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Blossomtree Psychology

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5333 4157

Address: 34 Victoria Street 3350 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.blossomtreepsychology.com.au/

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25.01.2022 Blossomtree Psychology welcomes our newest addition to the practice, Tesni Rowlands! Tesni has a passion for working with children and adolescents and has clinical experience across a range of settings, including mainstream schools, public mental health settings and private practice. Tesnis therapeutic approach is child-centered and strength-based with an emphasis on supporting children and their families through open and warm communication. Tesni enjoys working closely with parents and aims to empower and support children and adolescents using evidence-based, creative and engaging therapeutic techniques. If you would like to learn more about Tesni, head over to the who are we page on our website https://www.blossomtreepsychology.com.au/who-are-we.html

24.01.2022 Are you or anyone you know interested in joining a supportive private practice team? Due to ever growing demand we are looking for psychologists and/or mental health social workers to join our busy practice. We currently have 2 days a week available and would love to speak to anyone interested in 1 or 2 days per week of private practice work with infants, children, adolescents and their families. Please feel free to share this post and if you are interested please dont hesitate to contact us via [email protected]

24.01.2022 Looking for some fabulous fidget toys for your kids? Check out Kaiko Fidgets who are coming to Brown Hill Christmas Market!! These are so cool!

24.01.2022 Due to high demand for our service, Blossomtree Psychology's waiting list is currently closed until further notice.

24.01.2022 Blossomtree Psychology is excited to introduce you to Rachael! Rachael is a registered AASW Social Worker and holds a Bachelor of Social Welfare and Masters of Social Work from Federation University. She is a passionate and dedicated Social Worker who strongly believes in the importance of authentic relationships; and brings an accepting and empathetic approach to all the people she works with. Rachael has a strong focus on attachment and seeks to understand each persons individual journey through their life to best offer support and empowerment to them. To Read more about Rachael, click on this link to go to our website https://www.blossomtreepsychology.com.au/who-are-we.html

24.01.2022 We are so excited to announce that we have 3 new staff members joining us in 2020 and that means that as of Monday the 18th of November we are opening our waitlist again and taking new referrals. NDIS self managed or plan managed referrals are welcome. Please note we are not NDIS registered but can be used for self or plan managed plans.

23.01.2022 There are still a few spots available for our carer training next Thursday 29th August - ticket sales close tomorrow night (Saturday 24th) so get in quick to secure your spot

22.01.2022 Attention All Educators - Jess will be running a full day training for teachers, focussed on understanding the impact of trauma and attachment disruption on childrens brains and their learning, with a focus on practical skills you can implement in the classroom. Please see flyer below for details. Spaces are limited so book your ticket early to avoid disappointment @ https://www.trybooking.com/527590 Please feel free to share this post with your networks

21.01.2022 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US Here at Blossomtree Psychology we have just turned 5 years old. It has been an amazing 5 years providing psychological services to the infants, children, adolescents and families of Ballarat and surrounding communities. In celebration of our birthday, we want to say thank you to the familys who entrust us to help them, the children who show up and share their big feelings and struggles with us and the organisations and schools who partner with and ...support us. So heres to a massive 5 years together - thanks everyone.

21.01.2022 Only a month left to book your tickets for the second session of Teaching the Traumatised Child! This training is for teachers and is focussed on understanding the impact of trauma and attachment disruption on childrens brains and their learning, with a focus on practical skills you can implement in the classroom. Please see flyer below for details. Spaces are limited so book your ticket early to avoid disappointment! Please feel free to share this post with your networks!... https://www.trybooking.com/541339

19.01.2022 AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT... BOOK NOW Spots are filling up quickly as our Teaching the Traumatised Child training day gets closer. We have kept numbers smaller this time, so book your ticket now to avoid disappointment! This training is for teachers and is focussed on understanding the impact of trauma and attachment disruption on childrens brains and their learning, with a focus on practical skills you can implement in the classroom.... Please see flyer below for details. Spaces are limited so book your ticket early to avoid disappointment! Please feel free to share this post with your networks! https://www.trybooking.com/541339 Bookings will close Saturday 26th of October and spots are filling fast.

