Karen Murray Counselling Services

28/08/2025

Drawing has many therapeutic aspects including helping childen and teens to process emotions and explore unconcious thoughts. It also helps to open up the way for verbal and non verbal conversation. Here's a few of the fabulous drawings we have done this week in our counselling sessions.

11/08/2025

Uniting government, Catholic and independent schools and their communities together to take a stand against bullying. An initiative that encourages the fostering of practical approaches to prevent bullying in schools. This years theme : 'Be bold. Be kind. Speak up.'

30/07/2025

Happy International Day of Friendship 2025! What does friendship look like for your children and teens? Are they struggling to make friends at school? Or do they have a BFF? Friendships play such an important role in their lives (and ours). Friends help form their sense of identity, offer a sense of belonging and impact on their overall well being, social, emotional and psychological.

30/07/2025

Free Anxiety Support Group. A non judgemental, safe space to talk with others who understand.

21/07/2025

Not all therapy rooms have four walls!!
Last week, a young client (who has trouble staying still and regulating their emotions) and I headed outside for our therapy session. I gave him permission to move, and as he did so we chatted (and spotted a kangaroo). Which dinosaur would win in a fight between a stegosaurus and a brontosaurus? Why do I have to go to school when I don't like it? Where do frogs go when its cold and dark? Why does my brother always take my toys when I am playing with them? And as we pondered lifes questions together, a shift occured and my young client began to process his emotions that had been bottled up inside for what must have felt like to him, forever.

17/07/2025

Wondering what removing retained primitive reflexes can help with??

16/07/2025

Primitive reflexes include the sucking reflex, the grasp reflex, the stepping reflex and the tonic neck reflex

15/07/2025

Looking forward to starting my course in Primitive Reflexes through Integrated Learning Strategies and finding out how I can use them to best help my clients. What are Prmitive Reflexes and how can they help your child/teen? Stay tuned!

14/07/2025

Feeling a little anxious over the recent sexual abuse allegations against a Melbourne childcare worker that has been in the news recently? Wondering how to chat to your children and teens about body safety, boundaries and consent? I've put together a few hints and tips in this post that will help you get started. And as always if you would like futher information or assistance with this very important topic, please dont hesitate to send me a PM.

04/07/2025

27/06/2025

Throughout counselling sessions, both as the therapist and the client, we experience a variety of emotions, positive and negative. Today I thought I'd share with you one of those laugh out loud moments that occured this week.

Sitting on ground chatting with client, aged 7.

Client: Can you give me a piggy back ride?

Me: No, I am sorry I can't. Do you understand why I can't give you a piggy back ride?

Client: Yes, because you are old!!!

Me: Hmmm just how old do you think I am?

Client: About 100?
:-D

04/06/2025

Our next free Anxiety Support Group is on this Saturday 7th of June at 2pm at 2 Mona Road Bowral. Everyone welcome. Enquiries or to RSVP karenmurraycounselling@gmail.com