Jess from Raising Resilience Mornington Peninsula works with parents to help them understand their child's emotions and challenging or confusing behaviours. She has a Bachelor qualification in Counselling and extensive experience working with families. Jess is passionate about working with parents to make sense of their child's anxiety and/or anger and aggression, among an array of other concerns that caregivers bring to a Parent Support Session.
Are you feeling confused, frustrated, or completely baffled by your child’s behaviour?
Struggling to make sense of big emotions and overwhelming outbursts?
Wishing you felt more confident, connected, and supported as a parent?
You’re not alone — and you don’t have to navigate the ups and downs of parenting by yourself.
We provide the knowledge, insight, and practical strategies to help you understand your child, support their emotional world, and feel more grounded in your parenting journey.
"Since my consultation with Jess, we've gained not only clarity and reassurance but also received specific play-based strategies that proved remarkably effective, respectful and encouraging. One particular strategy lifted the blockage my son had around a particular toileting issue, resolving the problem entirely."
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"You really did help me to make sense of my child's behaviour!! Since speaking to you her worrying behaviours have really settled down, and it's in a huge part due to me feeling more equipped to deal with them, because I understand what is beneath them."
“Jess provided
consulting support during
a challenging time for our family. We immediately felt heard by Jess and she guided us with practical ideas such as language to use and role play activities. She gave us a wide range of ideas and we were able to trial what worked with our three year old son and particular context. Jess was always respectful and flexible in her consults with us and has given us ideas we will use for many years, with both our children as we navigate transitions and challenges."
"A few weeks ago we had a 1:1 parenting consultation with Jess. Our little one was experiencing a lot of aggression which seemed to be a symptom of worry/anxiety after a big year with a lot of change. Jess was so warm, knowledgeable, logical and kind, she was so reassuring of the way in which we had parented up to this point, and was able to give us guidance and support in how we could support our child to express her worries aswell as move through these feelings with more ease. Parenting is once again feeling more easeful and in flow, and that's saying something because we have 4 kids and it's school holidays! We can't thank Jess enough for her guidance."
"Through one conversation with Jess, I was able to understand what may be sitting behind our 6yo sons behaviour and to recognise his anger was most likely hiding his real feelings. Using strategies we explored with Jess, we noticed a difference immediately. It has been a huge shift for us as parents to respond in a concious way to his behaviour but we now see a happier, more resilient child with so much more self-belief and confidence in himself.
"Jess was able to give us tools that suited our child's temperament and emotional development. I hopped off our call feeling much more confident with how to support our daughter through this big transition and am so grateful for her knowledge, compassion and warmth."
