School Notices
Student and Family Counsellor
The Student and Family Counsellor works with students, families, and school staff to build safety, recovery, relationships, and resilience for a child / young person’s social, emotional, and educational wellbeing. To do this, the Student and Family Counsellor can provide support though:
- Individual one-on-one counselling with children at school
- Family counselling
- Supporting families with referrals to external supports where required
- Facilitating therapeutic/psychoeducational groups for student cohorts
- Facilitating psychoeducational groups for parents/carers
- Providing professional development for school staff
Student and Family Counsellors are often the first port of call for students and families that are struggling, some of the areas where the Student and Family Counsellor can help are:
- Anxiety
- Social skills
- Emotions
- Healthy relationships
- Divorce/Separation
- Behavioural issues
- Worry
- Coping skills
As it is so close to the end of the school year, our Student and Family Counsellor, Natalie, is not taking on new referrals but is happy to speak with any student or family member who would like further information about any of the above.
You can contact Natalie by calling the schools mainline on Wednesday’s or Thursday’s or you can email her anytime at: natalie.cowled@mccg.org.au
Any student can self-refer to the counsellor, but if they are under 14, parental consent will be required before the counsellor will be able to speak to them in a therapeutic capacity. If you are a parent that would like to access support for your child a link to make a referral will go out in our school newsletter in first term 2025.
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