, Education, Living, Love and Awareness.​
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In the spirit of celebrating the unique human experience of each one of us, P.E.L.L.A was created to provide services in a holistic and integrative approach with the intention of honouring and supporting emotional, cognitive, spiritual and social wellbeing for individuals, groups and communities.
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Psychotherapy
Gestalt psychotherapy overarches the services offered by PELLA. Gestalt Therapy is creative and takes a relational approach to increasing a person's awareness, freedom and self direction. Gestalt Therapy is holistic and is interested in understanding how we make meaning and sense of our experiences.
Education
Early intervention and prevention are core drivers of PELLA. Educating the next generation on emotional literacy enables the expression of our future leaders and helps to build self esteem. Psycho education enables individuals and groups to understand the brains magnificent ability to adjust to life events and provides choice for change.
Living
Living itself requires individuals, families and communities to constantly change and adapt. Adjusting to a change in circumstance can be challenging and is one of the reasons people seek support from therapy.
Love
Love brings us in touch with all emotions. Whether it be through our earliest experience of love and attachment, an experience of love as an adult or the love we have for ourselves, at PELLA we seek to understand the meaning you have made of your experience and support increased self acceptance.
Awareness
At PELLA we believe it is only through awareness of ourselves and each other that we are able to inform ourselves and create the change we seek.
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