
Psychology Workshops & Groups
We run a range of one off workshops and regular groups suitable for different people. Please see full details of upcoming workshops and groups below.
Event Type
All
Events
Group Sessions
Workshops
march 2021

Details
Daffodils and Dinosaurs is a small group consisting of up to 3 participants who experience challenges in everyday social situations. Children may benefit from Daffodils and Dinosaurs Social Skills Group if
Details
Daffodils and Dinosaurs is a small group consisting of up to 3 participants who experience challenges in everyday social situations.
Children may benefit from Daffodils and Dinosaurs Social Skills Group if they:
- Are socially anxious or awkward
- Struggle to interpret other people’s body language, facial expressions and tone of voice
- Play on the periphery of groups
- Use inappropriate strategies to get other kids’ attention
- Make friends, but lose them quickly
- Find it hard to start a conversation
- Struggle to work collaboratively in a group at school
- Find it hard to understand other people’s points of view
How will a Social Skills group help your child?
Daffodils and Dinosaurs social skills groups support children in learning the skills of understanding and managing their emotions and making and keeping friends. Within a caring, supportive small group environment, we teach practical strategies that are easy to understand.
Criteria:
- NDIS and non NDIS.
- NDIS – will meet requirements of plan – social skills and communication skills.
- All children will need to be verbal approximately 6 year old level or higher,
- Have the ability to communicate through a computer
- Have the ability to communicate verbally with others
- All children will be able to listen and understand instructions equivalent of a 6 year old
- Age group 7 years to 9 years old
- Parents are able to sit in on the session and help if necessary.
Start Date: Monday 1st March 2021
Time: 4.30pm–5.15pm
Duration: 4 weeks, every Monday
Dates
march 1 (Monday) - 22 (Monday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$314.48 ($78.62/ session. NDIS support item number 15_002_0118_1_3.)
Number of places
Maximum 3 participants
Bookings
Book Now
Details
Does your child need to find their ‘BRAVE’ in the midst of their worries? Does ‘being brave’ mean to your child: Just going and staying at school Hanging out with friends or starting
Details
Does your child need to find their ‘BRAVE’ in the midst of their worries?
Does ‘being brave’ mean to your child:
- Just going and staying at school
- Hanging out with friends or starting a conversation with someone
- Trying to do a speech but can’t quite do it
- Trying not to freeze when someone asks a question or doing something new
- Trying to sleep by themselves because all they can think of is all the bad stuff happening in the world
Do they need help:
- To connect and become calmer
- To notice their feelings, thoughts and reactions in stressful situations
- To observe their stress triggers
- To facilitate their own strategies that work for them
SURF UR FEAR is an online group programme for 9-12 year olds to manage fears and worries and to help kids bounce back when things don’t work out as they should.
Start Date: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Time: 4.30pm to 5.15pm
Duration: 6 weeks, every Wednesday at 4.30pm
Dates
March 3 (Wednesday) - April 7 (Wednesday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$300 ($50/session)
Number of places
Maximum 8 participants (Years 4-6 mixture of boys and girls)
Bookings
Book Nowapril 2021

Details
Does your child need to find their ‘BRAVE’ in the midst of their worries? Does ‘being brave’ mean to your child: Just going and staying at school Hanging out with friends or starting
Details
Does your child need to find their ‘BRAVE’ in the midst of their worries?
Does ‘being brave’ mean to your child:
- Just going and staying at school
- Hanging out with friends or starting a conversation with someone
- Trying to do a speech but can’t quite do it
- Trying not to freeze when someone asks a question or doing something new
- Trying to sleep by themselves because all they can think of is all the bad stuff happening in the world
Do they need help:
- To connect and become calmer
- To notice their feelings, thoughts and reactions in stressful situations
- To observe their stress triggers
- To facilitate their own strategies that work for them
SURF UR FEAR is an online group programme for 9-12 year olds to manage fears and worries and to help kids bounce back when things don’t work out as they should.
Start Date: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Time: 4.30pm to 5.15pm
Duration: 6 weeks, every Wednesday at 4.30pm
Dates
March 3 (Wednesday) - April 7 (Wednesday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$300 ($50/session)
Number of places
Maximum 8 participants (Years 4-6 mixture of boys and girls)
Bookings
Book Nowmay 2021

