Healing Hearts Counselling

12/09/2025

may be wrapping up, but the chats don’t have to.

Any day you’re worried about someone, trust your gut and ask, ‘are you OK?’.

If you, or someone you care about, needs help Lifeline (13 11 14) is available any time, day or night, for a confidential chat. You can find other support services at https://bit.ly/3Me8D6Y

These services are for everyone - whether you need a listening ear or you’re concerned about someone else.

31/08/2025

14/08/2025

Some great advice from Coaching with Tim

30/07/2025

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In play therapy, we don’t push or probe. We don’t force children to open doors they’re not ready to unlock. Instead, we become something softer, a gentle presence that illuminates without overwhelming

Through dollhouses and sandtrays, stories and games, we hold space for what emerges. We follow their lead, at their pace

Sometimes the most profound work happens in whispers, in metaphors, in the language children speak most fluently, play!

18/07/2025

16/07/2025

12/07/2025

💜When Children Don’t Speak in Play Therapy… That’s Okay 💜

In Synergetic Play Therapy, we understand that healing doesn’t always happen through words. When a child is quiet in the therapy room, they are still communicating—through movement, play, nervous system responses, and presence.

✨ Silence can be a form of safety.
✨ It can be a way to regulate, to observe, to build trust.
✨ The relationship—not the words—is the therapy.

Rather than rushing to get a child to talk, we slow down. We co-regulate. We offer attunement and connection. Over time, as their nervous system feels safe enough, play becomes the language—and healing begins to unfold.

🌈 In SPT, presence is the therapy.
We meet the child where they are, just as they are.
Because connection comes first. Words come later.

11/07/2025

So grateful to be a part of this team. Celebrating 1 year already🎉

11/07/2025

11/07/2025

Celebrating NAIDOC Week this week 50 years of honoring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience. The 2025 theme, "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy," celebrates not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of young leaders, the vision of the communities, and the legacy of the ancestors.

06/06/2025

Very interesting and helpful read from Maggie Dent

This article explores explore some of the reasons why our boys, especially boys under six, can struggle with this form of physicality and how you can help them.

02/05/2025

Supporting families from a structural approach and using drleoniewhite amazing cards to help support and encourage conversation on what the family is already doing well and what we can focus on to strengthen the parenting sub system. Connections