About US
Functional Family Solutions came about through many years of experience working with children and their families. We recognised there was a need for supporting parents in understanding child development and behaviour. We desire to help families become the best that they can be!
As a parenting coach, my ultimate goal is helping parents form lasting, meaningful relationships with their children, and create a home environment free from the cycle of rewards and punishment. Equipped with the right skills, parents can guide their children into becoming confident, autonomous problem solvers, resulting in a well-functioning family unit! This service will help any parent cope with the demands of raising children and provide a framework for compassionate, effective behaviour guidance techniques.
Functional Family Solutions offers one-to-one parent coaching where we spend time identifying your needs and desires as a parent for your family. These can be offered face-to-face from my office in Bundaberg, or online via a zoom session. I also conduct group workshops that teach Dr. Thomas Gordon's Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.), Teacher Effectiveness Training (T.E.T), and the Be Your Best (B.Y.B) self improvement workshop. If you would like more information on any of these options, please contact me by phone or email.
We also offer in home Parent Support directly working with your children, skills in sharing, turn taking, problem solving, conflict resolution and emotional regulation. This is achieved through intentional , play based activities. These sessions are followed up by a mini parent consult to reinforce the strategies that have been taught to the children, and support parents in guiding these behaviours.
Director- Elissa Woolley (Bachelor of Psychological Science, Diploma of Children's Services, Authorised Parent Effectiveness Trainer, Be Your Best Trainer, Youth Effectiveness Trainer and Teacher Effectiveness Trainer (from the Effectiveness Training Institute of Australia), currently studying Graduate Diploma of Relationship Therapy (AIPC).
