Family counselling

Raising a child with autism presents a unique set of obstacles that may be especially difficult to overcome for parents, carers, and siblings alike.

Our family counselling program aims to educate and support parents in managing stress, frustration, anxiety, and relationship difficulties that may arise from these challenges.

The goal is to provide families with effective skills and coping mechanisms that lead to stress reduction, better communication, and an increase in health and wellbeing for both caregiver and child.

Our program structure is flexible and tailored specifically to the goals of each family, including both session frequency and the number of sessions. We have different approaches to counselling to suit your specific situation.

Individual counselling

Individual counselling addresses the individual responsibilities, needs, and general wellbeing of the caregiver, touching upon areas such as the additional stresses of caring for a child with autism, coping mechanisms, and time management.

Couples counselling

Couples counselling is centred on the caregivers as a couple and maintaining a healthy relationship through empathy, perspective-taking, and effective communication. In caring for a child with autism, particular emphasis is placed on understanding the stressors and responsibilities of each individual parent and how that may affect the partnership.

Family counselling

Family counselling is focused on the entire family unit – including siblings and all other members of the household – and understanding how the additional needs of caring for a child with autism may affect each family member differently. Sessions will likely examine the roles of each family member and how these individual responsibilities may impact the family dynamic as a whole.

Our family counselling program is available face-to-face at our Bayswater centre or via telehealth.

Counselling sessions consist of 50 minutes with frequency determined by clients and counsellor at $120 per session.