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Counselling and offence-specific intervention
Court Up provides individuals with counselling and psycho-education to address offending behaviour.
Penny is highly skilled in helping individuals recognize how thoughts and feelings can affect behaviours. She can identify motivation and readiness for change, and draw on individuals’ strengths throughout the process, enabling them to feel empowered and capable of change.
Some areas explored during consultations may be:
•poor problem-solving skills
•stress management
•anger and aggression (incl. domestic violence)
•gambling
•relationship difficulties
•family issues
•trauma
•negative companions
•substance misuse
•mental health
•finances
•isolation
•unemployment
•irresponsible driving
•institutionalisation
It is beneficial to undertake counselling to address offending behaviour.
Counselling supports an individual to:
•Recognize their capability to change;
•Gain clarity about the impact of their offending on themselves and others;
•Rehabilitate and desist from offending.
Counselling can help an individual:
•Show the court their seriousness about tackling underlying issues to improve their lives. This may also lead to a better court outcome;
•Increase motivation to satisfactorily complete your Community Corrections Order or Parole Order;
•Reconnect with family, friends, and community;
•To build self-efficacy towards areas such as employment /education;
Court Up understands that behaviour is a means of communication. It’s an expression of one’s needs which haven’t been met or may even be unknown.
Court Up will work with individuals to identify the barriers to a crime-free lifestyle.
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