No one grows in isolation. Connect is about the relationships around you — particularly family, friends and the wider community — and how they help rather than hinder your progress.
Connect is a vital component of identity development and meaning-making. Establishing constructive, healthy & authentic relationships with peers and engaging in community – be it through sport, art or supporting others, is often the ‘missing ingredient’ to living purposeful, fulfilling lives.
This pillar is especially suited to parents and families navigating the challenges of raising adolescents, where communication has broken down or tension has become the norm.
What this looks like in practice
- Exploring values, identifying opportunities and putting things into practice – drawing on aspects of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Solution-Foucsed Therapy
- Family counselling — bringing family members together to rebuild communication, trust, and understanding
- Support for parents & carers — dedicated sessions for parents navigating the ups and downs of raising a teenager, including guidance on how to respond to challenging behaviour
- Relational and communication-focused work — practical strategies for having difficult conversations, repairing rifts, and staying connected through conflict or restoring connection after a disruptive event
Who this is For
- Everyone – even if we’re also working on ourselves as individuals, this goes hand-in-hand with establishing and strengthening connections with others
- Parents feeling out of their depth with an adolescent’s behaviour or mood
- Families experiencing ongoing conflict, distance, or breakdowns in communication
What to Expect
Individual sessions will often incorporate discussion of key relationships as well as connection to leisure and community activities.
For parents, caregivers and families, sessions may involve one or more family members, depending on what’s needed. The focus stays on the relationship itself — how everyone communicates, listens, and responds to one another.