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ABOUT US
Our Practice
Bayside Family Counselling is a therapy practice located in the Bayside area of Victoria. Our practitioner provides counselling services to families and individuals, helping address physical, emotional and psychological challenges within various stages of life. We particularly assist clients who have experienced trauma, violence and or abuse, with our services focusing on recovery and healing for anyone who needs support from experiencing these kinds of events.
Our Professional
Melissa Brown is a qualified and registered counsellor and social worker, with over 16 years of experience in community health, justice systems and education services. Melissa practices client-centered counselling within a trauma-informed framework, purposefully being led by the client to ‘walk in their shoes’.
Melissa is also a family violence training facilitator with six and half years of experience, training numerous case workers, family violence practitioners and support staff from various community agencies and services in identifying family violence and using the MARAM Framework to identify risks related to domestic abuse. Melissa is currently completing her Safe and Together© Model training, with the expectation to better identify Adults Using Family Violence behaviour, complete Perpetrator Mapping Tool’s to assist clients, and support behaviour change within Adults Using Family Violence from their attendance in the Mentegrity Counselling program (please see our Services page for details).
Melissa's professional experience and knowledge can assist with:
Qualifications
MSW
BASS (COUNSELLING)
Grad. Cert. Developmental Trauma
Dip. Counselling & Communication
Cert IV TAE
Cert III Children’s Services
Family Issues
Specialist individual parent support due to conflict, changes in parenting or family unit, separations, divorces and blended families, family members’ safety and/ or focused interventions if violence and abuse is present.
Family Violence and Sexual Assault Counselling
Counselling and ongoing support from post or current experiences of trauma experienced from domestic/family violence, sexual assault and child abuse.
Case Management and Navigation of Service Systems
Collaboration, advocacy and case management with other service sectors to co-ordinate best possible client(s) outcomes.
Childhood and Adolescent Concerns
Developmental stages and transitions in life, bullying and self-esteem concerns, understanding dating and friendships, relationships within the family, experiences from trauma or exposure to family violence.
Play Therapy
Addressing confronting problems with self-direction by clients; issues explored include trauma experienced from sexual abuse and family violence, unhelpful behaviours, and harm experienced by children and adolescents.
