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Parents & Family
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Couples Counselling

Our couples counselling services provide a safe space for you and your partner to navigate challenges, improve communication, and strengthen your relationship. Our experienced therapists are here to support you every step of the way.

Family Counselling

Family counselling at MindRiver center focuses on enhancing family dynamics, resolving conflicts, and fostering understanding among family members. Our therapists are dedicated to helping your family thrive and grow stronger together.

Parenting Support

Parenting support services offer guidance, strategies, and a listening ear to help you navigate the joys and challenges of raising children. Our compassionate team is here to assist you in building a healthy and nurturing environment for your family.

You don't have to have everything figured out before reaching out. Healing isn't about becoming someone new—it's about reconnecting with the person you've always been beneath life's challenges. Sometimes, the first step is simply giving yourself permission to begin.




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Supporting Young Athletes & Their Families

 

Whether your child plays basketball recreationally or at an elite level, sport can bring enormous opportunities, but also pressure, self-doubt, performance anxiety, emotional highs and lows, and challenges with confidence.

I work with parents and young athletes to strengthen emotional resilience, confidence, communication, and healthy performance habits so children can enjoy sport while continuing to grow both on and off the court.

A resource I highly recommend

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As both a counsellor and a parent, I understand the emotional journey that often accompanies youth sport.

One resource I have personally found valuable is How to Be an Elite Parent for Young Basketball Players by Eric Miraflores and Ivan Carlos.

Rather than focusing only on performance, it offers practical insights into supporting young athletes with confidence, encouragement, resilience, and healthy emotional development.

If you're raising a child who loves basketball, I believe it's a worthwhile read.

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What Young Basketball Players Really Need From Parents

As a basketball parent, I've spent years learning that skill development is only one part of the journey.

Confidence, emotional regulation, resilience after mistakes, self-belief, and maintaining a love for the game are equally important.

That's why I enjoyed reading "How to Be an Elite Parent for Young Basketball Players" by Eric Miraflores and Ivan Carlos.

The book reminds us that our role is not to control our child's journey but to support it, guide it, and help them grow both on and off the court.

A worthwhile read for parents who want to support their young athletes in a healthy and positive way.

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The center acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation who are the traditional custodians of the land on which our services operate.MindRiver also like to pay respect to the Wurundjeri Elders, past, present and emerging leaders of tomorrow such as indiviuals, children and young people, extending this respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait people from other communities who use our services. We also celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity and sexual orientation.

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