Welcome

Child-Centred Sydney is a specialist counselling service for children aged 3 to 10 and girls between 11 and 16 years old. 

This service can help children who are struggling with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties that affect their wellbeing or ability to learn and grow optimally.

Frequent concerns

• Common childhood problems (e.g. behavioural issues; emotional dysregulation; poor social skills; bullying and low self-esteem).
• Anxiety, stress and low mood.
• Trauma (e.g. medical, relational or developmental).
• Grief and loss, including parent separation and family breakdown.
• Communication difficulties (e.g. expressing thoughts, feelings and emotions).
• Adjustment to life events (e.g. parent separation; birth of sibling or starting school).

Founder Alejandra Hayes is a Registered Play Therapist and Certified Counsellor specialising in non-directive play therapy, activity therapy and person-centred counselling.

While her work with teenagers may draw from solution-focused, cognitive behavioural and sand tray therapeutic modalities, her primary clinical approach is rooted in person-centred theory

Ale uses a developmental lens, with a strong foundation in modern attachment theory and interpersonal neurobiology. Her practice is evidence-based and trauma-informed.