Blue Leaf Therapy

Family therapy can help family members improve communication and resolve conflict by enabling members to share and examine difficult thoughts and emotions safely and together. 

 
Family therapy is ideal for all family groups who need support in understanding each other’s experiences and views, and how the health of the relationships between family members informs the overall functioning of the family.

Dyadic therapy can support parents or caregivers and child/ren or adolescents to develop healthy patterns of relating and communicating with one another so all feel safe and connected. 

This therapy is ideal for families where trauma has had a significant impact, such as out-of-home care, loss of a parent or other significant figure. Caregivers are guided in how to help their child respond to the needs of their child.

Couples therapy helps partners improve communication, resolve conflicts, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional bonds by providing tools to understand each other better, navigate challenges, and foster healthier interaction patterns for a more satisfying relationship, even helping manage separation constructively if needed. 

Utilising principle from emotion focused therapy (EFT) & the Gottman method, couples are guided towards breaking negative cycles, increased empathy, and new perspectives leading to greater appreciation, respect, and intimacy.

Individual therapy for children, adolescents or adults, can be provided directly, or in conjunction with other therapies, such as dyadic or family therapy.  
 

Individual therapy utilises several Focused Psychological Strategies (FPS) such as cognitive-behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy, relaxation strategies, psycho-education, and skills training.
 

People who have NDIS funding available from self-managed plans, and can deliver social and emotional skill development and capacity building to facilitate functional improvement for individuals.

Theraplay® is a dyadic child and family therapy that has been recognised as an extremely effective psychotherapy for children.

Theraplay® focuses upon supporting healthy child development and particularly their relationships with their caregiver. Theraplay® informed therapy is ideal for children with developmental delays or those impacted by trauma.

Services for Clients:

Tuning in to Kids® (TIK) is a 6-8 week parenting program that focuses on the emotional connection between parents or caregivers and their children. This evidence-based program has had proven success in improving parenting, parent-child relationships and children’s emotional competence and behaviour.

Blue Leaf Therapy offers the TIK program several times per year.  By negotiation, additional programs can be arranged for parents or professionals within a community (such as schools) or organisational settings.

Services for Professionals:

Bespoke professional development, reflective practice and professional supervision sessions that focus on trauma informed interventions are available for professionals, both individually or in groups. Ideal for professionals working with children in out-of-home care or families with protective concerns.

Carer Sessions:

Carers of children with complex needs, such as those in out-of-home care, may need focused and/or debriefing sessions.  These sessions provide trauma-informed therapeutic support and education, and are ideal for carers or parents of children that have experienced abuse or neglect.
 

Case Consultation:

Therapeutic consultation is available to support case managers or plan managers to develop trauma-informed interventions that address the therapeutic needs of children and families with complex needs.