About Steph Jones Psychology
VISION STATEMENT
Our vision for Steph Jones Psychology is to expand the potential of all young people; to empower all young people to flourish and engage in life, authentically.
About Steph
Registered Psychologist
GradDip Psych, B Psych Honours
Registration PSY0002617984
Experienced Educator
MEd Leadership, GradDipEd
Working with Children Check: WWC1317673E
Our founder, Steph Jones is extremely passionate about cultivating and enhancing the lives and mental health of young people. Steph is the CEO/Founder of Steph Jones Psychology, and a registered psychologist.
Steph provides one-on-one psychology services whose mission is to help young people thrive. Prior to her career in Psychology, Steph was a High School Teacher (History) for 15 years in conjunction with a Leadership role in a Wellbeing/Pastoral Care capacity. Thus, in order to provide enriching experiences for young people she is able to leverage off her significant experience in the education sector by selecting the tools and knowledge that she knows works to motivate and support young people. In addition to this, Steph is an inspired innovator and passionate presenter in the field of adolescent advocacy.
Steph completed her undergraduate degree, Master of Educational Leadership (Distinction) and Mini Certificate of Gifted Education at UNSW. Steph works as a registered psychologist at a private eastern suburbs school, and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the Australian Association of Psychologists INC (AAPi).
Steph's
MISSION STATEMENT
Steph Jones Psychology aims to provide young people with the tools necessary to build resilience and capacity to respond positively to disadvantage and/or adverse experiences. Steph Jones Psychology aims to help disconnected young people, connect. Additionally, we aim to help young people discover their full potential and seek to support also those who are high potential learners but may not be receiving the requisite tools to see their dreams come to fruition.
Martin Seligman’s PERMA model is used to underpin how we understand flourishing as a state. That is, when all five factors from this model are focused on (positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishments), one's capacity to live authentically and thrive is increased. Using tangible activities such as SMART goals to pursue aspirations, and unpacking the datasets that are created from a young person's responses to Character Strengths survey (VIA Character Strengths). Steph Jones creates practical strategies and supports to target individual needs. As such, our approach is flexible and individually targeted to encourage the young person to make healthy choices in their everyday life.
Additionally, role play techniques are used to establish alternative strategies/ways to respond to situations i.e. problem solve, how to navigate social engagements.