Family Therapist, Nationally Accredited Mediator and Specialist Child Consultant
Working with individuals, couples and family members of all ages and all walks of life for the purpose of family therapy, counselling, clinical supervision, health and well-being coaching, as well as mediation for children and property matters, and specialist child consultations.
Listen to “Helping parents journeying through conflict with Jo Herbig”
brought to you by the Association of Child and Family Development.
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Relationship complexities can result in difficult times for all the family, especially children.
Frustrating and heartbreaking stories
is the motivation for ‘Focus On Children’
Scope of Practice
Jo’s scope of practice now encompasses over two decades and involves family therapy and counselling, clinical supervision, health and well-being coaching and working with families for the purpose of Mediation for children’s matters and also property, along with Specialist Child Inclusive Practice.
Services Available
Clients are now able to access services at a physical location in South Australia, as well as from any location via telephone or online platforms, such as Skype or Zoom.
Clients can access services for Family Therapy with Focus On Children or Health Coach sessions with My Bodys’s Keeper, or a combination of both. This depends on individual clients needs and their wishes.
Jo strongly believes that her skill set and experience support her work as both a Family Therapist, Mediator and Child Consultant, as well as a Integrative and Holistic Health Coach for individuals and groups.
The Goals for ‘Focus On Children’ Are:
- Helping people to improve their lives by building on their strengths
- Building positive and healthier relationships
- Improving interactions and communication in their relationships
- Focuses on health and well-being for all
Jo’s passion and objective is to offer hope to all people who engage in her service.
Qualifications and Certifications
- Post Graduate Family Therapy and Clinical Supervision
- Bachelor of Social Work with Honours
- Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
- Certified Integrative Health Coach
- Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Education
Jo is a member of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW) and the Association of Child and Family Development and Psychodynamic Counselling
Comprehensive Services
‘Focus On Children’ offers appointments after hours
- Family Therapy
- Marriage and pre-marriage
- Family of Origin
- Individual Counselling
- Stress and Anxiety
- Managing Trauma
- Workplace and life balance
- Health and well-being
- Post separation parenting
- Mediation – with a family therapy focus
- Parenting Plans
- Specialist Child Consultations (for Child Inclusive Practice)
- Child Development
- Attachment
- Professional Clinical Supervision
What is Child Inclusive Practice?
Basically, a Child Inclusive Practitioner sees children in a separate appointment and this forms part of the child’s parent’s mediation process, or family therapy sessions.
How Child Inclusive Practice can complement legal processes
Jo established a rapport with the Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania and was contracted as part of ‘Focus On Children’
