Why are you here?
Is your child or young person struggling with emotional regulation, relationships, behaviour or everyday demands?
Are you trying to understand what may be underlying behaviours that are becoming difficult or unsafe?
Are you a parent or carer who feels that you have tried many strategies, but nothing seems to create lasting change?
Are you looking for support that involves not only the child, but also the parents, carers, educators or support team around them?
Have you experienced crime, abuse, violence or another traumatic event and are looking for trauma-informed counselling through Victim Support ACT?
Or are you simply looking for a safe, neurodivergent-affirming space to make sense of what is happening and work out what support might help?
Does your child or young person have an NDIS plan and need therapeutic support or Specialist Positive Behaviour Support?
WELCOME
Tranquil Trails Counselling and Therapy is a Canberra-based NDIS registered provider and Approved Service Provider with Victim Support ACT, supporting children, young people, adults, families and care teams across Canberra, surrounding NSW, and now the South Coast and surrounding regions. We have also recently welcomed a Behaviour Support Practitioner working in a contractor capacity, expanding our service availability across the NSW South Coast and surrounding areas.
The practice is led by Kelly Chen, a PACFA-registered counsellor and NDIS Specialist Behaviour Support Practitioner, with particular experience in trauma, neurodivergence, child and adolescent behaviour, parent/carer support and out-of-home care.
Our approach is trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, relational and systemic. We recognise that children and young people's relationships, experiences and everyday environments all influence their wellbeing and behaviour. For this reason, our NDIS work increasingly combines direct support for the child or young person with parent/carer coaching, consultation and collaboration with the wider support team.
Trauma-informed counselling for adults and young people, including counselling through Victim Support ACT, continues to be offered according to individual therapeutic needs.
Services are available in English and Mandarin.