think.grow.connect

30/09/2025

🗓Bookings now open for semester 1 2026 🗓

These bookings are for existing clients only.

Please email admin@thinkgrowconnect.com.au to book your future appointments. As we need to keep our telephone line open for general enquiries, we will not be accepting any booking requests over the phone.

If you are emailing through your preferences please make sure you include your/your child's full name, who you would like to book in with as well as preferences on appointment frequency, times and duration.

If you are unsure what days your clinician is available, please check with reception staff prior to booking.

Please include all of the above information in your email and DO NOT send any follow up emails as this will send your email to the bottom of the queue.

While we will do our best to accommodate your preferences, this may not always be possible due to such high demand for certain times. Please list a 2nd and 3rd preference just in case.

11/09/2025

💛 Today is R U OK? Day 💛
A simple conversation can change a life.
Take a moment to check in with the people around you – family, friends, workmates, neighbours.
Ask:
✅ R U OK?
✅ Listen without judgement
✅ Encourage action
✅ Check in again
You never know what someone might be going through behind the scenes.
Let’s look out for each other – not just today, but every day. 💛
If you or someone you know needs support, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit ruok.org.au.

24/04/2025

30/03/2025

Sharing a picture of our fabulous Maria and Yakub hosting their mental health and wellbeing seminar last weekend at the Gippsland Wellness Expo🌿

A lot of time and effort went into creating this seminar, and we hope listeners found the information useful for now or in the future✨

Thank you to anyone that attended, and thank you Wellness Expo Gippsland for hosting such a great event!🌿

16/03/2025

✨COME JOIN MARIA & YAKUB✨
This Saturday 22nd March 11:15-11:45am @ Kernot Hall, Morwell.

🦋Maria will share practical strategies to help children recognise and understand their emotions, along with effective ways parents and carers can support emotional regulation.

🌿Yakub will explore mental health challenges faced by teens and provide guidance for parents and carers on how to best support adolescents through these challenges.

If this sounds like something you’d find valuable, we’d love for you to come along and join!

For more details, visit Wellness Expo Gippsland

13/02/2025

🌿We’re attending the Gippsland Wellness Expo 2025🌿

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be part of the Gippsland Wellness Expo 2025 - a fantastic not-for-profit event showcasing the wide range of holistic health and wellness services and products from across Gippsland.

✨Join our seminar✨
Our wonderful Maria & Yakub will be hosting an insightful seminar (date & time confirmed closer to the event).

Maria will share practical ways to support children with recognising and understanding their emotions, along with effective ways parents/carers can help children to regulate emotions.

Yakub will explore mental health challenges faced by teens and provide guidance for parents/carers on how to best support adolescents through these challenges.

If this sounds like something you’d find valuable, we’d love for you to come along and join us!

For more details or to explore the full list of attending businesses, visit the Gippsland Wellness Expo’s website, facebook or instagram page.

www.gippslandwellnessexpo.com.au
Wellness Expo Gippsland

13/01/2025

Last year, staff at think.grow.connect attended a chair yoga session run by staff member/child counsellor, Maria Marino. This was super beneficial to the team as most of our day consists of being sat at a desk which tends to be quite harsh on the body.

We thought that this could also benefit someone else’s everyday life who is also sat behind a desk, so Maria has kindly created an easy diagram in case you’d like to save this image and try some gentle stretching at your desk!

As well as counselling children at think.grow.connect, Maria is a level 1 yoga teacher and runs occasional yoga sessions around Gippsland (with focus on gentle yoga to connect to the body). If you’d like to try yoga or you’d like to learn more, find her on social media:
Facebook: Maria Marino Counselling & Yoga
Instagram: