Groupwork
I think group work will help me
Our groupwork sessions are a chance to work with other people experiencing similar difficulties in a confidential and safe environment. You get to work on your own emotions and develop coping techniques you can use right now and in future situations.
We offer 6-week groupwork workshops around ‘Managing Emotions’ where, in a small group of 6-8 people you work through the issues below and build coping techniques to manage them.
The courses can be started before, after, or alongside one-to-one counselling, or if you don’t want counselling and just want to do the workshop, that’s also fine. It’s a great way to get support and learn practical coping strategies with other people.
The issues covered during the sessions are:
Anxiety, stress and anger
Relationships
Social media
Self-image
Positive thinking
Self-care
People that have come to this group before have said it has really helped them, and that it was a relief to feel like they are not alone with how they are feeling.
We also run other workshop sessions from time to time including ‘You First’. Which is a judgment-free parenting support course, based on the ‘oxygen mask’ approach; understanding and supporting yourself first empowers you to be the best version of yourself in all areas of your life.
Contact us to find out the start dates and details of all courses and workshops coming up
Your Journey with OTR starts here
1.You self-refer or are referred into OTR using the webform or calling us
2.You’ll then be put on a waiting list. Meanwhile our support workers will continue to check in with you each week
3.When you’re at the top of the waiting list we do an initial assessment to ensure we’re the right fit for you

4.In the initial assessment the counsellor will also talk you through counselling, group work and our young carers program
5.At this point you are assigned a counsellor that best suits your needs

6.You can do group work or young carers at any point – so it can be in conjunction with counselling, before or afterwards, in fact young carers is a long-term ongoing program
