Haven Counselling and Psychotherapy

20/11/2025

A helpful distinction between empathy and compassion 🌺

17/11/2025

Have a look at our latest blog on family dynamics and dysfunctional family roles. It can be a transformative and illuminating process to work through the impact of these with an experienced therapist.

In a healthy family system, everyone’s roles are clearly defined. They have clear boundaries which promote individual wellbeing while enhancing interpersonal relationships. When issues arise, ruptures to the relationship can be repaired without too much sweat and tears. The baseline experience for...

13/11/2025

You’re highly sensitive to loud noises. You’re hypervigilant of certain events or behaviours. Your stress is through the roof over something small. Trauma can have so many avenues to seep into your daily life, whether or not you’re conscious of it. As therapists, our life’s purpose is to help you on your healing journey. Here are some things you might think about to start identifying your trauma, and when you’re ready, we’re here ❤️

20/10/2025

Betrayal isn’t something that happens and then fades away. For a lot of people, their pain, feelings, and emotions linger. The betrayal seeps into your thoughts and takes over, and each time it does, it takes a little piece of you with it until you suddenly find yourself consumed by it.
Betrayal trauma can control your thoughts, actions, and relationships with others. Don’t let it. Get support today ❤️

15/10/2025

A few sessions of good quality couples therapy can transform your relationship and help you work towards a more fulfilling and brighter future together.

In relationships, certain communication patterns are so destructive that researchers can predict the likelihood of divorce. The Gottmans, renowned relationship researchers, coined these behaviours the “Four Horsemen”.Criticism is the finger pointing attacks that blame your partner and attacks th...

12/10/2025

Check out our latest blog on The Four Horseman and how couples therapy can help you transform your communication styles, into healthy positive ones that promote connection and closeness 😊

One of the things that therapists get asked about in couples therapy is, how do you we communicate better? It is a common problem to get caught up in negative patterns of communication, which can result in feeling chronically misheard, misunderstood, criticised and even ridiculed in daily conversati...

10/10/2025

Needing couples counselling?
Relationships are complex things. They take nurturing, patience, and a deep level of understanding. But they shouldn’t always be ‘hard work’. Book online with our couples therapists to help you get back on track to a loving and fulfilling relationship ❤️
https://www.havencounselling.com.au

We are a group of therapists here to support you through challenging times.

09/10/2025

Life is busy. Things always need doing. People want you for something. But just for a few moments today, pick something on this list or create your own and choose something nice for yourself. Don’t feel a shred of guilt for it. Don’t hesitate or come up with reasons not to. Just pick something and make it happen. For you. Not for anyone else. Just for you. You deserve it.

24/09/2025

It might start off as something relatively harmless. A little bit here and there, only on weekends, sometimes weekdays, every day… No one ever starts something intending to become an addict. It creeps up over time, and before you know it, you don’t recognise yourself.
Help is a safe and judgement-free appointment away.

17/09/2025

We are very pleased to welcome our new couples and family therapist, Amanda Ferrucci. Amanda has a wealth of experience in the field of couples and family therapy and is taking new bookings now. Click here to make an inquiry/booking: https://www.havencounselling.com.au/contact and you can read more about Amanda below.

We are a group of therapists here to support you through challenging times.

10/09/2025

Imagine if just one question could change the course of someone’s day…week…or even life. Even if it’s ourselves we point the question to, we’re taking a second of our busy lives to check in and see people or be seen. For something so simple, asking ‘R U OK?’ can have a bigger impact than you think.
R U OK?

25/08/2025

You probably hear us talk about self-reflection exercises A LOT, but it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some handy prompts for you to ask yourself, and write down the answers so you can look back on them when you’re struggling ❤️