See Change Community Services

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PREPARE & ENRICH COURSES Specific courses are available for premarital couples, cohabiting premarital couples, premarital couples with children, married couples and couples over the age of 50. A trained facilitator will guide you and your partner, separately, through an online set of questions from the appropriate course. Your answers are then analyzed and the results are summarised in a 15-page report. As well as providing important background information, twenty three areas are covered in each of the inventories, and individual and couple responses in these areas are summarised in the report: A. Significant Issues for Couples: * Communication * Conflict Resolution * Personality Issues * Financial Management * Marital Leisure Activities * Sexual Expectations * Children and Parenting * Family and Friends * Realistic Expectations * Idealistic Distortions * Role Relationship * Spiritual Beliefs * Approaching the wedding B. Personality: * Personality Profile * Stress * Assertiveness * Self Confidence * Avoidance * Partner Dominance C: Closeness and Flexibility of Family-of-Origin D: Closeness and Flexibility of Couple Relationship/Marriage The next step is for you to return for a number of feedback sessions (as determined by you and the Administrator). You will receive a 25 page workbook called Building A Strong Marriage which is designed to help you to complete six exercises that are intended to complement the feedback dialogue being facilitated by the Administrator. Goals of the program * Explore couple strength & growth areas * Strengthen couple communication skills * Learn Ten Steps for Resolving Couple Conflict * Explore family-of-origin issues * Develop financial budget & plans * Develop personal, couple & family goals To be booked in for PREPARE or ENRICH call See Change Counselling and Medical Centre on 9542 2600	Relationship & Marraige Counselling Navigating relationships can be complex, have you hit a bump in the road that has left you feeling confused and uncertain of how this is going to resolve? Counselling is available to help you make your relationship stronger. You can come as a couple or as individuals and talk with someone who not only cares but also has experience in resolving and supporting you through realtionship issues. Call 9542 2600 Domestic and Family Violence Domestic and family violence occurs when someone uses violence, abuse or intimidation to control or manipulate their past or present partner, family members or housemates, forcing them to live in fear. Controlling behaviours include physical, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse, threats, humiliation, financial deprivation, forced social isolation-such as not allowing contact with family and friends, stalking, harassment and neglect. Domestic and family violence affects people from all walks of life, and impacts on the physical, mental and emotional health of both adults and children. Getting help Regular counselling with a trained counsellor can help men who use violence towards family members to understand and change their behaviour. Counselling and behaviour change programs focus on examining and addressing the man’s deeply held beliefs about violence, masculinity, control of others, the impact of their use of violence towards others, self-control and responsibility for one’s actions. Research suggests that while some men who are violent may think about getting help, the majority of them don’t because they feel ashamed. Counselling at See change Counselling and Medical Centre is 100% confidential, call and ask for an appointment to see Grant Twivey 9542 2600. Grant helps those struggling with anxiety, depression, self esteem, anger management, domestic violence, families and couples dealing with relationship issues. Grant has professional registration with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and the Christian Counsellors Association of Australia.
Divorce Separation is very traumatic, especially when there is on-going conflict about arrangements that need to be made. It is very difficult for people to make the adjustments that are needed after separation or divorce. It is emotionally difficult to detach from someone we have been in a relationship with for a while. Although couples have separated, there are still bonds of attachment. These feelings may be around for a long time. Separation or Divorce is a Complex Process When a couple or individual decide that they need to separate, they are faced with many difficult issues. First, they have to deal with the responses that they, their partner and their children have to the separation. Then, there are all the practical issues demanding attention: * setting up separate residences * sorting out the money and property issues * making arrangements for the care of children. As separation involves making changes to so many aspects of their lives, people find the journey to a new life, home and relationship very difficult. This is true even if the parties are amicable about the need for the separation and how they should address it. Help is available, to walk the journey towards stability, healing and hope for the future call and ask for an appointment with Val or Grant 9542 2600.