Susan Stern - child/adol/individual-psychotherapy

Qualifications

I am a registered social worker with additional masters equivalent degrees in psychometry and psychoanalytic child psychotherapy. I use play based therapy as well as talk therapy in my work.

Practice Description

The willingness to consider a change in our hearts and minds is all that's necessary to make use of therapy. We all want to be connected and understood. The therapeutic process invites you to these experiences in a safe and trusting relationship. My school social work experience combines psycho-educational assessment skills and so allows for whole child assessment and development goals. Goals for each individual are set according to the context of their lives but asks the individual to be curious about their thoughts, feelings and behaviour. In parenting work, the parent must also be curious about their child's experience in order to understand their ibehaviour and allow for change in patterns of interaction

Additional Information

My personal journey has revealed a passion for yoga and mindfulness based practices. This is therapy that Helps adullts and children understand how we interpret the world which is expressed in habitual patterns that reflect our suffering. Mindfulness work relieves pain and invites us to find joy in our interrelated lives. This path to understanding is fundamental to the development of compassion and empathy for ourselves and those we love.