Name: FSA Health & Wellbeing: Supporting Children, Teens & Families
Telephone: 1800 372 000 (Option 2)

Description

Understanding Children’s Behaviour & Emotional Needs

Managing challenging behaviours, big emotions, and developmental concerns can feel confusing, overwhelming or isolating. FSA Psychology | FSA Health & Wellbeing (based in Shellharbour) are here to help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface and support your child’s wellbeing with evidence-based therapeutic care.

Who They Are

FSA Health & Wellbeing is an initiative of Family Services Australia, a not-for-profit organisation committed to breaking the cycle of disadvantage and ensuring every person has the right to feel supported, included and connected.
They create safe spaces where families feel empowered, heard and respected — always meeting people where they’re at in their wellness journey.

Their Expertise

They offer therapeutic supports across the lifespan, with particular focus on children, adolescents and their families. Their team of psychologists have availability now and are experienced in providing support for:

Neurodivergence
Anxiety, depression and other mental health challenges
School-based difficulties
Behavioural concerns
Parenting challenges
Trauma, grief and adjustment
Attachment-based difficulties

If you’re concerned about your child’s emotions, learning, behaviour or general wellbeing, they can help.

Child & Teen Therapy, Assessments & Support

FSA Health & Wellbeing provides evidence-based psychology services for children and adolescents, offering individual therapy, diagnostic assessments and group programs to support emotional wellbeing, behavioural challenges, learning needs and neurodivergence.

Their team works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, school difficulties, attachment or parenting challenges, and offers comprehensive assessments for ADHD, Autism, intellectual disability and Specific Learning Disorders, with reports suitable for school planning and NDIS applications. Sessions are delivered in a safe, supportive and neuro-affirming environment to help young people build coping skills, confidence and resilience.

Individual Psychology Sessions

Their psychologists offer one-on-one therapy tailored to each child’s needs, helping them build skills, confidence and emotional resilience.

Diagnostic & Cognitive Assessments

FSA Health & Wellbeing provides comprehensive assessments for children, adolescents and adults to support accurate diagnosis and planning, including:

ADHD
Autism
Specific Learning Disorders (e.g. Dyslexia, Dyscalculia)
Intellectual Disability
Identification of learning difficulties
These assessment reports can be used to support NDIS applications.

Group Therapy Programs

They offer group programs that encourage emotional development, social connection and skill-building. Some programs are NDIS-specific and focus on emotional regulation, awareness of feelings, and positive interaction.

They also run specialised programs including:

Cool Kids – supporting children with anxiety
Becoming Us – for couples navigating the transition to parenthood

Current Availability

Their team of supportive and skilled psychologists currently has capacity for new referrals across the Illawarra. If you’re seeking guidance, answers, or specialised therapeutic support, they’d love to help.