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Shelley Jackson
Psychologist MAPS - Reiki Master/Teacher

Ballina - Northern Rivers NSW Australia
 
 
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PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
       
  COUNSELLING
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Therapeutic methods

Skills training

   
PSYCHOTHERAPY
  REGISTERED PROVIDER FOR
   
Medicare Australia
  IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP
WorkCover NSW workers compensation insurance
Counselling for sleep problems
CDS: Promote better sleep
Northern Rivers Gestalt Institute Lismore
       
  LEARN DEEP RELAXATION & MEDITATION    
30-minute guided deep relaxation sessions    
CDS: Reduce stress and learn deep relaxation    
       
A RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Shelley Jackson offers professional psychological services to the community from her practice - located in Ballina, NSW. Services are confidential and accessible, with consultations available on weekdays, evenings and Saturdays. Shelley can assist clients with a wide range of personal and interpersonal issues. She enjoys using a holistic approach that focuses on the needs of the client - combining her diverse skills to enhance self-awareness, health and wellbeing, personal and spiritual development.

Shelley offers clients short and long-term counselling and psychotherapy, as well as skills training consultations and group programs. She also offers clients 30-minute guided deep relaxation sessions to help reduce stress and enhance health and wellbeing. In addition, Shelley has substantial experience providing clinical supervision to professional counsellors and psychologists, employee assistance, critical incident counselling and tertiary education counselling, and offers these specialised services to the community.

THERAPEUTIC METHODS
  As part of providing a professional service to the community, Shelley Jackson offers a range of therapeutic methods, such as

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Gestalt Therapy

Sandplay Therapy

Dream Therapy

Body-oriented Therapy

Art Therapy

Deep Relaxation, Meditation and Creative Visualisation Techniques

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SKILLS TRAINING
 
Clients can also arrange appointments for counselling with a specific focus on skills training, including for assistance with:

Stress management

Developing positive coping skills

Deep relaxation, creative visualisation and meditation techniques

Communication and relating skills

Sleep disorder management

Conflict resolution skills

GUIDED DEEP RELAXATION SESSIONS

The influence of the mind-body connection on health and wellness is widely recognised these days. Shelley Jackson offers 30-minute guided deep relaxation sessions to help reduce stress and enhance health and wellbeing. She uses a variety of deep relaxation, creative visualisation and meditation techniques during these sessions, selected to suit your individual needs. No prior experience necessary. Shelley has many years experience assisting clients, individually and in group programs, to better understand the benefits and uses of such techniques in day to day life, as well as in providing clients with practical experience of profound relaxation.

CDS: REDUCE STRESS AND PROMOTE RELAXATION

 
 
IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP - COUNSELLING FOR SLEEP PROBLEMS
 
Do you suffer from: Trouble falling asleep? Waking up frequently during the night? Light sleep? Trouble sleeping well without medication? Excessive thinking and worrying in bed? Waking up and having trouble going back to sleep? Daytime fatigue?

Sleep is vital to our health and well-being. Yet many of us don't get the sleep we need to live healthy and productive lives. Counselling for sleep problems can help you better understand sleep and insomnia, and assist you to improve the quality of your sleep, especially for those who suffer from sleep problems associated with stress, anxiety or depression.

Using easy to learn, cognitive and behavioural strategies (CBT), as well as mindfulness, relaxation and meditation techniques, counselling for sleep problems can help you develop practical skills to reduce problems falling asleep, returning to sleep or staying asleep when early waking is a problem, as well as help calm the mind when thinking and worrying in bed is a problem.

Shelley Jackson offers counselling for sleep problems especially for those who suffer from sleep problems associated with stress, anxiety or depression. (Please note if you suffer from Sleep Apnoea, please talk to your doctor.)

Shelley also offers for sale a variety of relaxation and meditation CDs, as well as ambient music CDs and natural sounds CDs to promote relaxation as an aid to better sleep. (Go to http://www.relaxandreducestress.com.au/sleepimprove.html for details or click on one of the images below for further information.)