Details
Stress Less is a group designed for students in Year 11 & 12 during the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to develop growth and resilience in students. Stress Less will support students:to connect with
Details
Stress Less is a group designed for students in Year 11 & 12 during the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to develop growth and resilience in students.
Stress Less will support students:
- to connect with others in the same unique situation
- to share common experiences and strategies that have helped them
- to learn to manage the uncertainty
- to learn more strategies to help during this difficult and unique time
Start Date: Monday 3rd May 2021
Time: 4:30pm–5.15pm
Duration: 4 weeks, every Monday at 4pm
All groups will be run by a team of Psychologists at Shoalhaven Psychology Services.
All participants will need internet access and will meet together with one of our experienced psychologists via Zoom.
Full payment of group sessions is required before considered registered. Once you are registered please expect an email from our reception with all the details you need.
Dates
may 3 (Monday) - 24 (Monday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$200 ($50/session)
Number of places
Maximum 8 participants
Bookings
Book Nowaugust 2021

Details
Stress Less is a group designed for students in Year 11 & 12 during the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to develop growth and resilience in students. Stress Less will support students:to connect with
Details
Stress Less is a group designed for students in Year 11 & 12 during the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to develop growth and resilience in students.
Stress Less will support students:
- to connect with others in the same unique situation
- to share common experiences and strategies that have helped them
- to learn to manage the uncertainty
- to learn more strategies to help during this difficult and unique time
Start Date: Monday 2nd August 2021
Time: 4:30pm–5.15pm
Duration: 4 weeks, every Monday at 4pm
All groups will be run by a team of Psychologists at Shoalhaven Psychology Services.
All participants will need internet access and will meet together with one of our experienced psychologists via Zoom.
Full payment of group sessions is required before considered registered. Once you are registered please expect an email from our reception with all the details you need.
Dates
august 2 (Monday) - 23 (Monday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$200 ($50/session)
Number of places
Maximum 8 participants
Bookings
Book Nowoctober 2021

Details
Daffodils and Dinosaurs is a small group consisting of up to 3 participants who experience challenges in everyday social situations. Children may benefit from Daffodils and Dinosaurs Social Skills Group if
Details
Daffodils and Dinosaurs is a small group consisting of up to 3 participants who experience challenges in everyday social situations.
Children may benefit from Daffodils and Dinosaurs Social Skills Group if they:
- Are socially anxious or awkward
- Struggle to interpret other people’s body language, facial expressions and tone of voice
- Play on the periphery of groups
- Use inappropriate strategies to get other kids’ attention
- Make friends, but lose them quickly
- Find it hard to start a conversation
- Struggle to work collaboratively in a group at school
- Find it hard to understand other people’s points of view
How will a Social Skills group help your child?
Daffodils and Dinosaurs social skills groups support children in learning the skills of understanding and managing their emotions and making and keeping friends. Within a caring, supportive small group environment, we teach practical strategies that are easy to understand.
Criteria:
- NDIS and non NDIS.
- NDIS – will meet requirements of plan – social skills and communication skills.
- All children will need to be verbal approximately 6 year old level or higher,
- Have the ability to communicate through a computer
- Have the ability to communicate verbally with others
- All children will be able to listen and understand instructions equivalent of a 6 year old
- Age group 7 years to 9 years old
- Parents are able to sit in on the session and help if necessary.
Start Date: Monday 11th October 2021
Time: 4.30pm–5.15pm
Duration: 4 weeks, every Monday
Dates
October 11 (Monday) - November 1 (Monday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$314.48 ($78.62/ session. NDIS support item number 15_002_0118_1_3.)
Number of places
Maximum 3 participants
Bookings
Book Now
Details
Does your child need to find their ‘BRAVE’ in the midst of their worries? Does ‘being brave’ mean to your child: Just going and staying at school Hanging out with friends or starting
Details
Does your child need to find their ‘BRAVE’ in the midst of their worries?
Does ‘being brave’ mean to your child:
- Just going and staying at school
- Hanging out with friends or starting a conversation with someone
- Trying to do a speech but can’t quite do it
- Trying not to freeze when someone asks a question or doing something new
- Trying to sleep by themselves because all they can think of is all the bad stuff happening in the world
Do they need help:
- To connect and become calmer
- To notice their feelings, thoughts and reactions in stressful situations
- To observe their stress triggers
- To facilitate their own strategies that work for them
SURF UR FEAR is an online group programme for 9-12 year olds to manage fears and worries and to help kids bounce back when things don’t work out as they should.
Start Date: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Time: 4.30pm to 5.15pm
Duration: 6 weeks, every Wednesday at 4.30pm
Dates
October 13 (Wednesday) - November 17 (Wednesday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$300 ($50/session)
Number of places
Maximum 8 participants (Years 4-6 mixture of boys and girls)
Bookings
Book Nownovember 2021

