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Child-Centred Sydney is a specialist counselling service for children aged 3 to 10 and adolescent girls. 

This service can help children who are struggling with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties that affect their wellbeing or ability to learn and grow optimally.

Frequent concerns

• Common childhood problems (e.g. behavioural issues; emotional dysregulation; poor social skills; bullying and low self-esteem).
• Anxiety, stress and low mood.
• Trauma (e.g. medical, relational or developmental).
• Grief and loss, including parent separation and family breakdown.
• Communication difficulties (e.g. expressing thoughts, feelings and emotions).
• Adjustment to life events (e.g. parent separation; birth of sibling or starting school).

Founder Alejandra Hayes is a Registered Play Therapist and Certified Counsellor.

While her work with teenagers may draw from solution-focused, cognitive behavioural and sand tray therapeutic modalities, her primary clinical approach is rooted in person-centred theory. 

Ale uses a developmental lens, with a strong foundation in modern attachment theory and interpersonal neurobiology. Her practice is evidence-based and trauma-informed.