Counselling Haven Buderim
Supportive Therapy Services
At Counselling Haven Buderim, we understand that every individual and family has unique needs, which is why we tailor our approach to suit you. We take a client-centred approach, ensuring that each session is personalised to address your specific concerns and goals. Our team is committed to providing compassionate, empathetic care, working closely with you to create a supportive and welcoming space where you feel safe, heard, and understood.
We use evidence-based strategies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and play-based techniques for child therapy, which have been proven to help foster emotional resilience and positive change. Whether you’re seeking support for yourself or your child, our goal is to provide a calm, inviting environment where healing can take place. At Counselling Haven Buderim, we are dedicated to guiding you every step of the way on your journey towards better mental health and well-being.
Counselling & Therapy FAQs
Therapy with Counselling Haven is so much more than just talking through your challenges – counselling supports you to make meaningful changes to your life, identify your unique strengths and talents, help you prepare for life’s uncertainties, and help you reach the goals and live the life you desire.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a proven therapeutic approach to help you: identify and accept your current thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, then commit to positive behaviour change.
Great Question! An experienced and empathetic counsellor will always listen to you, and then adjust the tools and strategies to align with your needs and requests. At Counselling Haven if you would not like to use a suggested approach, we will work with you to find a style of counselling that supports you with your goals.
Are you feeling stuck, unmotivated, overlooked, overwhelmed, angry, sad, unloved, unworthy, or unfulfilled? – Counselling Haven is here to support you to make positive changes in any aspect of your life. Our clients include: parents, children and teens, couples and families, and individuals.
We are here to help you with emotional, social, and mental health support, through grief and loss, with goal setting and habit stacking, and also with relationships and communication. Counselling Haven is here to support you feel more yourself.
Therapy sessions with Counselling Haven are typically 1 hour in length and we offer a minimum of 3 sessions to all clients.
Some clients find that 3 sessions is perfect for them, and then may come back for a ‘tune up’ as required in the future.
Other clients have more tangled or challenging issues to work through, this is where 6 sessions can be helpful for working with you to clearly identify the challenges, learn some tools and strategies, then have support as you make these positive changes in your life.
Our clients are able to continue sessions for as long as it is beneficial, and are encouraged to try becoming independent when they feel comfortable.
We deeply value confidentiality in our sessions – Our clients are seeking a place to share their deepest challenges without judgement and with the confidence that it doesn’t define them beyond the therapy doors. We currently do not offer rebates, so that we can offer this level of confidentiality to you.
Please note that confidentiality in all counselling and therapy sessions has some legal limitations, these will be fully explained before we commence any work together.
Questions about Child Therapy?
Communication skills, emotional regulation, support with thoughts and feelings, and so much more is possible with early intervention therapy. Counselling children encourages them to share their thoughts, feelings, and emotions and learn helpful ways to express these.
Children like adults, experience grief and loss, friendship issues, relationship stress, and pressure from the world around them. Supporting children to manage life’s challenges in helpful ways is the key to supporting their future wellbeing.
Choosing the right counsellor for your child is one of the most important steps to take on this journey. Our counsellors are experts in children and early intervention, they understand developmentally appropriate language and ways to support your child’s engagement.
Our child-centered approach may see us sitting on the floor together, playing with toys or blocks, building and creating – all in an effort to ensure your child feels safe, secure, and connected with their therapist.
Great Question! School is a busy and dynamic space, and your child may be finding some aspects overwhelming, confusing, isolating, or negative.
Therapy sessions with Counselling Haven allow your child space and time to share the challenges they may be experiencing including but not limited to: friendship issues, bullying, learning challenges, academic or sporting pressure, behavioural issues, self-confidence, environmental challenges such as noise or lighting…the list is endless.
Counselling is the first step to help your child to feel heard and supported.
Is your child not themselves lately? Quiet, withdrawn, lashing out? – This may be their body’s signal that they need your help and are ready for a change.
Counselling Haven are experts at helping children to feel more confident, identify their own goals and wishes for life, discover their special talents and strengths, and learn
Child Therapy Sessions with Counselling Haven range from 45mins to an 1 hour in length. We offer 3 or 6 session packages depending on the complexity of your child’s needs for support.
No referrals required – Counselling Haven does not require a referral from your child’s doctor to make an appointment. We want to make it as easy as possible for parents to help their children.
Please reach out today if you would like to begin the journey of supporting your child with early intervention therapy.
Therapy your way... FAQs
FAQs about Teen Counselling?
Health, Wellness, Personal Development, Life Skills, Communication – Counselling teen and tween sessions offer your young person someone to share their thoughts and feelings with, without judgement and with the qualifications and experience to support their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Teen Counselling sessions are confidential in nature, we find that young people are more willing to open up when they can trust this confidentiality. If your tween or teen is a little nervous and would be more comfortable with having you sit in sessions, we can accommodate this.
