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Ms Melissa Hughes

Psychotherapist, Counsellor

Baby and Beyond - Parental Counselling

North Sydney, NSW 2060

In Person + Telehealth

Philosophy & Vision

My goal is to provide therapeutic assistance to parents who are struggling with the day to day realities of parenting. I work holistically incorporating the needs of the parent-child relationship and the marital relationship.

Background

Melissa has been working in the perinatal area over 10 years and has provided workshops at GP conferences for medical practitioners and written articles for leading Parenting magazines. Melissa's support group is well known as a successful long term therapeutic intervention for clients wishing to change the way they relate to people and improving their everyday lives.

ServicesCounselling, Psychotherapy, Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Coaching / Mentoring, Workshops / Courses, Online Video Consultations

Areas of Special Interest

Abortion - Addiction - Alcohol & Drug Dependency - Anger Related Issues - Assertiveness - Behavioural Issues - Childhood Issues - Depression - Divorce & Separation - Family and Parenting - Fertility / Pregnancy - Postnatal Depression - Pre-marital Counselling - Relationship Issues - Stress Management - Women's Issues

                  Accreditations
          Graduate Diploma of Psychotherapy and Counselling - 2007 - Jansen Newman Institute

Modalities

ACT - Interpersonal - Marriage and Family - Mindfulness - Narrative Therapy - Object Relations - Systems Theory - Transactional Analysis

              Professional Associations
        Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
    

Published Articles

Surviving Postnatal Depression

Many articles have been written to assist women determine whether or not they have postnatal de...
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