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Educate | Inspire | Empower 💜
Delivering educational and skill-based workshops to pre-teen girls in South East Qld

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https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/terms-conditions

27/07/2025

What a beautiful group we had today! It was very evident that these girls took some great lessons away this morning 💡

Sadly (as pointed out by one of the participants today) these girls have been exposed to SO many unhealthy friendship behaviours 💔 We also talked about some of the unhealthy friendship behaviours they have done to others. Everyone admitted that they too have treated their friends in a way that probably didn't feel good. There is some light though... as we discussed today, figuring out how to be a good friend is a learning experience. Sometimes we get it right and sometimes we don't! Unfortunately sometimes we need to have these negative experiences to help us learn and grow.

If you missed out on this round of friendship workshops, there should be more coming your way in Term 4 💜

26/07/2025

We had a great afternoon learning how to deal with friendship challenges in a positive and constructive way ❤️ As with all the groups that attend the friendship workshops, these girls spoke of so many ups and downs that they experience in their friendships.

This group of girls today were wonderful! No doubt they learnt some brand new skills. Now it’s just a case of applying them to real life!

Looking forward to finishing up the friendship workshops tomorrow on the Sunny Coast!

22/07/2025

Shhhh 🤫... during the next workshop we'll be covering 'Secret Girls Business!' This workshop focuses on EVERYTHING your Tween needs to know about the tween to teen years.

Whether you know it or not, your Tween has plenty of questions about the changes that are about to occur between the tween to teen years. This light-hearted and friendly workshop has been developed to set the record straight and squash anxiety around the unknown.

The workshop setting is also a great way for girls to learn that almost EVERY girl is feeling exactly as they are... nervous, embarrassed and overwhelmed about all the changes that are about to occur. They most certainly are not alone in their thoughts and emotions 🫶 All discussions in this workshop are not only light-hearted but age-appropriate, and dare it be said, even fun?!

If you want to join us in AUGUST, all bookings are made via the Website. Visit the links below to find out more:

SUNSHINE COAST - Sunday 17th August | 9 - 11:30am | Kawana Island Meeting Place
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-secret-girls-business-8

BRISBANE - Sunday 24th August | 9 - 11:30am | Grange Community Hall
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-secret-girls-business-8

See you there 💜

20/07/2025

Today kicked off the double weekend of friendship workshops! This is always such a valuable topic for our girls ❤️

As you are all aware, Tween friendships can really be hard. We learnt so many skills today to help them navigate the ups and downs. One thing we did also learn, is sometimes despite our best efforts of trying to manage our friendships in a positive and productive way, it doesn't always work. We can't control people's behaviour or reactions and we need to learn that sometimes we need to rethink some of our friendships. All our girls deserve to have positive and supportive friends around them!

Thanks to the girls for a lovely morning. If you would like to join us next weekend, there are still spots available to both workshops. Visit the links below to book!

Brisbane - Saturday 26th July | 1pm - 4pm | Northgate Hall
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-navigating-friendships-in-a-girls-world-21

Sunshine Coast - Sunday 27th July | 9am - 12pm | Kawana Island Meeting Place
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-navigating-friendships-in-a-girls-world-20

17/07/2025

Hi WONDERFUL parents 🫶 I'm Jess! I probably could have used a 'work' photo to introduce myself but I thought why not share a photo in my natural habitat 🏖 I usually do these 'introduction posts' about once a year! After all, it's nice to know who you're sending your daughter to when she participates in a workshop. It's also reassuring to know that the workshops are being put together by someone with lots of knowledge on the subject and a wealth of experience in working with young people.

For those that don't know, I'm a Registered Psychologist. I've been fully registered since 2008, but before that I worked in the Community Sector. I worked with a number of youth and family organisations with the aim to better the lives of young people and their families. It was in one of these roles that I had the opportunity to co-facilitate my first program with a group of Year 8 girls. I absolutely LOVED it! Working in a group setting really spoke to me and I had the opportunity to do this multiple times during my time at these organisations.

After I finished studying and was fully registered, I spent several years working in private practice. While I love working one on one with people (and I still do this now), I missed the group environment so much. Plus, I was seeing so many entrenched issues that I wanted to do something to be preventative. Why not educate children early, with skills and information to maybe avoid issues becoming so entrenched later in life?! Also, pre-adolescence is such a significant time of growth and change. I was positive that every pre-teen could benefit from resources and guidance to navigate such a tricky time.

