Bold Steps Therapy
Bold Steps Therapy specialises in providing mental health support to children, teenagers, parents, and families, using evidence-based therapies. Our safe and positive environment invites children and teenagers to explore their thoughts, feelings and experiences creativity through play. We help them to re-process, re-learn and reconnect in healthy ways.
We are proud to work with people who identify as neuro-diverse, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, multi-cultural or part of the LGBTQI community.
Bold Steps Therapy provides treatment for a wide range of issues, including:
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• Mental health disorders
• Family relationship problems
• Behavioural-emotional dysregulation
• Skills development
Joanne Cook
Jo is a registered Mental Health Social Worker and Clinical Family Therapist with over 15 years of experience working in public and private mental health settings. She provides individual, parent-child and family therapy for all life stages and ages. She primarily works with children and adolescents using a family systems approach. This method recognises the important role that parents and siblings play in young people’s lives, development, and recovery.
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Jo’s style is fun, curious, and compassionate. She considers the individual’s needs according to their age and development. When working with families or parent-child duo’s, Jo mobilises individual and collective strengths to promote deeper connections and improve communication.
Jo specialises in working with children and teenagers but also welcomes individual adults and parents who wish to engage in therapy to address a range of mental health or family-related challenges.
Blanche, the Schnoodle
Blanche is a 3-year-old miniature schnoodle. She is currently training to become a registered therapy dog! She’s excited to join the Bold Steps Therapy team and support clients as part of treatment by being a friendly presence in the room. Blanche is still in training and learns more about her role and skills every day. Like all of us, from time to time Blanche feels big emotions of excitement or anxiety. This means we must assess if Blanche will be a good fit before including her as a therapeutic aide to treatment.