Grace Counselling and Education provides caring, respectful and confidential counselling for children and adolescents and their families.  

 

​Carolyn Grace is a registered professional Counsellor with over 30 years experience working as a Youth Worker, Community Support Worker, Chaplain and Counsellor in Australia and the UK in Department for Education, Catholic and Independent primary and high schools, community organisations and Non-Government Organisations.            

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She adheres to the Code of Ethics of the Australian Counselling Association and the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, have a current National Police Clearance (National Criminal History Record Check and Screening Assessment), She has also undertaken Mental Health First Aid training, and completed the Units of Competency in Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (HLTAID001), Provide basic emergency life support (HLTAID002) and Provide first aid (HLTAID003)

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Counselling Services

 

She uses a number of different approaches in her practice but always seek to work from a client-centred, child-focused and trauma-informed framework.

Some of the modalities she may use include Trauma counselling and sensory-based interventions, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Theory, Mindfulness, Grief Work, Play Therapy, Sand Play Therapy and Interactive Drawing Techniques.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

She has undertaken training in Narrative Therapy, Sand Play Therapy and Interactive Drawing Therapy as well Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Levels 1 and 2, and a Certificate in Synergetic Play Therapy.

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Clinical Supervision

She also provides individual and group clinical supervision for Counselling Practitioners and Counselling students, as well as Chaplains and Pastoral Support Workers in schools.

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Supervision Philosophy and Approach

 

Supervision is a respectful professional relationship in which the Supervisee and Supervisor embark on a journey of reflection, learning and growth, in an environment of trust and respect. Carolyn focuses on developing strong therapeutic and supervisory relationships based on understanding, acceptance, collaboration, and review.

 

Her goal is to enable the supervisees to become competent therapists, to build their professional identity, develop their skills, explore ethical issues and challenges, and to reflect on their clinical practice.

 

She uses several different approaches but always seek to work from a client-centred, strengths-based, solution-focused, systems and trauma-informed framework.

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Qualifications​

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- Bachelor of Social Science (Counselling) (Tabor College)

- Graduate Certificate in Developmental Trauma (Australian Childhood Foundation)
- Graduate Certificate in Loss, Grief and Trauma Counselling (Flinders University)
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAFE)

- Certificate of Attainment in Professional Supervision (Supervision Training Services - ACA recognised training)

- Advanced Certificate in Supervision - (Supervision Alliance (SA) - PACFA recognised training) 

- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Levels 1 and 2 (DDP Institute, USA)

- Certificate in Synergetic Play Therapy (SPT Institute, USA)



Memberships

 

- Australian Counselling Association (9047)

  http://www.theaca.net.au/counsellor/carolyn-grace

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- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (24237)

   http://www.pacfa.org.au/find-a-therapist/



She is listed on the Australian Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ARCAP).

 

​http://www.arcapregister.com.au

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