Mental health counselling
Mojan Rastegar
Mental health counsellor
Member of the Australian Counselling Association
Have you ever wondered whether changing ourselves can change the world around us, too? Many of us aren’t sure what needs to change, where things are going wrong, or which parts of our lives need strengthening. Support from an impartial, skilled and discreet professional can make the way ahead clearer, in a space where we can speak without being judged. It can help us build better relationships with a spouse, child, partner, friends and family, understand where we stand, and set the boundaries we need. If stress, depression or anxiety are getting in the way of moving forward, how can we build a more meaningful life?
Getting to know yourself is the first step towards a healthier relationship with other people, and with life.
About
Meet Mojan Rastegar
Mojan Rastegar is a mental health counsellor who works with children and teenagers, including through group therapy, and with adults on communication with their spouse and family, on self-awareness, and on the challenges of migration.
On Instagram, Mojan writes mostly about practical, everyday skills: handling worry and stress, building new habits, talking things through without fighting, setting goals, and the emotional and identity challenges that can come with moving countries.
Counselling
Services offered
Areas you can talk to Mojan about.
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Children and teenagers
Counselling and group therapy for children and teenagers.
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Relationships and communication
Difficulties in romantic and interpersonal relationships, communication with your spouse and family, and ways of communicating.
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Personal development and self-awareness
Getting to know yourself better, including your needs and the patterns in how you think and act, as part of personal growth.
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Migration
Support with the emotional side of moving countries and settling into a new life, and with adjusting to a new culture while preserving and passing on your family’s culture to your children.
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Anxiety and chronic worry
When anxiety and worry linger and take up much of your mind and your day.
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Depression and rumination
When your mood stays low or the same thoughts keep going round in circles.
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Grief, loss and life changes
Coming to terms with loss and with big changes in life.
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Self-esteem and self-criticism
When your inner voice is harsh and it’s hard to see your own worth.
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Chronic pain and coping with illness
The emotional side of living with chronic pain or illness.
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Avoiding frightening or difficult situations
When steering clear of frightening or difficult situations starts to narrow your life.
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Perfectionism and fear of failure
When very high standards and fear of failing make it hard to start or keep going.
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Adjustment and managing emotions
Adapting to new circumstances, and understanding and managing your emotions.
Educational topics
From Mojan’s posts
A short guide to the themes Mojan has written about on Instagram.
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Useful worry
When worry leads somewhere useful: making a plan, taking action and writing down possible solutions.
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Coping with stress
Noticing the signs of stress and finding calmer ways to respond.
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When avoidance becomes a painkiller
Avoiding difficult situations can work like a painkiller in the moment, yet over time it makes life more limited.
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Building habits
How repetition and consistency help a new routine take hold, with 21 to 90 days of practice.
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Discussion, not argument
What separates a healthy discussion from an argument, and how to listen in order to understand.
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The teenage years
Respect, identity and healthy kinds of excitement in adolescence.
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Goals and fresh starts
Planning towards a goal, setting SMART goals and prioritising with the Eisenhower matrix.
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Dream or goal?
Turning a wish into a goal you can act on, and recognising what stands in the way, both inside and out.
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Anger and emotions
Understanding your emotions and finding healthier ways to express anger.
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Migration, identity and adjustment
The stress of migration and adjusting to a new place, from language and relationships to work, study and finding a home.
These topics are general education, not personal advice for your situation.
Background
Experience and training
These details are based on Mojan’s own descriptions on Instagram and information she provided for this website.
- 15 years of experience in psychology
- Studied counselling in Australia
- Certificates in Transactional Analysis (TA) and self-knowledge from well-known Iranian psychologists
- Chosen as one of the top ten students in training courses on love, parenting and self-awareness
- Working with migrant children and families in school settings
- Formed a group for migrant children and parents at STARTTS, educating and supporting them to adapt to a new culture and strengthen parent–child relationships
- Psychosocial coach and counsellor for NDIS
- Interview with Radio Nashat
Selected training
- Circle of Security Parenting
- FICT Facilitator Training
- Trauma-Informed Care: Mindfulness-Based Treatment for Post-Traumatic Growth
Other professional development
Short courses, masterclasses and workshops for ongoing professional development. Most are certificates of course completion or attendance, not qualifications. The Statement of Attainment for a single training unit is marked separately.
Family and relationships 3 items
- The Heart of Intimate Relationships: Creating Conditions for Secure Attachment in Couple Relationships
- Strengths-Based Parenting
- Working with Men in Distressed and Disrupted Intimate Partner Relationships
Trauma, counselling and supervision 9 items
- Integrating Heart Rate Variability in Trauma Treatment: Clinical Applications with Torture Survivors
- Healing Hands, Healing Hearts: Sensorimotor Art Therapy for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
- Using Reality Therapy with Real Victims
- Supervision for Psychological Intervention
- Counselling Australia Magazine Ongoing Professional Development
- The Traumatic Effects of Disasters
- Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
- Working with People with Disability who have Experienced Torture and Refugee Trauma: From Research to Clinical Implications and Treatment
- Domestic and Family Violence and the Impact on Refugee Families: How Can the Mental Health Practitioner Respond
Children, education and community 5 items
- CHCPRT025 Identify and Report Children and Young People at Risk
- Child Protection Awareness Induction Training
- Annual Competency Check — School-Based Staff
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Berry Street Education Model
- Stamina and Engagement
- Character
- Transforming Conflict in Your Community — Basic Course in Nonviolent Community Conflict Transformation
Contact
Get in touch
To follow Mojan’s educational posts or ask about counselling, send a message on Instagram or through her Telegram group.