Counselling & Therapy
Mental Health Support
Professional, confidential support for a wide range of mental health concerns
If you or someone you know suffers from mental illness, we can assist you to improve symptoms and quality of life.
Peaceful Mind Counselling is a confidential counselling service, offering telehealth (video/phone) sessions for people 16 years and older.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy, also known as talk therapy or counselling, can assist with a broad range of mental health conditions and emotional difficulties by exploring the factors that have an impact on your thinking patterns, feelings, moods, and behaviour.
Peaceful Mind Counselling can assist with:
ANXIETY
Everyone feels anxious sometimes, it’s a normal emotion. But, if you are experiencing overwhelming stress, anxiety, and panic attacks, impacting all aspect of life, it becomes an issue. Identifying triggers and learning tools and techniques that help you manage your anxiety and panic attacks can improve quality of life and move forward.
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DEPRESSION
Have you lost interest in the activities you used to love? If you’re feeling sad, worthless, or hopeless, you might be experiencing depression. Understanding life’s challenges and unhelpful thinking patterns can assist you to improve depression and overall emotional well-being.
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GRIEF AND LOSS
Grief is a normal feeling that we experience as a response to loss such as death of a loved one or dealing with a job loss or diagnosed with a chronic health condition. This can be debilitating. Grieving time is individual, but it can be challenging to adjust to the implications of the loss. Grief counselling tailor to individual needs using evidence-based therapeutic intervention can assist with healing and coping.
WORKPLACE ISSUES
Workplace relationships can be challenging as our personal or social relationships, bonding, or breakdowns in communication. Reflecting on workplace and the reasons behind the challenges and learn new strategies to manage challenges at workplace.
LOW SELF-ESTEEM
Living with low self-esteem can be a struggle. Feeling not good enough can have an impact in all aspect of life such as family, friends, social and employment. How you see yourself and how other see you can be different. Understanding our thinking patterns and learning strategies to improve our self-esteem can improve your quality of life.
EATING DISORDER
An eating Disorder is a mental health condition that can be described as an unhealthy practice related to eating, exercise, or body shape. This is usually caused by negative body image. We can assist with identifying a healthy self-image to start the healing process.
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ANGER
Anger is a human emotion. It becomes an issue when it consumes us or when it is directed towards others, displaying violence and aggression. Identify triggers or patterns and learning techniques to improve communication and manage emotions can improve relationship with self and others.
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TRAUMA / PTSD
Emotional and psychological trauma is a result of extremely stressful event such as an accident or assault or domestic violence can challenge your sense of security, feeling helpless and fearful. Identifying triggers and responses and evidence-based therapeutic intervention can assist with moving forward from trauma.
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ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
Major life change, such as a divorce, marriage, having a baby, migration, cancer diagnosis or after an unfortunate event such as a car accident, can cause lot of stress and be challenging to cope with changed reality. Evidence-based individualise therapeutic intervention can assist with healing and coping with present circumstances.
ANXIETY
Everyone feels anxious sometimes, it’s a normal emotion. But, if you are experiencing overwhelming stress, anxiety, and panic attacks, impacting all aspect of life, it becomes an issue. Identifying triggers and learning tools and techniques that help you manage your anxiety and panic attacks can improve quality of life and move forward.
Read more…
DEPRESSION
Have you lost interest in the activities you used to love? If you’re feeling sad, worthless, or hopeless, you might be experiencing depression. Understanding life’s challenges and unhelpful thinking patterns can assist you to improve depression and overall emotional well-being.
Read more…
ANGER
Anger is a human emotion. It becomes an issue when it consumes us or when it is directed towards others, displaying violence and aggression. Identify triggers or patterns and learning techniques to improve communication and manage emotions can improve relationship with self and others.
Read more…
LOW SELF-ESTEEM
Living with low self-esteem can be a struggle. Feeling not good enough can have an impact in all aspect of life such as family, friends, social and employment. How you see yourself and how other see you can be different. Understanding our thinking patterns and learning strategies to improve our self-esteem can improve your quality of life.
GRIEF AND LOSS
Grief is a normal feeling that we experience as a response to loss such as death of a loved one or dealing with a job loss or diagnosed with a chronic health condition. This can be debilitating. Grieving time is individual, but it can be challenging to adjust to the implications of the loss. Grief counselling tailor to individual needs using evidence-based therapeutic intervention can assist with healing and coping.
ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
Major life change, such as a divorce, marriage, having a baby, migration, cancer diagnosis or after an unfortunate event such as a car accident, can cause lot of stress and be challenging to cope with changed reality. Evidence-based individualise therapeutic intervention can assist with healing and coping with present circumstances.
TRAUMA / PTSD
Emotional and psychological trauma is a result of extremely stressful event such as an accident or assault or domestic violence can challenge your sense of security, feeling helpless and fearful. Identifying triggers and responses and evidence-based therapeutic intervention can assist with moving forward from trauma.
Read more…
EATING DISORDER
An eating Disorder is a mental health condition that can be described as an unhealthy practice related to eating, exercise, or body shape. This is usually caused by negative body image. We can assist with identifying a healthy self-image to start the healing process.
Read more…
Supervision for Students, Social Workers / Counsellors, and Accredited Mental Health Social Workers (AMHSW)
Supervision is recognised as an integral part of social work. Jayani Jayatilake is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW), offering individual supervision in line with AASW Supervision Standards. Providing a safe and secure place where you can reflect and learn while focusing on enhancing professional skills and competence.
If you are a student as a part of the field placement or if you are a Social Worker wanting to reflect on your practice or working towards Accredited Mental Health credential or a practitioner in private practice, please reach out to us. Jayani can assist with enhancing your learning relating to mental health field. Supervision is a mandatory requirement for AMHSW. It is the best practice.
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