18.01.2022 *COVID-19* - Update for Clients To all our wonderful Blossomtree families, we would like to ask a few things of you at the current time. We LOVE to see you all, and we enjoy seeing families playing together in the waiting room.... However, given current advice regarding COVID-19, we ask that you limit the amount of people that come into our waiting room. Where possible, please only bring the essential people to your appointments. If you must bring others to your appointment, please consider going for a walk, to a cafe, or even just sitting in the car where possible during your childs session if you are not required to be in the room with them. Alex can contact you via phone if necessary. While this is not our usual practice, this keeps our clients and staff from being at higher risk than necessary and means we can continue to provide you all a very needed service at this time. If you are sick in any way, please cancel your appointment. Please ensure anyone else attending with you is also well, if they are not they will be asked to leave the office. When in our waiting room, please try your best to stick to the recommendations of distancing yourself from others and washing your hands regularly. Alex is wandering around the office frequently disinfecting surfaces that are touched often and we are doing all we can to try to help flatten the curve. We appreciate your understanding at this time and hope you will join with us in doing these simple things to help flatten the curve. If you have any queries or concerns about any of this please dont hesitate to contact our office. A huge thank you to you all in helping ensure we can continue to provide our service to our local community.

18.01.2022 Its a scary time for all of us with these fires and especially our kids. Heres some tips to help our kids during this national crisis.

17.01.2022 Blossomtree Psychology is Moving! From the 28th of September, you will find us at 34 Victoria street! We cant wait for you all to see our new place once we are able to have visitors again!

17.01.2022 Spots are filling up quickly as our training day gets closer, so book your ticket soon to avoid disappointment! Please see flyer below for details of the event. Feel free to share this post with your networks! https://www.trybooking.com/541339

16.01.2022 A great reminder especially at the end of the week when we and our kids are tired! If things are getting heated taking a moment to step away, calm ourselves before responding can make a huge difference!! Thanks Lucys Blue Day for sharing!

16.01.2022 Chelle, Jess, Denver, Cally and the whole team at Blossomtree Psychology are so very grateful for the ongoing support and commitment Ballarat Veterinary Practice have to our resident therapy dogs Denver and Cally. Thanks gals and guys for keeping Chelles co-therapists healthy and at work and for all the treats

15.01.2022 Some great ideas here! Some simple changes in our language as parents, can have a huge impact on our connection with our kids and help them learn to tame those big feelings!

14.01.2022 Blossomtree Psychology is excited to welcome Karen to our team! Karen is passionate about understanding the way in which children build a model of their experiences, and in the continuing development of our understanding, as adults, of the differences between the fully developed adult mind and the formative mind of the child. In private practice to date, Karen has had extensive experience working with children and adolescents who have experienced anxiety, post traumatic st...ress, grief, depression, illness, ASD, ADHD, disorders of conduct and emotion, and disorders of social functioning. Want to know more about Karen? Click on this link to go to our website https://www.blossomtreepsychology.com.au/who-are-we.html

14.01.2022 SOLD OUT! We have been absolutely blown away by the interest in our Teaching the Traumatised Child training day. It is now sold out and we understand that there are many people who missed out so we are going to look at running the training again sometime in coming months. In order to ensure you are notified once we have a date and time secured, please add yourself to the waitlist via the training link and we will be in touch https://www.trybooking.com/527590 (click on Wait List button then follow the prompts to be added to waitlist). We appreciate your interest so much, however we also want to ensure that we keep numbers capped so that attendees get the most out to the training. Thanks so much for your understanding

13.01.2022 Morning everyone! Here is a beautiful resource for helping kids understand Coronavirus.

10.01.2022 Attention all Parents & Carers - Jess will be running a full day training on the impact of trauma and attachment disruption on childrens brain with a focus on providing practical strategies to help you support children to regulate their emotions as well as how to respond to challenging behaviours. Please see flyer below for details. Spaces are limited so book your ticket early to avoid disappointment @ https://www.trybooking.com/527556 Please feel free to share this post with your networks

10.01.2022 Dont miss out a second time... Due to popular demand and a sell out of our last event we have scheduled a second day for Teaching the Traumatised Child. Chelle will be running a second training day on Wednesday the 30th of October. This training is for teachers and is focussed on understanding the impact of trauma and attachment disruption on childrens brains and their learning, with a focus on practical skills you can implement in the classroom. ... Please see flyer below for details. Spaces are limited so book your ticket early to avoid disappointment! Please feel free to share this post with your networks! https://www.trybooking.com/541339

10.01.2022 Yoga is a wonderful exercise for regulation and emotional grounding. We love the team at Absolute Yoga and would highly recommend this program for kids in 2020.

