Expert Parenting Counselling in Sydney

Helping you build stronger parenting skills through compassionate and accessible psychology and counselling support.

Building Healthy Parenting Strategies With an Experienced Counsellor

Parenting counselling helps clients to overcome parenting issues, growing in their parenting skills and understanding of child development. Many parents can feel alone in their struggles, feeling as though it is taboo to admit to feeling overwhelmed as they manage their kids. 

A Level Headed Psychology counsellor can help you feel supported in your challenging concerns, working either individually or alongside your partner. A counsellor will offer support, creating a safe space for you to talk about your feelings and develop key strategies to better your parenting. Anyone who is feeling overwhelmed or struggling with personal issues that are impacting their parenting skills may benefit from parenting counselling. By working with a Sydney-based professional, you can benefit from localised expertise from an extensively experienced family support provider.

Why Choose Level Headed Psychology for Parenting Counselling in Sydney

Parenting and family counselling can be a sensitive experience. Topics such as anger management, discipline, parenting practices, family values, domestic violence, communication skills, and other issues can come up. This is why it is essential to put your care in the hands of a caring and compassionate expert, who is not only experienced and highly qualified but also dedicated to creating a safe environment to openly talk about your feelings and help you forge a way forward. 

Here at Level Headed Psychology, we have a team of counsellors and psychologists who can help you build stronger relationships with your children. Our team is registered, highly qualified, and ready to offer support tailored to your individual and family needs.

The Process of Parenting Counselling

Parents may engage with parenting counsellors to tackle a wide variety of issues. They may take on the journey alone, or else they may share sessions with their partner. Ultimately, however, the experience will remain the same no matter the specifics of your situation. Clients will connect with a Level Headed Psychology online counsellor or over the phone for an initial consultation, which will discuss in depth the challenging issues that have come up in raising your kids. 

Parents will address the ways in which they need support and the goals they want to set for themselves. From there, your counsellor will be able to discuss a timeline and the expected duration of your treatment. Clients should expect to gain new skills, strategies, and understanding of your own emotions.

Our Parenting Counselling Services  

Most parents find it hard enough to find time to themselves as it is. Adding regular counselling sessions to the mix can be overwhelming, and feel like another impossible commitment to upkeep. That's why Level Headed Psychology is working to make our services as accessible and helpful as possible. Parents can attend sessions from the comfort of their home, providing  them with the support they need without making them travel far and wide to find it. We offer two forms of remote consultations, and you are welcome to choose whatever suits your family best.

Consultation Options

Online Consultation  

These days, we’re all very accustomed to using online conference calls. Level Headed Psychology offers our services through a secure, encrypted program that is designed to offer a digital, face-to-face solution that will keep your privacy safe. Our online consultation will cost $180 for 50 minutes with an online psychologist, and $120 for a consultation with a counsellor.

Phone (Telehealth) Consultation

Telehealth is a modern solution for psychological services. We can conduct consultations entirely over the phone, meaning parents can participate from anywhere in the world. Your telehealth consultation will cost $180 with a psychologist. Our counsellor charges $120 per consultation.

Ready to enhance your parenting skills? Schedule your first family counselling consultation today.

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Common Issues Addressed in Parenting Counselling

There is a broad variety of challenges and issues that can be addressed through counselling. For some parents, working with a counsellor is a way to better understand their children and how their parenting issues can be mitigated. This can involve issues such as discipline strategies, learning how to manage stress, communicating with a child effectively, and how to work through external life difficulties in line with your family values.

Counselling can also address more serious issues that you may be struggling with or that could have played a part in your own upbringing, such as anger management, domestic violence, and divorce.

How Parenting Counselling Can Help  

A parenting counsellor is able to help parents better balance their personal and family lives. Not only will counselling give you a safe space to talk about challenges that you may not be able to express elsewhere, but it can empower you within your own abilities as a parent to find realistic solutions and responses that align with your values, and wishes for your family. Parenting counsellors are here to support you, reduce stress, and improve your relationships with your family. You can receive support with boundary setting, responding to behaviours, managing conflict, positive behaviour support and strengthening relationships. 

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • Absolutely! Your sessions can take whatever form suits you best. Whether that’s one-on-one work with a counsellor or attending with your partner, we will be able to tailor sessions to meet your individual needs and goals.

  • At the end of the day, you can’t force anybody to see a parenting counsellor. All you can do is honestly communicate why you want to see a counsellor together, offer to attend just a consultation before committing further, and attending alone if you need to.

  • At Level Headed Psychology, we have experience in a broad range of counselling services for parents. We can help parents with children of all ages, from newborns to teenagers and beyond.

  • Keeping your privacy and confidentiality is a top priority at all times. We strive to protect your information as closely as possible, creating a safe space for you to voice anything you need. There are only specific circumstances in which confidentiality may need to be breached, but your counsellor will communicate all privacy expectations in the very beginning of your first consultation.

  • At Level Headed Psychology, we offer sessions online and over the phone. All our sessions are booked in 50-minute timeslots.

  • Our standard rate for a single session with a counsellor is $180 for 50 minutes. You may be eligible for Medicare rebates to help cover these costs.

Book Your Parenting Counselling Session Today' Call to Action 

Too many parents struggle with asking for help out of a fear of judgement, or an anxiety that they won't be able to find the support they need. Here at Level Headed Psychology, our services are dedicated to support anyone looking to improve their parenting and better their relationship with their children.

Our services are designed to be more accessible than traditional face to face services, allowing you to attend sessions with a counsellor without ever needing to leave your home. Take the first step today by scheduling your initial conversation.