Watershed Counselling - Best services in Hunter Valley

  

Welcome!

Watershed Counselling is located in the Hunter Valley, in the arty and food hub Maitland as well as in Cessnock working from the West Cessnock Medical Practice.


We work with you to tackle worries that are important to you and support you to overcome negative thoughts and feelings, anxieties, or whatever else might be impacting you feeling good. We work in partnership with you to address the issues, discovering new ways of thinking and acting that will lead to a fresh direction for your life.
We use evidence-based practice to guide our treatment.
 This approach integrates the best available
 research evidence with clinical expertise and client values.

Anxiety

Anxiety is the body’s physical response to a perceived threat. 

It can cause a pounding heart, rapid breathing, 

butterflies in the stomach, and a burst of energy

 and mental responses such as excessive fear, 

worries, or obsessive thinking. Everyone experiences anxiety but symptoms can vary. Anxiety often develops in relation to everyday concerns such as your health, loss, injury, shame, 

aggression, or guilt.

Relationships

While the need for human connection appears to be innate,

 the ability to form healthy, loving relationships is learned. 

Some evidence suggests that the ability to form a stable 

the relationship starts to form in infancy, in a child’s earliest

 experiences with a caregiver who reliably meets the 

infant’s need for food, care, warmth, protection, 

stimulation and social contact. 

These relationships are not destiny but the

 the theory states that establishing deeply ingrained 

patterns of relating to others. 

Relationships dynamics discussed in therapy could be: 

Mood Disorders

Mood disorders are conditions that disturb our mood to the point where

 it becomes difficult to function in relationships or at work.  

People’s lived experience with mood disorders varies greatly. 

Mood disorders can make a person withdraw from social contact 

or hide their real feelings from people close to them. 

These conditions are can be understood in therapy: 

Self-esteem and Body image

Body image is both the mental picture you have of your own body 

and how you see yourself when you look in the mirror. 

Body dissatisfaction occurs when you have persistent 

negative thoughts and feelings about your body. 

It is an internal emotional and cognitive process and is influenced by external factors such as pressures to meet a certain appearance ideal. Body dissatisfaction can drive people to engage in 

unhealthy weight-control behaviors, particularly disordered eating. 

This places them at heightened risk for developing an eating disorder.

 

Self-esteem dictates how you value and respect yourself as a person which can impact on every aspect of life and contribute to happiness and well-being. 

 

In the therapy setting, we discuss: 

Life Stressors

When one evaluates environmental demand as beyond

 his/her ability to cope successfully, he may feel stressed.

 This may include elements of unpredictability, uncontrollability,

 and feeling overloaded.  Life stressors will diminish 

when people learn how to manage adjustments to changes in life, 

both good and bad. Life stressors may appear in situations like:

Grief and Loss

Grief is a natural response to loss. It’s the emotional 

suffering you feel when something or someone you love 

is taken away. The more major the loss the more intense the grief seems to be.

 

Grief can be expressed in many ways and it can 

affect every part of your life such as your emotions, 

thoughts and behaviors, beliefs, physical health, 

sense of self and identity, and your relationship

 with others. Grief can leave you feeling sad, angry, 

anxious, shocked, regretful, relieved, overwhelmed, isolated, irritable, or numb.

Trauma

Trauma could be defined as a physical injury, a wound, a hurt, 

a defeat, or/and an unpleasant experience that causes abnormal stress.

 

Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. defines trauma as “not the story of 

something that happened back then, but the current imprint 

of that pain, horror, and fear living inside.” Such events may leave us stuck in 

a state of helplessness and terror, and it results in a change in how 

we see the danger.

If you or your child are in a crisis or any other person may be in 

danger – don’t use this site. These resources can provide you 

with immediate help. When you don’t feel like talking, once you

log in, you can access free Ebooks, Videos, and other Learning 

resources on this website.

Teenagers are often confused and maybe overwhelmed 
with the situations, they experience in life.
We are working with children and teenagers to cope
 with stressors and anxieties such as school bullying, 
family conflicts, divorce, and transition difficulties.
The most common problems among adolescents relate 
to recent growth and development struggles.

Possible teenage issues that we deal with 

could be:

FAQ

In therapy we discuss:

Tips on understanding teenagers:

Psychosocial disorders are more common during 

adolescence than during childhood, and many unhealthy

 behaviors begin during childhood. Having an eating disorder, poor diet, 

obesity, smoking, using drugs, and violent behavior can 

lead to acute health problems, chronic disorders, or morbidity later in life.

If you or your child are in a crisis or any other person may be in 

danger – don’t use this site. These resources can provide you with 

immediate help. When you don’t feel like talking, once you log in,

 you can access free Ebooks, Videos, and other Learning resources on this website.

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