Counselling - Children
(6ish to12ish years old)
Erin Wilson
Psychologist & Educational and Developmental Psychologist Registrar
Erin Wilson is a psychologist and Educational and Developmental Registrar, dedicated to creating a safe, collaborative space for clients. She supports children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety, life transitions, and neurodivergence. With experience across schools, hospitals, and private practice, Erin integrates creative, strengths-based approaches to enhance wellbeing, self-acceptance, and meaningful personal growth.
Tracey Beck Gude
Psychologist (and works with Dobby)
Tracey Beck Gude is a compassionate psychologist with over a decade of experience in education and mental health, including roles in schools, youth detention, and drug and alcohol counselling. She works creatively with clients to build confidence and achieve personal goals, often incorporating animal-assisted therapy with her certified therapy dog, Dobby.
Dobby
Therapy Dog and Good Girl (works with Tracey)
Dobby is a certified therapy dog, working with handler Tracey since 2021. A registered Good Girl with P.A.A.T.S and a member of Animal Therapies Ltd, Dobby supports children and young people in counselling, offering comfort, reducing stress, and encouraging engagement through play, love, and her friendly nature.
Angela Bromfield
Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Angela Bromfield is an Education and Developmental Psychologist with extensive experience in schools and private practice. Originally from Canada, she has worked with children and families since 2012, helping with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and behavioural challenges. Angela is passionate about supporting children’s growth through evidence-based therapies and assessments.
Michelle Pullen
Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Michelle Pullen is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist with over a decade of experience in schools. With a background in teaching and psychology, Michelle supports children and families facing challenges like ADHD, anxiety, and learning difficulties. Her warm, playful approach uses evidence-based therapies, including CBT and play therapy. Michelle also provides psychoeducational, ADHD and ASD assessments
Debbie Green
Psychologist
Debbie Green is a psychologist dedicated to supporting individuals, particularly those who are neurodivergent. She brings experience from schools, palliative care, and equine therapy, using evidence-based approaches like CBT, ACT, and DBT to tailor her practice to each person’s needs. She values building trust and collaboration with clients and their support networks to achieve meaningful, personalised outcomes.
Our philosophy
Working with children is a unique and rewarding blend of combining our expert knowledge with creative delivery. Understanding the experiences of our kids requires helping them to feel comfortable and engaging them at a level that works for them. We believe that when we spend the time really connecting, we are able to achieve so much more through our counselling work.
We also believe that supporting children means supporting parents. Parenting is a tough journey and there is NO reason why any parent should feel like they need to have all the answers and that they can’t ask for help. In some cases, this is done by helping parents understand the nature of the difficulties their child is experiencing and what the options are for supporting them. In other cases, it is also done by helping parents develop their parenting knowledge and practices so that they are more helpfully aligned with their child’s needs.
What approaches do we use?
We use a range of interventions to support children, including thinking and behaviour-based strategies (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), play- and creative-based strategies. We aim to make counselling a really fun space so that children have a positive experience of seeking help. It also helps them to relax and talk more openly.
Typically, we will meet with parents only in the first appointment. This gives us a chance to talk privately and openly about your concerns. After this, we will work out a plan for how we spend our time, which will include a combination of working with you (the parents) and your child together and separately. This depends on their age and the nature of their concerns.
Concerns we can support you with
Anxiety (e.g. socially anxious, adjusting to changes, separation anxiety)
Big behaviours and emotion regulation (e.g. anger/aggression, meltdowns/tantrums)
Family difficulties (e.g. parents separating, conflict with siblings)
School difficulties (e.g. transitioning to school, behaviour problems, social issues, bullying, school refusal)
Friendship and social challenges (e.g. making friends, resolving conflict)
Depression and sadness (e.g. ongoing low mood)
Grief/loss and adjustment (e.g. death of a family member, moving countries/schools)
Psychoeducational assessments (see more information here)
ADHD assessments (see more information here)
- Autism assessments (see more information here)