Absolutely! Charmaine and the team from Counselling Haven are experts in communicating with your support teams. We will take care of all of your invoices, so you have nothing to worry about.
Our clients who access NDIS funding are plan or self managed. They also have funding for Counselling or Psychosocial Recovery Coaching in their plans.
Health, Wellness, Personal Development, Life Skills, Communication – and so much more is available with us at Counselling Haven Sunshine Coast. You decide on your focus, together we determine the best steps, we investigate any limiting factors, and identify your unique strengths and talents! Counselling teens is one of our specialisations.
Teen Counselling Sessions with Counselling Haven are typically 1 hour in length and we offer a minimum of 3 sessions per client.
We find most adolescents benefit from at least 6 sessions to help unpack the issues, develop new tools and strategies, and then have time to integrate their new learnings into positive behaviours.
Have a tween or teen you are worried about? We offer sessions to all clients, either in person on the Sunshine Coast or via secure online sessions. Please reach out today to see our next available appointment.
Have a teen or tween with plan or self-managed your NDIS? We offer sessions to all clients who self or plan manage their NDIS. Our current clients include those living with Autism, Intellectual Impairment, Psycho-Social Disorders, Brain Injuries, and so much more. We invite you to reach out today and see if we are a great fit for you!
Curious about Couples Therapy?
Open up Communication, Build Trust, Feel Heard, Reconnect with One-another – and so much more is possible with Couples Counselling! Together you decide your session focus, determine the best next steps, learn new ways to listen and respond so that your relationship feels strengthened.
Choosing the right Couples Counsellor is one of the most important steps to take on your journey. If you are seeking meaningful and lasting relationship transformation – then your Counsellor will be someone who you can both trust and feel supported by. Counselling Haven offers couples therapy with counsellors you can trust, be open with, and feel can support you to reach your mutual goals.
Great Question! An amazing couples counsellor and life coach will share many common skills e.g. great communication, attentive listening, quality questioning, plus many tools and strategies to support you. A counsellor may take some time to explore possible root causes or influences from your past that may be showing up for you in your current relationship. Whereas a life coaching will remain focused on your present and future – and how to help you to where YOU want to be. We value both approaches at Counselling Haven, and offer both Counselling and Life Coaching services.
Are you feeling stuck, unmotivated, overlooked, overwhelmed, or unfulfilled? Are there times when your emotions and responses are not what you want to think or feel? Counselling Haven is here to help you: identify unhelpful thoughts and feelings, support you to change your behaviours and habits, improve your communication and relationships. We are here to help you believe in yourself, celebrate your strengths, and have the positive relationships you seek.
Couples Counselling Sessions with Counselling Haven are typically 1 hour in length. We offer counselling sessions in packages of 3 or 6. After 3 – 5 sessions our clients have clarity on; what is holding them back, where they want to be, and a deeper sense of who they are – so our clients can feel confident in themselves and their relationships.
Value comes from what we believe is our worth – Do you value the relationship you want to have as a couple? Do you both seek to find a way to communicate more effectively, learn to move forward and not feel stuck by past issues, want to stay together in a healthy and positive relationship? Couples Counselling can support you to live the life you want as a couple, with less stress, less hostility, less miscommunication, and more joy.
NDIS Support - FAQs?
Health, Wellness, Personal Development, Life Skills, Communication – Counselling sessions offer your young person someone to share their thoughts and feelings with, without judgement and with the qualifications and experience to support their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Counselling and Psychosocial Recovery Coach sessions are confidential in nature, we find that people are more willing to open up when they can trust this confidentiality. If you are feeling a little nervous and would be more comfortable with a support person in sessions, we can accommodate this.
Absolutely! Charmaine and the team from Counselling Haven are experts in communicating with your support teams. We will take care of all of your invoices, so you have nothing to worry about.
Our clients who access NDIS funding are plan or self managed. They also have funding for Counselling or Psychosocial Recovery Coaching in their plans.
Plan and Self-managed NDIS participants – are welcome to reach out to Counselling Haven directly or with their plan manager, to ensure that your NDIS plan includes the line item/NDIS category for counselling or psychosocial recovery coaching.
NDIS Counselling Sessions with Counselling Haven are typically 1 hour in length and we offer a minimum of 6 sessions per client.
Do you plan or self-managed your NDIS? We offer sessions to all clients who self or plan manage their NDIS – and who’s NDIS plan includes the necessary codes. Our current clients include those living with Autism, Intellectual Impairment, Psycho-Social Disorders, Brain Injuries, and so much more. We invite you to reach out today and see if we are a great fit for you!
