Supporting Children, Adolescents & Families
At Kind Tide Counselling, we offer a safe and compassionate space where children, parents, and families can find support, balance, and hope. Life brings waves of challenges, and together we work towards building resilience, strengthening relationships, and uncovering new possibilities for growth.
With over 20 years of experience, we draw on counselling, psychology-informed practice, and community development to support children, adolescents, and families. Our approach is holistic and integrative, grounded in evidence-based therapies and complemented by creative and somatic practices.
Aligned with the ethical framework and practice standards of the Australian counselling profession, our work is family-centred, strengths-based, and trauma-informed, guided by compassion, respect, cultural responsiveness, and practical strategies that empower sustainable growth and wellbeing.
How We Support You
Guided by You
Our counselling approach is grounded in contemporary neuroscience, trauma research, and the ethical standards of the Australian Counselling Association. Research shows that emotional experiences, especially those from childhood, may be stored not only in our thoughts and memories but also in the body and nervous system. This is why insight alone doesn’t always lead to lasting change.
In sessions, we gently include the body through structured reflection and awareness exercises, alongside the goals and intentions you bring to therapy. This is done at your pace, guided by your consent, and always with respect for your comfort and safety. Nothing is forced, the body only shares what it is ready to.
By reconnecting the mind, body, and emotions, this approach helps clients feel calmer, more regulated, and better able to respond rather than react. It supports lasting growth in emotional wellbeing, confidence, and relational skills.
For Parents
Children often express feelings through behaviour and physical responses rather than words. Trauma and stress research shows that their nervous systems can hold patterns of emotional protection, especially after overwhelming experiences.
In sessions, we use trauma-informed, age-appropriate strategies, including play and body-awareness exercises, to help children feel safe and supported. We do not push children to talk before they’re ready, instead, we guide them gently to notice and regulate their bodily responses.
When children feel safe in their bodies, improvements are often seen in behaviour, emotional regulation, confidence, and relationships.
For Children & Adolescents
Primary School Children:
Sometimes your body remembers things even when your brain does not. If something scary, sad, or confusing happened before, your body might still be trying to protect you. In our sessions, we check in with your body gently, at your pace, and help it feel safer. You only share what you are ready to.
Adolescents:
You might understand something in your head but still react physically or emotionally. That is because your body stores experiences from earlier in life. In therapy, we explore these reactions safely and collaboratively, helping your body feel more at ease so that emotional and physical responses do not have to work so hard anymore.
Evidence & Professional Context
This approach is informed by neuroscience, trauma research, and child development principles.
Overwhelming or adverse experiences can be stored in the autonomic nervous system, affecting behaviour, stress responses, and emotional regulation.
Integrating structured body-awareness with cognitive and emotional work supports lasting regulation and wellbeing.
All work is collaborative, consent-based, and paced according to the client’s capacity and sense of safety.
Our Approach
We offer a warm, flexible approach to counselling, tailoring our support to what feels safe, meaningful, and empowering for you.
Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches (CBT, ACT, DBT skills) to build resilience and practical coping strategies
Holistic, integrative counselling that recognises and respects the interconnectedness of mind, body, and inner wellbeing
Humanistic and Person-Centred Therapies to create a compassionate, client-led space
Family and Developmental Systems Approaches to strengthen relationships and nurture growth
Trauma-Informed Modalities (Resource Therapy, Sensorimotor approaches) to support safe and gentle healing
Strengths and Solution-Focused Approaches to inspire hope and positive change
Creative and Holistic Approaches (integrating expressive arts, mindfulness, and somatic approaches) to deepen self-expression and promote overall wellbeing