10.01.2022 Here's an update on Telehealth at Blossomtree in light of the easing of restrictions.

09.01.2022 Blossomtree Psychology would like to congratulate Jess and Heath on their newest addition to the family, Emme!

08.01.2022 Due to high demand for our service, Blossomtree Psychologys waiting list is currently closed until further notice.

07.01.2022 Heres an update on Telehealth at Blossomtree in light of the easing of restrictions.

07.01.2022 Blossomtree Psychology is Moving! From the 28th of September, you will find us at 34 Victoria street! We can’t wait for you all to see our new place once we are able to have visitors again!

07.01.2022 Good news! Our emails and website are back online! We are once again contactable at [email protected] if you have any questions or you can give us a call on 5333 4157

06.01.2022 Thats a wrap!! On behalf of Jess and I, wed like to thank all the teachers who came to our professional development days on Teaching the Traumatised Child. The feedback we have received has been outstanding and so helpful as we move forward. Yes... future sessions of this will run for a longer time frame to capitalise on all the infomation and ensure everyone gets to try all the activies. You read right.... there will be more sessions in 2020 and further sessions advanc...ing on some of today and Augusts learning. As I said to the group I trained today - we at Blossomtree Psychology have profound respect for you all in your roles as teachers and the impact and legacy you can have in the life of a traumatised child. Ill leave you with Rita Peirsons TED Talk again to remind you of the incredible role and opportunity you play in the lives of children. You are educators and you make a difference!! Remember: being with your traumatised or attachment disrupted students in an emotional safe, co-regulating and scaffolding relationship is sometimes enough. We hope youve taken away great ideas and provoked your thinking about other ways to regulate the kids you teach. So go forward from your learing today and in the words of my champion: CREATE A FUTURE THAT TOUCHES THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

06.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums out there.

04.01.2022 Blossomtree Psychology is excited to announce our new team member, Cheyenne! Cheyenne is a registered Psychologist (soon to be clinical psychologist) with a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Federation University and is a member of the Australian Psychology Society. Cheyenne has a great deal of experience working with children, adolescents and their families within the child protection system. Before becoming a registered psychologist, Cheyenne spent four years working with young people in out of home care. Want to know more about Cheyenne? Click on this link to go to our website https://www.blossomtreepsychology.com.au/who-are-we.html

03.01.2022 Blossomtree Psychology is proud to introduce our first new staff member joining us this year, Ana Arbizu! Ana Arbizu is an AASW registered Social Worker and has a masters degree in Family Therapy and a Bachelor in Social Work, as well as more than 25 years of experience working in different areas of the community. Ana also speaks fluent Spanish. Ana has many years of experience providing trauma counselling to families and children, and has a particular interest in working... with children and their families in a therapeutic context. If you would like to learn more about Ana, head over to our website --> https://www.blossomtreepsychology.com.au/who-are-we.html Stay tuned for some more announcements over the next week!

03.01.2022 We are excited to let you all know that we are again taking referrals and our waitlist is open. We remain 100% Telehealth at the moment and will advise accordingly if anything changes. This means that at the moment we are not offering any face to face appointments.

03.01.2022 Telehealth: What is it? Am I or my child eligible? We've had lots of questions about the Telehealth option for sessions in light of Covid-19. We want to be really clear that not everyone is eligible to get a Medicare rebate for a Telehealth session at this point in time. What does this mean?... If you want to have a webinar or phone session at the moment, you are only eligible for a Medicare Rebate if the following conditions apply: * the client has been diagnosed with Covid-19 but isn't a patient in a hospital * the client has been asked to isolate themselves in quarantine in accordance with home isolation guidance * the client is considered more susceptible to the COVID-19 virus being a person who is: a. at least 70 years old; or b. at least 50 years old and is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; or c. is pregnant; or d. is a parent of a child under 12 months; or e. is already under treatment for chronic health conditions or is immune compromised ( written advice from the GP is required for this). * the person meets the current national triage protocol criteria for suspected COVID-19 infection. The only other way we can bulk bill and use Telehealth is if your therapist has been isolated due to possible Covid-19 virus infection meet is well enough to to work from home. Should you wish to have a webinar or phone session and the above criteria do not apply then the session will incur a normal fee without a Medicare rebate. If you have any questions please email [email protected] We apologise for the confusion and want to reassure you that we are doing everything we can to stay on top of the advice and information given.

