Stepping Stones Child & Educational Consultancy is a psychology practice specializing in children, adolescents and education. Our clients range from birth to approximately age 17 and come from a wide range of different backgrounds and cultures.  We offer a range of assessment services, counselling, group programs, and school consultancy. The centre is principally operated by Child and Educational Psychologist, Jenny Farrell.  Jenny has extensive experience working with children and adolescents and within a range of school settings. We hope to offer speech therapy and occupational therapy services for children and adolescents in the near future.

At Stepping Stones Child & Educational Consultancy we offer a full range of assessment services including cognitive/intellectual, gifted, learning difficulties, Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome, anxiety/depression, social/emotional, and vocational assessments. All assessments include a comprehensive psychology report including recommendations strategies. Consultations with schools and assistance with program modification is also offered.

Stepping Stones Child & Educational Consultancy offers counselling sessions for children and adolescents. Creative/art therapy, Play therapy, and Sandplay therapy are the primary methods. These methods are non confrontational for children and focus on their inner thoughts without relying on articulation and cognition to be able to explain their thoughts and feelings. These methods are highly successfully therapy techniques and children and adolescents just love them!  Other forms of therapy such as cognitive behaviour, narrative, and skills training therapy are also offered. Stepping Stones Child & Educational Consultancy also aims to provide parents with assistance in managing their children’s behaviour and emotional needs. Parents are welcome to attend a session/s without their children to discuss strategies and general parenting tips.

Stepping Stones Child & Educational Consultancy operates a range of group programs that are offered in our therapy rooms.  Group programs include such aspects as social skill development, self-esteem, overcoming anxiety and depression, anger management and resilience. Group programs usually run every school term for approximately one hour for six consecutive weeks and are limited to approximately 6-8 children. The groups are kept small to allow for individual participation. The programs are scheduled at 4.00pm, however can be modified to the needs of individual groups. Please register your interest for a program by emailing us.

Stepping Stones Child & Educational Consultancy also operates The Psychology4Schools© program, which offers a wide range of psychology services to all educational settings within Victoria, including kindergartens, early intervention centre’s, private and government schools.