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Facilitating Your Improvement Brisbane 0409168311 mental health counselling
is this for me?
Counselling is Normal
Counselling is Normal
Counselling is Normal
- Challenged by Life? It is normal to feel overwhelmed in many situations, and it is also normal to consult a professional to talk it through. I have engaged with counselling as a client myself - though I’ve learned a lot through training and work, I have my own biased perspective of myself. Working with someone else can help me gain ski
- Challenged by Life? It is normal to feel overwhelmed in many situations, and it is also normal to consult a professional to talk it through. I have engaged with counselling as a client myself - though I’ve learned a lot through training and work, I have my own biased perspective of myself. Working with someone else can help me gain skills and perspective I may not have otherwise gained.
- People are getting better at reaching out for help. Getting help is often a sign of strength. Most people who are genuinely feeling ok have the skills and will to ask for help from friends, family, or professionals.
What is Counselling?
Counselling is Normal
Counselling is Normal
- Stressed? Significant loss? Anxious? Depressed? Grieving? Difficult changes? Unmotivated? Want more Peace & Energy? Mental health counselling, grief counselling, and specific approaches may work well for you. Professional counsellors can be a part of your path t experience more peace, relief, understanding, and satisfaction in yo
- Stressed? Significant loss? Anxious? Depressed? Grieving? Difficult changes? Unmotivated? Want more Peace & Energy? Mental health counselling, grief counselling, and specific approaches may work well for you. Professional counsellors can be a part of your path t experience more peace, relief, understanding, and satisfaction in your life. Sometimes, we neglect our overall feelings - how we "really are" until things get really hard.
- Every one of us deserves time and care to work things through, because how you feel matters a lot. Counselling can help us learn new perspectives, coping skills, and even new ways of being that work well for each one of us. It is useful to tailor counselling considering your personal experiences which are uniquely yours, while also understanding your strengths.
- My ambition is assisting people who reach out to enhance their wellness and reduce distress. This is driven by my enjoyment of the counselling profession, continuous learning in practice, professional development, self-education, and evidence-based information. My always evolving counselling approach is person-centered and psychoeducational.
- Loss & Grief: When loss is a challenge (death, transition, relationship, identity, work, and more), which it often is, I can assist to understand losses. We can work as a team on ways to walk forward WITH the experience - in a healthy way, despite the understandable pain. It's usually impossible to ignore the pain. At the same time, it IS possible to also walk with it, to learn to carry it in a lighter way.
- Sometimes, our experiences (especially as a young person, but as an adult too) create useful tools. In some areas, we're unsure, and can pick up new tools to navigate life without too much stress. The tools we lack may be a result of things like Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN - see link below) or new events we're not used to.
Who am I?
Counselling is Normal
Who am I?
- Counselling is available in person at my office in the Brisbane area, by phone, or by video.
- I work with people of all ages from 12 to 99+
- easy to book your appointment
Call or text Joe at 0409 168 311
email joe@fyicounselling.com.au
- Topics addressed for my clients have included anxiety, depression, relationships, work, career, suicide, addic
- Counselling is available in person at my office in the Brisbane area, by phone, or by video.
- I work with people of all ages from 12 to 99+
- easy to book your appointment
Call or text Joe at 0409 168 311
email joe@fyicounselling.com.au
- Topics addressed for my clients have included anxiety, depression, relationships, work, career, suicide, addiction, loss & grief, trauma, financial challenges, and other areas.
- Provide services to private clients, employee assistance program support, WorkCover, and critical incident services at various workplaces.
- I have over three decades of continuous work and academic experience in Canada and Australia, first with various positions at an early age, then with engineering & construction, then with personal counselling.
- More personal information: In 2005, I moved from Canada to Australia.
- My heritage is Hungarian with my parents immigrating to Canada 1957 and 1972, so I speak Hungarian reasonably well and can work with Hungarian speaking clients.
- I have also travelled to a variety of countries in four continents, gaining appreciation for cultural and individual differences.
- My Australian life and work experience includes Victoria, Western Australia, and Queensland.
- I am settled with my wife and kids in Brisbane, really enjoying work at the peaceful home office.
Professional association & qualifications
- Degree: Psychology - Honours (QUT)
- Degree: Master of Counselling (UQ)
- Degree: Engineering (University of Alberta)
- Graduate Diploma: Psychology (QUT)
- Training: Lifeline
- Training: ASIST (suicide first aid)
- Member PACFA Reg Clinical #26311
My Counselling Style
I work from a perspective which I have developed on the basis of research published by key authors and on experience :
Two of our biggest needs by nature are
(1) a sense of CONNECTION with a few close people (family or friends) and
(2) a sense of CONTRIBUTION valued and recognised by both ourself and by others .
If we navigate our days on this basis, we're more likely to feel ok more days than not, and to have a journey that feels right .
Many challenges we face can be related to these normal needs. Working through the challenges may be enhanced by understanding those parts of our experiences which have been naturally keeping us from healthy connection or a sense of contribution.
Of course many other theories and models come to use, such as with loss and grief, major financial strain requiring immediate practical relief, and one time recent trauma.
You know yourself much better than anybody - so it is not my place to completely tell you what to do. I aim to assist you in finding new perspective and focus - something that suits you and your unique experiences. I would welcome the opportunity to work with you!