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Val's You Can Heal Your Life'workshops and study groups, based on the philosophy of internationally acclaimed author and teacher Louise Hay, are now detailed on a seperate page.

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Services

Val McCrae at Life Reinventions is a life coach, counsellor, trainer and guest speaker with professional qualifications in teaching and counselling. She has more than 20 years experience helping people to reinvent and transform their lives.

As a counsellor and coach, Val specialises in working with clients in the following areas using a solution-focused approach to problem solving:

Personal Development
Relationships
Parenting
Life Balance
Creativity
Spirituality

Below you will find more information about the services provided by Val. For more information about prices please contact Val directly.

Life coaching

The concept of coaching is being widely taken up these days - and no longer just by elite athletes. Corporate coaches are being engaged to assist top executives and employees at all levels of their organizations.

Just as in the sporting world, a coach will guide, motivate, inspire, support, mentor and assist their client in order to help them reach the full extent of their true and unique potential. The interesting thing is that even top executives will have a personal life - often with dreams and aspirations that are not entirely concerned with their work. This is where the personal side of life coaching comes into its own.

So… who needs a life coach? Absolutely anyone who wants to reach their full potential and would like someone who is totally in their corner to help them along. Who hasn't felt a little stuck from time to time and wondered just how to bridge the gap between where they are now and where they know they really want and deserve to be? This is where Val will help. In your first "lifescan" session, Val will help you look at every area of your life and decide where a little help and work is needed. This could be in business, career, creativity, health and fitness, relationships or even spirituality. By setting some inspiring goals in some areas, you can know how it feels to move forwards and feel your satisfaction grow by leaps and bounds. Having someone to keep you motivated and accountable - can mean that you reach that formerly unreachable target - just think of Ian Thorpe, or Kathy Freeman!

Workshops and Study Groups

Val runs 'You Can Heal Your Life' workshops and study groups, based on the philosophy of internationally acclaimed author and teacher Louise Hay.

Click here for detailed information and registration forms.

Counselling

Even the most "got together' people will sometimes feel a little stuck or find themselves dealing with emotional issues that seem to be deeply embedded. Often, relationships will suffer or the issues may cause a person to be slightly depressed or anxious. Sometimes, it is important to gain an understanding of our past, our childhood and our own innate way of being in order to let go of limiting and habitual patterns of behaviour. The question to ask is always "Is this working for me now". If not, it is time to make a change.

Val is a qualified counsellor and Member of the Australian Counselling Association. With more than 20 years of experience working in this with couples, parents, and individuals, she is able to help you assess where some insight and change may be needed. She believes that a solution focused model works best. In other words, it is important that clients set reachable goals - no matter how small. During a counselling process, Val will help you look at the following issues:

How can I best re-frame negative thoughts and so move on from 'tapes' from the past?
What patterns of behaviour no longer work for me? How can I begin to change them?
Do I love and appreciate myself as I would my own best friend?
What 'payoffs' might be keeping me stuck in a situation I don't like?
How are my relationships 'mirroring' my beliefs about the world?
What ongoing strategies can I use to increase my satisfaction in life - and make me feel generally healthier and happier?
What are the best options to move ahead and get the most out of the coaching / counselling journey?

Because Val is qualified and experienced in both areas, her clients are fortunate to participate in a unique blend of coaching and counselling so that they get the very best out of their own special journey.

Training

Val is a qualified teacher and has many years' experience as an adult trainer. She specialises in training in the interpersonal skill areas. Having spent many years in a large organisation, Val is competent and skilled at training diverse groups in a variety of topics and is sometimes available for formal classroom training as well as facilitation and leadership of groups and workshops.

Val will be continuing to conduct her own workshops in the near future.

Guest speaking

Over the years, Val has developed a passion and expertise for certain areas of personal development and lifestyle. She is sometimes available to share this information with groups requiring a speaker for their meetings or seminars. She particularly loves to share her experience about working with life balance. Other favourite topics are reframing negative thinking, changing behaviour patterns, and making the best life choices on a daily basis.

Writing

Val has had many articles published in local newspapers and community magazines. She likes to write about her special professional expertise and finds that the issues that her own clients present are often worth further investigation and sharing (anonymously of course) with readers. She is interested in writing for reputable health and fitness and self-development publications. Additionally, Val believes that journal writing is a great tool for self-development and growth and often encourages her clients to begin the habit of writing. She has her own collection of journals, which almost contain her life story, and may one day be published as such! Val also enjoys the more creative aspects of writing short stories and poetry.

Contact Val to find out how you can start reinventing your life today