Welcome to Abundant Life Strategies!
Welcome to our website! It’s wonderful to meet you. We hope you find the following pages useful. We like to keep things pretty simple. Let’s be honest who likes to trawl through pages and pages of information. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call us for further clarification.
At Abundant Life Strategies we are passionate about equipping Individuals, Couples and Families with strategies needed to address the challenges that life can bring.
We value compassion, empathy, respect and self determination.
We take a whole-person approach (ie Mind/Body/Spirit) and our hope for you if you choose to work with us, is that you experience mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing to be all that you can be in your life.
A safe place to open up
It really is important that you feel safe throughout the process. Your Clinician/Coach will provide a certain presence that brings calm and safety for you to open up. You will sense by the end of your first session with them if they are right for you. For some this may take a little more time.
Services Offered:
Private - Fully paid by client (health fund rebates may apply)
Mental Health Care Plan - GP or other referred - Fee (Rebates apply)
NSW Victims Services Counselling
Veterans & Families Counselling (Open Arms)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through your employer
Initial Enquiry and Contact
Please go to our Contact Us page and submit your enquiry. Provide your name, contact details and reason for counselling/coaching/or therapy. Please only provide brief information. We will endeavor to respond within 24 - 48hrs NB: Closed Fridays so you will not get a response till the Monday.
Our clinician will provide a 10min free initial consult to answer your questions regarding our services and to ascertain suitability moving forward.
If you are enquiring about our services and costs you must provide a telephone number to contact you directly.
“Be all that you can be, with passion and purpose”
COUNSELLING
COACHING
THERAPY
CAREER ADVICE
Coaching: Work, Life, and Wellbeing
Work
Coaching involves working towards specific work and life goals. Here we explore and identify where you want to be, and what steps you take to achieve that goal. It is action oriented. Along the way it may mean identifying and dealing with roadblocks, and continuing on towards your ultimate goal. Our focus is NOT on the past as such, but on what you can achieve moving forward.
In the world of ‘work’ Supervision is a term that has been around for a long time used for a variety of environments. In my books, the term has passed its use-by date as it has a negative connotation! I prefer to use the term Coaching Mentor to describe the relationship I may engage with an individual supporting their work.
The Coaching Mentor relationship needs to be a safe space where you can personally reflect on your work and what you as the professional bring. It is also a place where you can be accountable for your work as you work closely with people if you are in the ‘helping profession’. It is also a place where you can build on your skills and confidence and reach your career goals.
Regular supervision is also a requirement for registration for psychologists, Accredited Mental Health Social Workers and Counsellors.
Coaching mentoring is the place where you can offload some work challenges, workplace relationships and can learn how to address the challenges that their role requires of them, and to improve longevity.
These services are offered via any one of the following:
Face to face
ZOOM/video conferencing
Telephone
Counselling vs Psychotherapy
Counselling and Psychotherapy are different approaches though they can look slightly similar.
Counselling is short term and usually deal with situational issues to do with communication, conflict, decision making etc.
Psychotherapy involves a deeper approach which can involve looking at patterns, beliefs and thought processes, family of origin and childhood experiences, looking at the root causes of situations and your participation in that. It addresses conscious and unconscious thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
– Hellen Keller
CLIENT FEEDBACK
(NB: Some clients wish to remain anonymous and hence we have changed the initials to protect their privacy)