03.01.2022 To all our amazing families past, present and soon to be, our referring GPs, Paediatricians and Agencies and our wonderful colleagues we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year. Jess, Alex and Chelle want to thank the amazing team of staff weve had in 2019 and acknowledge Sue, Meriana and Bonnie as they finish up with us at the end of this coming week. The work you all do making a difference in the lives of our kids and families in our community is ...exceptional and we thank you for helping us grow and develop our dream. Jess and Chelle also want to throw a special shout out to Alex our incredible administrative officer. Alex you really are super. Thanks for all you do to make the experience of our clients positive, the support you give the team and the way you help us achieve the dream weve had of supporting our kids, our families and our community. We are open this week and finish up for a well earned Christmas break at 4pm Friday the 20th of Dec. We re-open at 9am on the 6th of January 2020 and we are looking forward to another amazing year. Please note Alex has taken the next week off for a very well earned break so please be patient as there wont be anyone manning the phones. Merry Christmas From the team at Blossomtree Psychology

02.01.2022 UPDATE: A quick update for everyone that is still awaiting the release of our book - unfortunately since beginning this project Blossomtree Psychology has grown dramatically, we have under taken further study, and Jess has taken maternity leave all of which has resulted in significant delays in being able to commit the time required to complete our book. We sincerely apologise for the delay and will endeavour to keep you updated on our progress. If you have any concerns please contact via [email protected] and Jess will answer any questions or concerns you have. We thank you all for your understanding

02.01.2022 Telehealth: What is it? Am I or my child eligible? Weve had lots of questions about the Telehealth option for sessions in light of Covid-19. We want to be really clear that not everyone is eligible to get a Medicare rebate for a Telehealth session at this point in time. What does this mean?... If you want to have a webinar or phone session at the moment, you are only eligible for a Medicare Rebate if the following conditions apply: * the client has been diagnosed with Covid-19 but isnt a patient in a hospital * the client has been asked to isolate themselves in quarantine in accordance with home isolation guidance * the client is considered more susceptible to the COVID-19 virus being a person who is: a. at least 70 years old; or b. at least 50 years old and is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; or c. is pregnant; or d. is a parent of a child under 12 months; or e. is already under treatment for chronic health conditions or is immune compromised ( written advice from the GP is required for this). * the person meets the current national triage protocol criteria for suspected COVID-19 infection. The only other way we can bulk bill and use Telehealth is if your therapist has been isolated due to possible Covid-19 virus infection meet is well enough to to work from home. Should you wish to have a webinar or phone session and the above criteria do not apply then the session will incur a normal fee without a Medicare rebate. If you have any questions please email [email protected] We apologise for the confusion and want to reassure you that we are doing everything we can to stay on top of the advice and information given.

02.01.2022 We are excited to let you all know that we are again taking referrals and our waitlist is open. We remain 100% Telehealth at the moment and will advise accordingly if anything changes. This means that at the moment we are not offering any face to face appointments.

01.01.2022 Attention All Educators! We have been absolutely blown away by the interest in our Teaching the Traumatised Child training day. Due to the significant interest, Chelle will be running a second training day on Wednesday the 30th of October. This training is for teachers, focussed on understanding the impact of trauma and attachment disruption on childrens brains and their learning, with a focus on practical skills you can implement in the classroom. Please see flyer below for details. Spaces are limited so book your ticket early to avoid disappointment! Please feel free to share this post with your networks! https://www.trybooking.com/541339

01.01.2022 Due to high demand for our service and an extensive waiting list, Blossomtree Psychology is currently closed to new referrals.