Mary Jane Beach is an excellent counsellor. She is empathic, down to earth, encouraging and warm. I have seen her to debrief around work related matters and have felt so much better after talking to her. I thoroughly recommend her as a counsellor. Mary Jane provided clinical supervision to me and she was always extremely professional, friendly and provided me the support I needed for my role.
I highly recommend Beach's Family Therapy Centre, Mary Jane made herself available when we really needed her. Her advice was extremely important to us and we are happier because of it. I met Mary Jane at a particularly crucial time in my life. She has been pivotal in helping me, and by extension my family and others close to me, to progress towards a life which is vastly richer, happier and infinitely more fulfilling than it was before.
I highly recommend Beach's Family Therapy Centre, Mary Jane made herself available when we really needed her. Her advice was extremely important to us and we are happier because of it. I met Mary Jane at a particularly crucial time in my life. She has been pivotal in helping me, and by extension my family and others close to me, to progress towards a life which is vastly richer, happier and infinitely more fulfilling than it was before.
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I am an approved supervisor through Pacfa and the Dept of Health and I currently provide supervision to other health professionals privately as well as through Blacktown Women and Girls Centre. I have been running my private practice for over 20 years. My primary theory of practice is solution focussed therapy.
Mary Jane specialises in many different areas of need in which she can offer a range of counselling services. Whether it's learning to managing your moods with anger management techniques making your marriage stronger with marriage counselling, she understands not only the problems affecting her patients, but also the various methods that could be used to remedy them.
All of us are aware what anger is and we have all experienced it, whether as a full blown rage or simply a fleeting frustration. Anger is a normal expression of human emotion but it can spiral out of control and lead to problems at home, at work and other facets of daily life. Those who become overly impulsive and fail to control their anger almost always have underlying issues that trigger such outbursts.
In the past, counselling was viewed by many as something negative. If someone is going through counselling, especially a child, it would mean something is seriously wrong. Nowadays, kids help in the form of child counselling is already regarded as something positive particularly among parents who have used it to address certain issues affecting their child.
Even in this modern age, a lot of people don't avail of counselling services because of the 'fear' of seeking help or because of the distorted notion that going to a professional counsellor means they are weak or going crazy. The truth is that counselling services are now widely regarded as among the healthiest things that you can do for yourself or for the people you love who may be going through some difficulties.
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Thomas Finnigan
Jun 26, 2021
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Mary is amazing, one of the few people that I can contextualise my thoughts with in what I feel is my heavy metaphorical way of explaining (which is far from easy for others to understand at times) but she still understands and gives me great feedback on how to deal with my issues.
In just a few sessions she helped me not project negative self images of myself while in social spaces and helped reduce my social anxiety greatly.
I still work with her to deal with my issues as they occur in life and it helps knowing I have such a great support person there to fall to when days go from bad to worse
In just a few sessions she helped me not project negative self images of myself while in social spaces and helped reduce my social anxiety greatly.
I still work with her to deal with my issues as they occur in life and it helps knowing I have such a great support person there to fall to when days go from bad to worse
Donieta Bell
Jun 23, 2021
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Stephanie Peterson
Dec 28, 2020
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Mary Jane is thorough, professional and empathetic. She asks the hard questions but in a non judgmental, solution focused way.
Couples Therapy has allowed my partner and I to open up to each other and speak without fear of not being heard.
I have recommended Mary Jane to other family members, and will be booking in to see her on an individual basis as well.
Counselling with Mary Jane has brought enlightenment and a new way of thinking into our lives and we are so grateful.
Couples Therapy has allowed my partner and I to open up to each other and speak without fear of not being heard.
I have recommended Mary Jane to other family members, and will be booking in to see her on an individual basis as well.
Counselling with Mary Jane has brought enlightenment and a new way of thinking into our lives and we are so grateful.
Zineta De Beer
Dec 21, 2020
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Went and saw Mary Jane after reading some promising reviews, she was more interested in telling me stories from previous clients than actually trying to come up with solutions for me. Patient confidentiality alarm bells first up. She is very unprofessional, she answered the door in her slippers, nightie and a cardigan. Her website and profile
Is very professional but I found her to be far from it, her house is not a place I would be running a professional business from. I’m Sure she a lovely lady but I won’t be booking another session with her.
I should have trusted my gut the minute I arrived
Is very professional but I found her to be far from it, her house is not a place I would be running a professional business from. I’m Sure she a lovely lady but I won’t be booking another session with her.
I should have trusted my gut the minute I arrived
Harry Terrence
Dec 15, 2019
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We saw Mary for marriage counselling. From the first session, she gave us practical strategies that had an immediate positive impact on our relationship. Mary invested the time in each session to get to know us as individuals and supported us to develop new habits that drew us closer together as a family. I highly recommend her services.
Fiona Price Mental Health Trainer
Nov 11, 2019
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Mich Mash
Jul 16, 2019
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Maris Walton
Jan 17, 2018
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I met Mary Jane at a particularly crucial time in my life. She has been pivotal in helping me, and by extension my family and others close to me, to progress towards a life which is vastly richer, happier and infinitely more fulfilling than it was before.
Mary Jane will always be integral to my continued growth as someone whose life is constantly enriched by fresh insights and by conscious reflection upon that life.
Mary Jane's extensive life experience as well as her skill in focused personal counselling make it easy to relate to her guidance and recommendations and to put these into practice
Mary Jane will always be integral to my continued growth as someone whose life is constantly enriched by fresh insights and by conscious reflection upon that life.
Mary Jane's extensive life experience as well as her skill in focused personal counselling make it easy to relate to her guidance and recommendations and to put these into practice
Stephanie Walker
Jul 03, 2017
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Mary-Jane absolutely changed my life. She helped & guided me through an extremely tough time. She has such a wealth of experience & knowledge and I love how she makes me see things from a different & simpler perspective. I am the best version of me that I have ever been. I would highly recommend her
Yvonne Matsas
Jul 01, 2017
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Mary Jane is very client focussed and positive. She has an expansive depth of experience regarding families and children, especially blended families. She delivers a flexible and responsive service, with a very commonsense practical approach to counselling. Mary Jane has an easy counselling style and makes the client feel comfortable and in control. Worked wonderfully with my son.