CDS: AN AID TO BETTER SLEEP

 

CDS: Acupressure & gentle yoga

 
SPECIALISED SERVICES
  As part of providing a professional service to the community, Shelley Jackson offers a range of specialised services, including

Employee assistance

Critical incident counselling

Tertiary education counselling

Clinical supervision for professional counsellors and psychologists

In addition, Shelley also offers the following specialised services:

Medicare - Better Access to Mental Health Care Program

Shelley Jackson also offers professional psychological services as a provider under the Medicare - Better Access to Mental Health Care Program. More information: About this program. Medicare rebates; Medicare bulkbilling

Psychological services & WorkCover workers compensation insurance

Shelley Jackson is a regsietered provider with WorkCover. She offers psychological services under WorkCover workers compensation insurance to assist with rehabilitation and return to work. Employees who require psychological assistance as a result of a work-related injury under a WorkCover workers compensation insurer may be eligible for psychological services with Shelley Jackson. Please contact Shelley, Ph. (02) 6686 7093 to discuss your needs and to arrange an appointment.

North Coast Area Health Service Employee Assistance Program.

Staff of the Northern Rivers Area Health Service may arrange consultations with Shelley Jackson under their Employee Assistance Program. Fees for up to three consultations may be paid for under this program. Please contact Shelley, Ph. (02) 6686 7093 to discuss your needs and to arrange an appointment.

Northern Rivers Gestalt Institute, Lismore

Students from all years of the Northern Rivers Gestalt Institute, Lismore may arrange consultations with Shelley Jackson for psychotherapy and/or supervision as part of meeting the requirements for completion of their study program. Please contact Shelley, Ph. (02) 6686 7093 to discuss your needs and to arrange an appointment.

GROUP PROGRAMS

  As part of providing a professional service to the community, Shelley Jackson offers a range of group programs on varied topics, such as:
Talking About Stress and Positive Coping Skills

Inner Connections - Practising Deep Relaxation, Meditation and Creative Visualisation

Improving Your Sleep

Self-discovery Through Art Therapy

Understanding Your Dreams

 

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COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
COUNSELLING
What is counselling? How can it help?

Counselling is a therapeutic process that offers

A confidential, safe, respectful and supportive environment in which to explore your thoughts and feelings about personal and life issues with a qualified and experienced professional.

Counselling is

A positive experience that can help you feel more 'in charge' of your life.

Counselling can help you

Increase your self-awareness and expand your life choices. It can help you change in the ways that you request (whenever possible), to enhance your health, wellbeing, personal success and enjoyment of life.

Counselling can assist you to

Increase understanding of your emotional world
Identify and focus on your needs
Develop positive coping skills
Clarify goals
Improve decision-making
Learn new skills
Raise confidence
Enhance self-management
Increase awareness of your strengths and resources
Improve communication and increase emotional closeness in relationships

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When should I see a counsellor?

Talking to a counsellor can be beneficial at any time. It doesn't matter whether the issue is big or small. Also, you don't need to wait until you are in a crisis to speak with a counsellor. People consult counsellors for help with all kinds of personal and life issues, including:

Coping with symptoms that reflect the emotional impact of life events, such as sleeping problems, depression, anxiety or grief
Reducing and stress
Adjusting to life changes
Coping with family pressures
Overcoming procrastination
Dealing more effectively with relationship issues
Resolving workplace problems
Clarifying life direction
Enhancing personal development
For support during times of major stress or life changes, especially where family and friends are at a distance
For information and advice, when there is concern about a family member, friend or colleague in distress or with severe difficulties
PSYCHOTHERAPY

What is psychotherapy? How can it help?

The terms 'counselling' and 'psychotherapy' are often used interchangeably to refer to the psychotherapeutic process. However, psychotherapy can provide you with a means to explore your personal and life issues in greater depth - through the use of a variety of psychotherapeutic methods and the empathic and responsive assistance of a qualified and experienced therapist.

As in the counselling process, the relationship between the therapist and the client is a professional one based on respect, honesty, sensitivity and responsibility. During the psychotherapy process, the therapist aims to assist you to increase self-awareness and move out of patterns of experiential avoidance, to deepen understanding of your relationships, gain new perspectives about life experiences, restore balance and strengthen your sense of connection with deeper aspects of self - all of which can enhance meaning and purpose in life.
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Psychotherapeutic methods

Shelley enjoys assisting clients to deepen their understanding of themselves and the connection between their body, mind, emotions and spirit. She has substantial training and experience in a range of psychotherapeutic methods, including:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Gestalt Therapy
Sandplay Therapy
Body-oriented Therapy
Dream Therapy
Art Therapy
Deep Relaxation, Meditation & Creative Visualisation
 

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Contact Us
Shelley Jackson
Psychologist MAPS
Reiki Master/Teacher
PO Box 1611
Ballina NSW 2478
Ph. (02) 6686 7093
Fax. (02) 6686 7983
Mob. Ph. 0438 867 093

Consultations available weekdays, evenings & Saturdays