Psychology & Animal Assisted Therapy
Our highly skilled team can assist with a range of personal and mental health concerns.
Each of our qualified mental health professionals are accompanied by their own therapy animals. These include dogs, guinea pigs and rats! By involving the therapy animals, you can spend less time just talking, and more time ‘doing’ (e.g., practicing skills)
Issues addressed during counselling may include;
- Anxiety, fears & phobias*
- Depression, self harm & mental health concerns
- Trauma,
- Grief & loss
- School avoidance
- Neurodiversity & Neruroaffirming care
- Friendships, relationships & bullying
- Life transitions, growth and wellbeing
- Risky or difficult behaviours
- Family conflict & blended families
- Body Image
*Please note: We specialise in treating animal phobias. Given our access to trained Therapy Animals, we are in a unique position to assist our clients to overcome their fears (e.g., dog, cat, guinea pig, rats).
Funding: Our clients may be eligible for Medicare and Private Health rebates. We accept NDIS (plan managed) funding, and a range of other funded services including TAC, VOCAT, and WorkSafe.
By working with our Therapy Animals you can develop skills including
Improved communication
Increased patience
Understanding body language
Developing body awareness
Improved empathy
Understanding relationships
Managing impulsive or difficult behaviour
Traditional Talk Therapy
The more traditional style of talk therapy helps us to uncover and heal old wounds, eliminate self-defeating patterns, and change the way we think and feel about ourselves and others. In our work here at Lead the Way, we blend traditional and innovative approaches that are designed to bring mind, body, heart and spirit into harmony. We specialise in Animal-Assisted Therapy but that’s not all we do.