The desire to educate, inspire and empower young girls was too great not to explore it. I took a leap of faith and that's when Head Start Psychology was born! I ran my first ever program (developed by me also) in a small school on the Sunshine Coast in 2014. The business has grown and evolved from there to where it is today ❤️

Besides running a business and spending time with your daughter, I'm also a wife and Mum of two kids (aged 9 and 7) and a dog Mum to a giant dog named Storm 🐾 When I'm not working on the weekends, I'm just like all of you, super busy running around to kids sport and activities. When I'm not doing that, you'll mostly find me at the beach (my happy place), on the water, walking my dog or pottering around at home with my family.

You have all been such a supportive community and I appreciate you sending your daughter along to the workshops. I also can not thank you enough for spreading the word about what I do. To the parents and families that have attended workshop, after workshop, thank you so much for your support and I'm thrilled that your daughter enjoys them so much that she wants to come back again and again. If I am yet to meet your daughter, hopefully I"ll meet her soon 💜

13/07/2025

📣 FRIENDSHIP SKILLS WORKSHOP 📣 Term 3 starts tomorrow and as we enter Semester 2, it's usually the time of year that we really see those friendship problems start to emerge. Now is a great time of year to upskill when it comes to managing friendships!

The North Lakes workshop is taking place next SUNDAY! There is still a handful of spots left. Registration will close THIS FRIDAY at 12pm.

There are spots available to the Brisbane Friendship workshop and a handful left to the Sunshine Coast workshop, both set to take place in two weeks (Registration will close 24 hours before the workshop date, unless sold out beforehand)!

We will cover everything your Tween needs to know about pre-teen friendships including:

🌸 What healthy friendships feel and look like
🌸 Problems that pop up in friendship groups
🌸 How to handle friendship DRAMA
🌸 Identify what qualities are important in a friend AND important to YOUR daughter
🌸 How she can be a great friend to others

If you want your daughter's friendship skills to GROW 🌿, then this is a fantastic workshop to build on the skills that she has developed so far, and extend them further.

If you would like to join us in North Lakes next Sunday or in Brisbane (Northgate Hall) or the Sunshine Coast (Kawana Island Meeting Place) in less than two weeks, visit the links below to secure your daughter's spot, or to find out more:

North Lakes 🏠 Sunday 20th July | 9am - 12pm
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-navigating-friendships-in-a-girls-world-19

Brisbane - 🏡 - Saturday 26th July | 1pm - 4pm
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-navigating-friendships-in-a-girls-world-21

Sunshine Coast 🏖 - Sunday 27th July | 9am - 12pm
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-navigating-friendships-in-a-girls-world-20

See you there 💜

06/07/2025

ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT to the Term 3 Program! We kick off in just over 3 weeks, but Registration closes in 10 days. If you live on the Sunshine Coast and you feel like your daughter could get a little support with her emotions then this one is for you 🫵

This program is unlike anything else Head Start offers ✨ Spread over six weeks, we delve deep into managing emotions and learn multiple tools and strategies along the way. The session numbers are limited to eight girls, it's the only small group program on offer. One of the best parts about this weekly program is the relationships that are formed 💞 We all just really get to know each other over that time and honestly it's so nice. Each week the girls rush in eagerly awaiting the session to start and they find it so hard to say goodbye when our 6 weeks is up. Below are just a few photos from last year's Term 3 Program 🤩

Over six weeks we will focus on:
👉 Learning about and understanding our emotions and the importance of expressing them
👉 Learning about our AMAZING brain 🧠 and why we have BIG feelings sometimes
👉 Understanding why meltdowns happen 🌋 and strategies to help catch it before it happens
👉 Learning multiple calming strategies to help when the BIG emotions are building (but also if the meltdown has happened) 🧘‍♀️
👉 Improve your daughter's ability to manage emotional situations both big and small

This program is covered through Medicare, so if you have the correct documentation in place from your GP (Mental Health Care Plan) you'll only have a small out of pocket expense. This program is also covered through NDIS.

