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ABOUT LHC
ABOUT RASHIDAH FIDO
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ABOUT RASHIDAH FIDO
Hi there. My name is Rashidah.
I have ten years of social work experience working in a number of diverse settings such as maternity ward, youth crime prevention, infant and child mental health, and adolescent mental health at Headspace.
Since graduating from my social work degree, I have continued to develop my counselling and assessment skills.
This has included engaging in the developmental psychiatry course @Mindful that assists with assessing children, adolescents and families presenting with a variety of social, emotional, behavioural, and developmental difficulties.
I have engaged in professional development in traditional talk therapies such as Action and Commitment Therapy(ACT),
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) as well receiving education in the more creative therapeutic intervention of expressive therapies, including sandplay and sandtray.
I also supervise social work students on placement when I am not engaging in private practice.
My training has included,
-Certificate in CBT with Children and Adolescents (CBT Australia)
-ACT for depression and anxiety disorders (Russ Harris psychwire)
-DBT Comprehensive Training (CME Academy )
-Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutic Play at Deakin University
-Certified Sandplay training
-EMDR Level 1 Training
Outside of work, I love being in nature, music (from classical to dark ambient), art, film, books and spending time with my family. I also love vanilla milkshakes and marzipan. My favourite play materials are puppets and sandplay.
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ABOUT RASHIDAH FIDO
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW). AMHSWs are recognised providers with Medicare Australia and other programs, delivering clinical social work services in mental health settings and utilising a range of evidence-based strategies in their counselling.
I work with mild to moderate mental health presentations. You might refer a child or adolescent in relation to such issues as school refusal, social and generalised anxiety, grief and loss, emotional dysregulation and depressive symptoms. At this point in time I am unable to accept referrals for eating disorders, OCD, forensic issues, court mandated interventions or gender dysphoria.
This is not a service for acute mental health presentations.
If you have major concerns for your young person’s mental health, please call the Grampians Area Mental Health Service, Access and Triage Team on 1300 247 647. In an emergency contact 000.
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VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS
VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS
Lionhearted Counselling's vision is to provide accessible mental health counselling to children and adolescents aged five to eighteen.
Serving the areas of Ballarat, and Maryborough, Lionhearted Counselling’s focus is to integrate creativity into the therapy room. Creative experiences in therapy can help children and youth use their active imagination, allowing them to express and navigate big feelings and provide the space for emotional release. It can also assist with gaining new ways of thinking and problem-solving.