Teenage Boys – What’re The Facts about their Mental Health

My newest information session for parents, teachers, carers, medical and welfare professionals.

A bio-psychosocial look at mental health during the adolescent years including:

  • Brain development
  • Identity formation & sexuality
  • Risk taking & extremes: driving/substances/self-harm
  • Relationships
  • Socialising, social media and porn
  • Counselling, parenting and support

Perfect information for those who want to support boys to become mentally healthy young men.

Wednesday 22nd July 6pm -7:30pm

Suite 8 – 100 Burnett Street, Buderim

Limited places available – numbers are kept small to ensure your questions can be addressed.

Phone 0400 150 106 or email admin@shonainnes.com to secure your place. Cost $45.

If you’d like to send the information about this session to a friend, work mate, or relative, click below for a PDF flier

Info Session -Teenage Boys July 15

Info Night – Teenage girls – Things you should “totally” know!

A bio-psychosocial look at mental health during the adolescent years including:

  • Brain development
  • Identity formation
  • Risk taking & extremes – substances/self-harm
  • Relationships
  • Socialising and social media
  • Counselling, parenting and support

“A framework for understanding what might be going on for her”

Perfect for those families who have a pre-teen heading off to high school or in the early high school years!

Suite 8 – 100 Burnett Street, Buderim, QLD

Wednesday 17th June 6pm -7:30pm

 Limited places available – numbers are kept small to ensure your questions can be addressed.

Phone 0400 150 106 or email admin@shonainnes.com to secure your place. Cost $45.

Shona Innes is a clinical and forensic psychologist with over 25 years of helping children and grown-ups and consulting to carers, welfare staff and government bodies. Shona speaks on ABC Sunshine Coast every Thursday morning about child and teen mental health. She is also author of the internationally published Big Hug book series designed to help young people through difficult times or tricky situations.

A shout out to the self-absorbed

This Thursday on ABC Sunshine Coast mornings the topic will be narcissism or extreme self absorption. When is self absorption “normal” and when is it an issue that needs intervention or treatment?  Do “kids these days” still care?  How do you promote caring in kids?
Please tune in at around 9:40 EST or call in for a chat on 1300 903 222.

Child Discipline – How to manage your sanity without damaging theirs

This Thursday, around 9.40am EST, on ABC Sunshine Coast Mornings I will be chatting about child discipline.

How do you respond when your child does something they are not supposed to do?
Is it ever appropriate to smack?  What do you remember about they way you were disciplined as a child?
How stressed do you get when your child misbehaves?

The way we discipline children has a big impact on their social and moral development as well as their mental health.

Tune in to hear which discipline methods are the ones associated with the best outcomes for kids, and grown ups. Better still, join us for a chat on 1300 903 222.

Teenage Girls: Things you should “totally” know

A biopsychosocial look at mental health during the adolescent years including: Brain development, Identity formation, Risk taking – substance use, self harm, Relationships, Socialising and social media, Counselling, parenting and support. A framework for understanding what might be going on for her.
Shona Innes, Senior Clinical & Forensic Psychologist 499 Hargreaves Street (Corner Myrtle & Hargreaves Sts) Daytime: Saturday 23rd August 11-12.30 or Evening: Wednesday 20th August 6.30-8. Cost: $45. Limited places available. Phone Irene or Alicia 5443 2284 or email admin@bendigopsychology.com.au to secure your place with a payment.