Please get in touch if you have ANY questions at all. We would LOVE to see your daughter there. You can find out more information or Register at the Website. Link below:

https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/everyday-emotions-how-to-manage-big-and-little-feelings-term-3-program-3

03/07/2025

Today's workshop on the Sunshine Coast 🏖 was the last of the Problem Solving workshops these holidays. The girls were very open and shared all of the situations that make them feel BIG emotions 🌋... friendship troubles, school stress, teacher issues, sibling drama, nagging parents (yes, we made the list), just to name a few. Today they were taught how to stop, pause and respond to the situations (by using their AMAZING brains 🧠) rather than being so reactive with so much emotion!

Like all new skills, the ones we learnt during our Problem Solving workshops will take time and practice to perfect. Wishing all the girls that attended the Problem Solving Workshops this week all the best implementing their NEW skills 💜

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02/07/2025

It was a good day to be inside 🥶💨 We certainly weren't affected by the cold
temperatures and wind. Not only were we warm, but we learnt some great skills around how to handle situations calmly and with a little less emotion 🙌

These girls really bonded today. It was so lovely to see so many new friendships form over the morning. There was also lots of wisdom shared by all the girls. It's always wonderful to watch them share and learn from one another.

There's one more 'Problem Solving without the DRAMA!' workshop tomorrow on the Sunshine Coast and then next week is all about self-confidence, self-worth and self-love with our 'Beauty - The Real Picture' Workshop 💜

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30/06/2025

Today was a really nice way to start the School Holiday Workshops 🫶 It was a super sweet group that learnt all about how to manage their emotions a little better. They told stories, shared their wisdom and made new friendships ❤️ Thanks for such a lovely morning!

If you want to join us for the Problem Solving Workshop there is still time. It's on in Brisbane on Wednesday 2nd July and at the Sunshine Coast on Thursday 3rd July. There are spots still available to both. If you want to join in BOOK NOW!

Brisbane - https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-problem-solving-without-the-drama-holiday-workshop-11

Sunshine Coast - https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-problem-solving-without-the-drama-holiday-workshop-12

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27/06/2025

It's officially SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 🎉 🤸‍♀️ Yahoo! Wishing every single family a wonderful Holiday break. All of the kids are very much needing this break to recharge and reset for the remainder of the year 💗

For anyone still looking for something to keep your daughter busy over the holidays, there are still spots available to the June/July Holiday Workshops ❄️ Why not cosy up inside and get some great tools for your daughter! ALSO... there are some workshop packages available for these Holidays... get yourself two workshops at a special price! Keep in mind that Registration will close for each workshop the day before it commences, unless it is sold out.

If you want to check out what's available visit the Website at the links below:

NORTH LAKES - https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/northlakes-workshops

BRISBANE - https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/brisbane-workshops

SUNSHINE COAST - https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/sunshinecoast-workshops

For those who won't be joining us over the holidays, see you in Term 3! Enjoy the Holiday workshop photo dump 📸 coming your way 😉

26/06/2025

The Friendship Workshop 🌸 is BACK on offer this July! Given it's on so early in Term 3 (Week 1 and 2), it was important to get it out there so you can BOOK YOUR SPOT!

During our workshop we will focus on what healthy friendships feel like and learn to identify unhealthy friend behaviours. We will discuss problems that pop up in friendship groups and how to handle friendship drama! The girls will also identify qualities they want in a friend and brush up on their own friendship behaviours... PLUS more 🌟

If you would like to join us this time, visit the links below to book!
* FYI - The North Lakes Workshop is already 50% full. Don't wait to book your spot!

North Lakes 🏠- Sunday 20th July (North Lakes Community Centre)
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-navigating-friendships-in-a-girls-world-19

Brisbane 🏡 - Saturday 26th July (Northgate Community Centre)
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-navigating-friendships-in-a-girls-world-21

Sunshine Coast 🏖 - Sunday 27th July (Kawana Island Meeting Place)
https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/event-details/tween-talk-navigating-friendships-in-a-girls-world-20

See you THERE 💜

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Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00

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https://www.headstartpsychology.com.au/upcoming-workshops

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Head Start Psychology was founded as a way to provide girls' with important knowledge and skills to help navigate the challenges of pre-adolescence, a time when girls' will undergo many physical, emotional and mental changes. The overall goal of the workshops is to improve overall well-being, while inspiring, motivating and empowering them.