Suzanne Barr Counselling & Coaching

10/02/2022

13/10/2021

This is good news - thanks for sharing Jenny

I am truly encouraged by today's National Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy launch. The Strategy proposes a fundamental cultural shift in the way we think about the mental health and wellbeing of children. This shift includes a change in language, adopting a less medicalised model of mental health and wellbeing.
Here are some of its priorities related to parent involvement:

• Routine offering of evidence-based parenting programs at key developmental milestones (action 1.1.c)
• Amend current Medicare items to promote collaborative care including:
• Enabling providers to claim for consultations with parents and carers (without the child present) as part of the child’s care (action 2.2.b)
https://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au/mental-health-reform/childrens-mental-health-and-wellbeing-strategy

03/09/2021

If you’re going to assist your child to grow their resilience, the first step will be to increase your own resilience in tolerating your child’s upset without feeling compelled to rush in and smooth over everything for them. The grown-up parent, who really wants to be a loving resource to their child, is prepared to work on themselves and not make a project out of their child.

Dr Jenny Brown
https://www.parentproject.com.au/resources-for-parents/

29/09/2020

Mindfulness in relationships

Mindful parenting means that you bring your conscious attention to what’s happening, instead of getting hijacked by your emotions.

04/09/2020

The good news is that if you are willing to put effort into rescuing your marriage, there are things you can do that can give you a fresh start. Here are 10 things to try before giving up on your marriage, based on the work of Dr. John Gottman.

27/04/2020

Share this story with your family and try the medal making activity too. 🧸🎖️

Anzac Ted is a little boy's teddy bear that was passed down to him from his grandfather. Battered, torn, missing an eye and an ear, he might look scary but he's got a great story to tell.

Login with your card to watch the story as told by Mike McLeish for free: https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/stories/anzac-ted

Lots more Anzac stories: https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/stories/results?theme=anzac

18/03/2020

Virginia Satir's wisdom is still very much needed in the world.

Virginia Satir Global Network Group Satir Institute of the Pacific Satir Institute of the Pacific Satir Whole Person Development Association of Malaysia 马来西亚萨提尔全人发展协会

29/12/2019

09/12/2019

As the approach and are home from school and more under foot than ever, it's only natural for parents to focus on and become more concerned about their child’s . This is not something need to beat themselves up over. It's simply part of being human. That said, there may be better ways for parents to manage their regarding their child’s behavior. What is the child's behavior suggesting? Is the child's behavior reflective of the parent's behavior in some way? Although there are countless examples of this process, technology use is one we all can relate to. And I'm not suggesting that setting technology parameters for children is a bad thing, because I think doing that can be useful. However, I am curious what technology parameters parents set for themselves and the extent to which they can honor their personal limits.

26/11/2019

Parent focussed not child focussed; parent discovery not instruction; provides ideas & principles not solutions- awesome using the parent data and Bowen’s Family Projection Process

3rd day of Parent Hope Project & Parent Confidence Project training today. Thinking about Bowen's philosophy in his original research for relating to parents/families:
"The philosophy on the project was based upon a regard for the family and its capacity to nurture human growth. Therapeutically a guiding principle was to respond to the families in a way that would promote growth." Dr M Bowen [Origins of Family Psychotherapy p 143]
see: www.parenthopeproject.com.au
Email: contact@thefsp.com.au; for details of next year's training opportunities or to utilize this approach as a parent.

11/09/2019

A stimulating 2 days of training parent coaches - Parent Hope Project. ( temporary website- a new one is under construction)
www.parenthopeproject.com.au

10/09/2019

2 participants working hard in Parent Hope Project training today
"…parents who could make a project out of themselves was a turning point in both the theory and practice of family psychotherapy (Bowen. 1978:96)."

10/09/2019

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the thirty-…

14/08/2019

If we all follow these rules, together, we can make this a better country.

14/08/2019

Kids are the best; I love being a parent; has helped me grow up and to focus more on my behaviours - not theirs. Such a rich experience where we are willing to be more real...