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Connect Counselling WA

Individual Counsellor


NDIS Counsellor


Circle of Security Parenting

 Workshop Facilitator​

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Practicing Schema Therapy

Concepts

"You are who you need when navigating this ever-changing world"

Circle of Security Parent Workshop Practitioner
I Support Diversity
Member of the Australian Counsellors Association
I Support NDIS Participants & Families

BUPA & ARHG-affiliated clients may

be able to claim Private Health Rebates

on Counselling Services​​

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Meet Our Team

Denise Perez


* Bachelor of Counselling * Diploma of Counselling

* Circle of Security Group Facilitator * NDIS knowledgeable

* Ongoing Professional Development

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- Individuals who are seeking personal growth, re-discovering their inner-self-worth & inner-confidence', understanding attachment patterns with important others, exploration of strategies around managing conflicting emotions around a suspected diagnosis/missed out on receiving a diagnosis. Denise provides you a safe space to explore daily challenges and life hardships at your own pace. -

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- I have experience working within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) space. Her role included meeting new and returning NDIS families, allocating & updating funding in a NDIS plan, supporting the emotional ups and downs along your NDIS journey and more. I made the decision to continue supporting NDIS and Non-NDIS participants and their caregivers through a counselling lens. I hold an understanding of what it is like to feel unheard, facing endless appointments and having to juggle multiple appointments relating to your disability needs. It is important for individuals and families to feel heard and to develop an important sense of self, that goes beyond your disability identity. 

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- Did You Know? It is our children who are our teachers in how to develop healthy relationships with us, their parents and caregivers?

I am a registered Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) facilitator who runs COSP workshops for parents, caregivers, extended family members. Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) is an attachment-based program that is designed to strengthen important relationships between children child their caregivers. Children and animals lead the way. Circle of Security is about leaving our *shark music* triggers in the past and move forward with making a positive future for our children and future generations.​

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A no-charge 20-minute Meet & Greet consultation is provided (visit our Bookings Page) to learn of your therapy focuses and discuss client-counsellor goals and suitability.

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- More adventures and services are ‘in the works’, keep in touch through the website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for more updates. -

Denise - Connect Counselling WA
About

Circle of Security Parent Workshop

Upcoming Circle of Security Parent Workshops

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Individual Therapy
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Connect Counselling WA is aware of the importance of taking care of your own health & wellbeing. Life can be turbulent and unexpected.  1 to 1 individual counselling sessions for individuals who seek a safe place to feel confident in exploring a range of different concerns that are important them. Connect Counselling WA provides counselling services within a person-centered approach, applies different therapy frameworks to each individual's therapy preference and adapts therapy styles that feel most appropriate 'in-the-moment' when working through challenging scenarios. Connect Counselling WA is an LGBTIQ+ ally, trauma informed, person-led sessions and will remain an anchor for you if you wish to seek additional supports and services.

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Connect Counselling WA works alongside NDIS participants-families, individuals who suspected a diagnosis, managing the disappointment of not meeting NDIS access or missed out on receiving an official diagnosis. Life can feel emotionally demanding when juggling multiple appointments with your professional team. Connect Counselling WA provides individuals skills building opportunities, navigating the stressor around waitlists, interpreting diagnostic reports therapist recommendations, funding & assessments results. Connect Counselling WA is passionate about being an ally along your journey to feel confident in taking on each day, regardless of the barriers you may be facing.

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Connect Counselling WA is a registered Circle of Security Parenting  (COSP) facilitator, who is passionate about understanding important relationship attachments from past and current relationships. From infancy, we have already developed attachment rapport with our caregiver by the time we are 11 months old. Our brains are wired to be adaptive and reflective of how we interact with others. Connect Counselling WA offers 8-week COSP attachment workshops and 1 to 1 reflective counselling in recognising how we engage with others, and the type of relationship attachment styles we have with others. Reflection is an opportunity for new growth in our connections with others.

Services

Community Board - Links to Community Services

Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 - Crisis Support
Headspace Australia - Online & Phone Support
1800RESPECT - National Domestic Family & Sexual Violence Counselling Service
MensLine Australia | Free help, referrals & counselling for men
The Samaritans - Anonymous Emotional Support
BeyondBlue - 24/7 Support for Anxiety, Depression & Suicide Prevention
Pregnancy, Birth & Baby | Australia's leading pregnancy and baby website
Western Australian Women's Domestic Violence Helpline | 1800 007 339
Relationships Australia | Acheiving Positive & Respectful Relationships
The Royal Women's Hospital
Wanslea - Healthy Families, Healthy Communities
Society of Australian Sexologists
Mission Australia - Moving vulnerable Australians towards independence
Western Australian Crisis Care Helpline | 1800 199 008
MSWA - Life Not Limits
Parkinson's WA | In This Together
ReachOut Australia - LGBTQIA+ support services | Gender
LGBTIQ+ Health Australia - Together for health
Patricia Giles Centre for Non-Violence
Queerspace | 'A space for all of me'
Mates in Construction
Zonta House Refuge Association | Empowering Women: Restoring Hope, Rebuilding Lives
King Edward Memorial Hospital | Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC)
GracesList Perth | Local Emergency Services, Homeless Shelters and Social Services in Perth, Australia
White Ribbon Australia | Stop men's violence against women
Open Arms - Veterans & Families Counselling
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