Details
Daffodils and Dinosaurs is a small group consisting of up to 3 participants who experience challenges in everyday social situations. Children may benefit from Daffodils and Dinosaurs Social Skills Group if
Details
Daffodils and Dinosaurs is a small group consisting of up to 3 participants who experience challenges in everyday social situations.
Children may benefit from Daffodils and Dinosaurs Social Skills Group if they:
- Are socially anxious or awkward
- Struggle to interpret other people’s body language, facial expressions and tone of voice
- Play on the periphery of groups
- Use inappropriate strategies to get other kids’ attention
- Make friends, but lose them quickly
- Find it hard to start a conversation
- Struggle to work collaboratively in a group at school
- Find it hard to understand other people’s points of view
How will a Social Skills group help your child?
Daffodils and Dinosaurs social skills groups support children in learning the skills of understanding and managing their emotions and making and keeping friends. Within a caring, supportive small group environment, we teach practical strategies that are easy to understand.
Criteria:
- NDIS and non NDIS.
- NDIS – will meet requirements of plan – social skills and communication skills.
- All children will need to be verbal approximately 6 year old level or higher,
- Have the ability to communicate through a computer
- Have the ability to communicate verbally with others
- All children will be able to listen and understand instructions equivalent of a 6 year old
- Age group 7 years to 9 years old
- Parents are able to sit in on the session and help if necessary.
Start Date: Monday 11th October 2021
Time: 4.30pm–5.15pm
Duration: 4 weeks, every Monday
Dates
October 11 (Monday) - November 1 (Monday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$314.48 ($78.62/ session. NDIS support item number 15_002_0118_1_3.)
Number of places
Maximum 3 participants
Bookings
Book Now
Details
Does your child need to find their ‘BRAVE’ in the midst of their worries? Does ‘being brave’ mean to your child: Just going and staying at school Hanging out with friends or starting
Details
Does your child need to find their ‘BRAVE’ in the midst of their worries?
Does ‘being brave’ mean to your child:
- Just going and staying at school
- Hanging out with friends or starting a conversation with someone
- Trying to do a speech but can’t quite do it
- Trying not to freeze when someone asks a question or doing something new
- Trying to sleep by themselves because all they can think of is all the bad stuff happening in the world
Do they need help:
- To connect and become calmer
- To notice their feelings, thoughts and reactions in stressful situations
- To observe their stress triggers
- To facilitate their own strategies that work for them
SURF UR FEAR is an online group programme for 9-12 year olds to manage fears and worries and to help kids bounce back when things don’t work out as they should.
Start Date: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Time: 4.30pm to 5.15pm
Duration: 6 weeks, every Wednesday at 4.30pm
Dates
October 13 (Wednesday) - November 17 (Wednesday)
Location
Online via Zoom
Admission
$300 ($50/session)
Number of places
Maximum 8 participants (Years 4-6 mixture of boys and girls)
Bookings
Book Now“You are searching the world for treasure, but the real treasure is yourself”
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