Our counselling services
Child Counselling
We provide child counselling to children aged 5 and above. This is a safe and supportive environment for children to express themselves, explore their thoughts and feelings, and develop coping skills.
We understand and promote artistic expression of emotion. Play-based counselling involves using toys, games, and other age-appropriate creative techniques to help children communicate and process their emotions. It allows them to express themselves in a way that feels natural and enjoyable, rather than feeling intimidated or overwhelmed.
Child counselling supports children in:
- Trauma management and debriefing
- Anxiety and stress management
- Learning to healthily express emotions
- Building social skills
- Interpersonal relationships
- Developing coping strategies
- Neurodiversity support
- Problem-solving
- Building self-esteem
- Loss and bereavement
- Anger management
- Self-esteem
- Autism and neurodiveristy support
☺These services are only rendered face-to-face
☺Each child counselling session is 50 minutes long.
☺The fee per session is R550.
☺For children aged 6 and above.
NOTE: A Happy Place Counselors do not render any counselling services to children whose parents are currently undergoing divorce proceedings.
Teenager Counselling
Teenager counselling services provide a safe and confidential space for teenagers to talk about their thoughts, feelings, and challenges. It can help teenagers deal with a range of issues, including:
- Neurodiversity support
- Anxiety management
- Low self-esteem
- Interpersonal relationships
- Low mood management
- Disability support
- Academic pressure or stress management
- Substance abuse support
- Peer pressure or bullying management
- Loss and bereavement
- Trauma support
- Identity, gender or sexuality support
- Difficulty coping with life changes
- Anger management
- Neurodiversity-affirming counseling for high-masking and late-diagnosed autistic teens
Through age-appropriate counseling, teenagers can gain a better understanding of themselves and their behaviors, develop coping strategies, and improve communication with their peers and family members. Teenager counseling services aim to support teenagers in building their emotional resilience and promoting their overall well-being.
☺These services are rendered face-to-face OR online
☺Each session is 50 minutes long.
☺The fee per session is R550.
Adult Counselling
Virtual individual counseling services for adults provide a supportive and non-judgmental environment for young adults to explore their emotions and overcome personal challenges. It can help you navigate a range of issues, including:
- Neurodiversity support
- Social skill support
- Chronic disease lifestyle management
- Anxiety and stress management
- Interpersonal relationships
- Career coaching
- Diversity awareness
- Gender support
- Body positivity
- Adjustment to major life changes
- Trauma support and debriefing
- Disability management
- Loss and bereavement
- Self-esteem support
- Low mood management
- LGBTQ+ support
- Career adaptation
- Neurodiversity-affirming counseling for high-masking and late-diagnosed autistic adults
The goal of virtual individual counseling is to empower you to become more confident and resilient, and to support you in achieving your personal goals and living a fulfilling life.
☺These services are rendered online only.
☺Each session is 50 minutes long.
☺The fee per session is R550.
Support for Non-Speaking and Disabled Children and Teenagers
Every person is welcome at A Happy Place! Heleen has extensive training in assisting individuals with special needs and mild to severe disabilities and Elsie is well-versed in supporting non-speaking or unreliable speaking autistics through AAC.
Heleen supports developmentally, or physically disabled individuals through:
- Supporting Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) methods to communicate autonomously
- Managing and expressing emotions healthily, such as anger and anxiety
- Daily living and adaptive functioning skills
- Managing bullies and discrimination
- Fine motor skills improvement
- Safety skills
- Sensory needs identification
- Nervous system regulation techniques
☺For children aged 6 and above.
☺These services are rendered face-to-face.
☺Each session is 50 minutes long.
☺The fee per session is R550.
The Premarital Counselling Program
Premarital counselling helps engaged neurodiverse and neurodivergent couples prepare for marriage. It involves 5 virtual sessions navigating potential challenges in your future marriage by discussing topics chosen by YOU from this list:
- Socialising
- Career
- Your family and in-laws
- Romance and intimacy
- Finances
- Communication
- Conflict management
- Gender roles, religion and/or cultural expectations
- Roles and responsibilities, including household chores
- How to stay connected
- Future planning, including dreams, goals and family planning
Premarital counseling can be crucial in helping neurodiverse or neurodivergent couples establish realistic expectations, identify and address potential issues, and develop strong communication and problem-solving skills, which can ultimately lead to a stronger and healthier marriage.
☺These services are rendered online.
☺LGBTQIA+ Friendly.
☺Each session is 50 minutes long.
☺The fee per session is R550.
Couples Counselling
Couples counselling for neurodiverse and neurodivergent couples is designed to help partners build and maintain strong, healthy relationships.
- Communication challenges support
- Infidelity
- Conflict resolution management
- Emotional distance
- Intimacy support
- Financial stress management
- Parenting support
- Navigating life transitions
- Working through trust issues
Couples counselling provides a safe space for ALL partners to express their feelings, address underlying issues, and develop a deeper understanding of each other's perspectives. By working through challenges with a professional, couples can strengthen their bond, rebuild trust, and create a more resilient and fulfilling relationship. Seeking counselling is a proactive step towards fostering a healthier, happier partnership.
☺These services are rendered online.
☺LGBTQIA+ Friendly.
☺Each session is 50 minutes long.
☺The fee per session is R550.
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Socio-Emotional Assessment
A socio-emotional screening looks at a child’s emotional state, whereafter referrals can be made to assist the child and family in intervention of identified challenges.
This screening tool helps us understand how a child is feeling and how they are getting along with the people and things around them. This assessment is done by looking at how the child interacts with different parts of their life, like school, friends, family, and hobbies.
This tool screens the following:
- School and peer relationships
- Relationships with parents and siblings
- Child’s experience of their parent’s relationship (marital or other)
- The role of other significant people
- Relationships in which the child might be experiencing discomfort
- Possible attachment
- Broad screening of perceptual and motor functioning
- Screening of possible exposure to trauma, including physical/emotional or sexual abuse
- Temperament
☺The face-to-face screening is two hours long and may be divided into separate sessions or done in one day, depending on your child's age and development.
☺The assessment includes a 50 minute feedback session with parents or caregivers.
☺The socio-emotional assessment and feedback session fee is R1500.
☺You may opt for a written referral letter for an additional fee of R580.
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