Professional Affiliations:
- Private Health -Accredited Provider of Counselling Services.
- Christian Counselling Association of Australia (CCAA).
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia Inc (PACFA).
- Listed on the Australian Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ARCAP) register
Work With Sara
Time to say Stop!
Your Life is too important to be struggling with things that hold you back every day. Yes, life can sometimes get the better of you but say stop and take back the control you know you deserve. Overcome the things that are holding you back and reach for your best self.
It is possible to heal your emotional pain, mental struggles and improve your relationship. You can overcome your current situation by empowering your life and learning the truth about your mind, emotions and ralationships.
Yes, it will take hard work, and yes, you will have to make the choice but I am looking forward to work with you to overcome and take the next step in your life.
Counselling Approach
What I Do!
Rewiring Cognitions and Emotions
“What is it? Rewiring is an individual or group approach to psychological therapy based on a combination model of CBT, psychotherapy and mastery learning. It is chiefly concerned with the relationship between optimism, learning, successful patterns of behaviour, and the subjective experiences and patterns of thought underlying them. This therapy educates people in self-awareness, healthy thinking, and effective communication, and helps them to change patterns of mental and emotional behaviour in a very short time-span.
Rewiring works on the neuroplasticity of the brain. It has been shown to be effective with adolescents and adults. The object of the training is to re-educate the brain and encourage a change in mental state, thus challenging the brain to function more effectively. The scripts that are programmed into our brains throughout life can be changed through this process, and organized into new scripts for us to achieve specific goals in life and raise the level of neurotransmitters in our brains”. – Dr. Genevieve Milnes
Ecometric Assessments
Ecometric assessment scales assist in the counselling process. The best way to achieve best results is to measure and quantify problems through reliable and scientifically proven measurements techniques.
Pro-active action.
Address correct and real needs.
Target the problems that will really make a difference.
Identify the most important risk factors.
Identify and utilize the strong points of functioning.
Provides a foundation to select the most appropriate, therapeutic actions.
Standardized multidimensional assessment scales:
- Personal Multi-problem Screening Inventory (PMSI)
- Leadership Values Scale (LQI)
- Eating Disorder Scale (EDAS)
- Other
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Functional Therapy
Functional Therapy is aimed at effecting understanding and insight into human behavior. In the first place clients are guided to understand themselves better. Understanding alone provides the possibility of healing. Clients have to proceed to effective action if they are to expect healing. When Functional Therapy is fully utilized (understanding that finds expression in action), it can lead to a life that is blessed with rich and fulfilled relationships with God, self and neighbor:
Functional Therapy (FT) involves a comprehensive approach to human functioning based on the integration of theology and social sciences.
- FT is a powerful treatment, because it combines theological, scientific, and behavioural aspects into one comprehensive approach: understanding and overcoming common psychosocial problems.
- FT was developed through extensive scientific evaluation.
- FT aims to help the client move from his/her defined emotional and behavioural problems, towards goals of how he/she would like to feel and behave.
- FT is a goal-directed, systematic, problem-solving approach to emotional and behavioural problems.
- FT focuses on how problems are being maintained as well as on searching for the root cause(s) of the problem.
- FT shows some of the strategies a person is using to cope with his/her emotional problems are actually maintaining those problems.
- FT offers practical advice and tools for overcoming common emotional and behavioural problems.
- FT can address material from a person’s past if doing so can help him/her to understand and change the way he/she is thinking and acting now.
- FT highlights learning techniques and maximizes self-help so that ultimately any person can become his/her own therapist.
Bear Therapy
In summary Bear Therapy is “…a powerful tool which unlocks the client’s internal ego states and brings to life the hidden intrapersonal emotional dilemmas. In couple counselling it can be used with both parties present, one as an observer, or individually between couple sessions. It is educative, psychotherapeutic and draws upon a large body of literature” (Milnes; 2011:29)
Reference:
G, Milnes. 2011. Working with Bears: Couple Counselling. National Journal of CCAA – Edition 3 (October). The Christian Counsellors Association of Australia Inc. pg 22-29
TESTIMONIALS
What People SayLinkedIn
Sara is a very skilled counsellor with the ability to provide insight from an angle not previously considered. Sara helped our family towards a very positive outcome, while we were going through a very difficult period. Her uncanny skill to ‘peel an onion’ assisted greatly during this process. Her professionalism, Christian based approach, craft and warm personality all work together in her helping others.
Tian Kotze
I highly recommend Sara, as a life changing coach.
Using artwork, Vision boards, positive words, positive pictures, Keeping track in a journal my thoughts and learning how to switch from negative to positive using rhymes (mindfulness). Being aware of how everyday activities in can affect emotions and how to stop them effecting my attitude and behaviour. Building better relationships – bringing positive energy into all areas. How to deal with stressful periods positively. Learning to take care of self through nutrition, exercise and relaxation (best of all not feeling guilty for looking after self). By empowering my journey of change.
Mags Sayers