Equip Counselling & Consulting
Connecting you with your wellbeing
Telehealth service: weeknights and weekends
COUNSELLING
Counselling for Individuals and Families. Specialising in working with Children, Adolescents/Teenagers, Parents, and Teachers.
Common concerns include; anxiety, depression, stress, boundaries, bullying, social concerns, challenging thoughts; see ‘Counselling’ for more information.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops and presentations relating to children, teenagers, education, bullying,
mental health and wellbeing.
Call to discuss how I can help your workplace, school or community group. See ‘Workshops’ for more information.
SUPERVISION
Professional support for counsellors, and others who work in mental health and/or student wellbeing.
See ‘Supervision’ for more information.
About Gwen Shand
BTeach (Primary), BA (Psychology), M(Counselling),
Level 3 Member of the Australian Counselling Association
Member of the Australian Counselling Association College of Supervisors
COUNSELLOR – TEACHER – AUTHOR – PRESENTER
Since 2004, I have worked in education and have taught across most year levels. I work with children and adolescents and parents. I understands the many challenges that families can experience. My work has particularly equipped me with an ability to connect with children and adolescents, and I have assisted many young people in their journey toward personal and academic success.
My life experiences and education have equipped me in assisting individuals with a broad range of needs. These needs have included general well-being, a variety of mental health concerns, stages of life, relationships, sexuality, spirituality and education.
Life is challenging, let me help you on the journey.
I am the author of the Bully Resilience: Changing the game series
(published under my former name of Gwen Godman).
Articles
Helping Children with Anxiety
Help children with anxiety by helping them to notice their thoughts and to unhook from unhelpful thinking.
Costly Cheap Talk
The following has been written for the those who; do not like to disappoint, like to help, will put themselves out for the benefit of another and who have trouble saying ‘No’. The people pleasers, the helpers and the compliant. Please read on. First, a story that...
How is your social fitness?
Fitness comes and Fitness goes If you have ever had an exercise program, you will be aware that your physical fitness will increase with regular exercise. You will also be aware that when you stop your exercise program your physical fitness level will drop....
Being Highly Sensitive and Bushfire Crisis
Bushfires As I write this, a large portion of eastern Victoria and eastern New South Wales is experiencing a bush-fire crisis. Watch and Act, and Evacuation orders have been in place for many regions. Fires also burn in other States and Territories. Australia is in...
The Cost of Resilience
Resilience does not mean being able to go through life without experiencing difficulties or challenges. It doesn’t work that way. Resilience shows up when things are difficult and challenging and ironically, it often doesn’t feel like resilience (whatever resilience is meant to feel like). It also develops with experience as we learn what we are actually able to endure. Having someone to cheer us on helps, but in the end, it is up to the one who is enduring the difficult stuff to keep going – and that is the hard part.
The desire to belong to the peer group
One of the toughest aspects of school is the peer group. Teaching children about the peer group, and making good choices is essential.
516A Dorset Road, Croydon South
Merrindale Shopping Centre (Next to Medical Centre)
Accessible via public transport: Bus 737 from either Croydon or Boronia Train Stations.
Telehealth appointments also available.
Surrounding Suburbs: Bayswater, Croydon, Kilsyth, Ringwood, Ringwood East, Boronia, Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park.
Equip Counselling & Consulting acknowledges the Wurundjeri people,
the traditional custodians of the land upon which I now live and operate my business.
I pay my respects to elders past and present and extend this respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Elders and people from other communities.
The written content of this web site including logo and illustrations relating to Bully Resilience: Changing the Game, remain the property of Equip Counselling & Consulting.