Family therapy is a supportive process designed to help families navigate challenges, strengthen connections, and manage conflict in healthier ways. I specialise in working with high-conflict relationships and individual struggles, offering counselling and psychotherapy that includes reunification strategies and co-parenting coaching for families facing separation or divorce. Drawing on expertise in mediation and dispute resolution, I provide tailored approaches that foster understanding, promote lasting growth, and give you practical tools to thrive well beyond the therapy room.
Why Try Family Therapy?
Families don’t come with a manual — and when conflict, separation, or big life changes happen, even the strongest bonds can feel strained. Family therapy gives you a safe space to step back from the tension and look at what’s really going on beneath the surface.
Learn to listen with empathy
Family therapy isn’t about fixing people. It’s about strengthening the connections that hold them together.
Reunification Therapy
What is Reunification Therapy
Reunification therapy is a specialised form of counselling designed to mend strained or broken relationships, particularly between children and their parents. It serves as a bridge to reconnect individuals who have experienced separation, alienation, or conflict. By creating a safe and supportive environment, this therapy aims to rebuild trust, enhance communication, and foster mutual understanding among family members.
How Can I Help?
As your therapist, I offer compassionate guidance and evidence-based interventions tailored to your unique circumstances. My approach combines empathy, expertise, and practical strategies to facilitate healing and promote positive change. Whether you're facing challenges related to divorce, parental alienation, or other family conflicts, I provide a supportive space where healing can begin.
Embark on a journey of healing and reconciliation with reunification therapy. Together, we can unlock the potential for harmony and restoration within your family. Reach out today to schedule a consultation and take the first step towards a brighter tomorrow.
Tailored sessions to address personal concerns, emotions, and coping strategies within the family dynamics.
2. Family Therapy:
Guided sessions to improve communication, resolve conflicts, and rebuild relationships between parents, parents and children and other significant relationships.
3. Parenting Education:
Practical tools and techniques to enhance parenting skills and strengthen family bonds.
4. Parenting Co-ordination Support:
Assistance in navigating co-parenting dynamics and fostering a cooperative environment for the well-being of children.
5. Collaboration with Professionals:
Coordination with legal, educational, and other relevant professionals to ensure comprehensive support for your family's needs.
Reunification Therapy Fee Structure
$260
(60 Minute session) *All fees are inclusive of GST
Initial Consultation and Assessment
We commence our journey with an initial consultation (both parties are present, no children) where we deeply understand the family’s dynamics, concerns, and aspirations. This assessment lays the groundwork for a tailored reunification plan.
Individual Therapy Sessions
Individual therapy sessions provide a safe space for each family member to explore personal issues and emotions, fostering self-awareness and healing.
Family Therapy Sessions
Family therapy sessions facilitate open communication, conflict resolution, and empathy-building exercises, promoting understanding and collaboration.
"The only thing sweeter than union is reunion." Kathleen McGowan
"The only thing sweeter than union is reunion." Kathleen McGowan
Parenting Co-ordination
What is Parenting Co-ordination?
Parenting Co-ordination is a specialised service designed to help separated or divorced parents navigate the challenges of raising children together. Working collaboratively with both parents, we focus on improving communication, setting clear boundaries, and creating a cooperative co-parenting dynamic that prioritises the well-being of the children. Through personalised guidance and practical tools, parenting co-ordination empowers parents to resolve conflicts, make informed decisions, and manage day-to-day parenting challenges with confidence and clarity.
Why Choose Parenting Co-ordination?
Co-parenting after separation isn’t always straightforward. Parenting Co-ordination provides a neutral, supportive space where both parents can work together effectively, with the children’s best interests at the centre. By promoting empathy, respect, and flexibility, this approach helps reduce conflict, ease transitions, and build a healthier, more sustainable co-parenting relationship. Tailored to the needs of each family, parenting co-ordination equips parents with strategies to navigate disagreements, make consistent decisions, and foster a stable environment for their children to thrive.
New Ways for Families is a parenting skills method intended to reduce the impact of conflict on your children, reduce your stress levels and bring back some calm to your potentially high-conflict divorce or separation.
(60 Minute session) *All fees are inclusive of GST
Initial Consultation and Assessment
We begin with separate intake sessions for each parent (no children). These allow us to understand your existing court orders or parenting plan, the conflict points, communication style, and the priorities for co-parenting. This assessment sets the foundation for the ongoing Parenting Co-ordination process.
Joint Parenting Coordination Sessions
These sessions bring both parents together with the Coordinator. The purpose is to clarify expectations, address day-to-day parenting issues where conflict arises (e.g. pick-ups, vacation schedules, schooling, healthcare), monitor compliance with existing orders, and develop healthier communication and decision-making patterns.
Case Management & Support
Parenting coordination often involves work outside of the formal sessions: reviewing correspondence between parents, assisting with clarifications, following up on agreed items, and helping with any urgent child-related decisions or changes. This ensures you have support between sessions and that momentum is maintained.
Every family has its own story, and every story deserves to be heard.
If you’re ready to strengthen connections and create healthier ways of relating, get in touch today — let’s work together to build the family dynamic you want.
