Anne Marie Box, Psychology and Mediation Services, Noosa Heads, QLD

Counselling is not ‘giving advice’ and involves much more than listening. It is an interactive process where the therapist enables the client’s self awareness to grow, challenges non-useful patterns of behaviour and helps to develop strategies that might be more effective for the client. It requires commitment from the client to actively be involved on the process of making changes, learning acceptance or developing any number of skills to help them to cope with the current problem or situation.

The stigma that once surrounded counselling has been rapidly fading due to the growing awareness of how counselling can help in so many situations and through educating people to know that counselling can be useful for everyday people. People are now recognizing the many benefits of psychological treatment and counselling and that it is ok to ask for help - no matter your age, sex or personal situation. It is for people just like you and me.

Mediation
Mediation is a decision making process in which the parties are assisted by an outside intervener, the mediator, who attempts to assist the parties in their process of decision-making; and reach an outcome to which each of them can assent; without the mediator having a binding decision-making capability". (Boulle, 2005) Anne Marie Box is a registered psychologist and accredited mediator working in private practice in Noosa Junction. Psychology is the study of human behaviour. Psychologists are trained in the different theoretical approaches to behaviour and apply this knowledge to assist clients with a large range of issues – from parenting issues and life transitions to depression and anxiety to the more complex mood disorders such as bipolar disorder.

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