Josette Gardiner Counsellor

Josette provides counselling to adults, children and adolescents. With a degree in Social Science (Counselling), she brings to Focus a safe (and fun) space for children to discuss their needs. Josette works with children using a variety of modalities, and has a special interest in trauma and its effects on the brain and behaviour. Because of this, she provides effective and nurturing therapy to children where family violence has been part of their story. She has also worked extensively with a range of other issues such as self-harm, grief and loss, parental conflict and trauma recovery. Josette uses a range of tools, games and activities to help children untangle their inner world in a way that helps them make sense of it. She helps them master the skills they need to manage their emotions in an often-complicated world. All this is done with a sense of hope for the future, and a belief that the child is capable of any change they hope to achieve and the ability to heal from past hurts. Josette also provides counselling to adults for a range of needs. She also provides professional supervision for counsellors and is a member of the College of Supervisors with ACA. Josette is a member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).