Wellbeing For Kids Team​
Georgina Manning
Director
Wellbeing for Kids
[email protected]

About Georgina
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 Georgina Manning is the Director of Wellbeing for Kids, an educator, counsellor and a psychotherapist. Georgina has many years of experience working in schools supporting children and parents, and faciltates regular parent seminars in schools, school professional development days for educators, and is a National speaker for wellbeing events.  Georgina has created the ‘Peaceful Kids’ and 'Peaceful Parents' Mindfulness and Positive Psychology programs and holds training for school staff and mental health professionals across many states in Australia.  Georgina has most recently created the first 'Certificate in Mindfulness & Wellbeing for Children' training program in Australia. 

Formal Qualifications
​Masters of Student Wellbeing
Graduate Diploma of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling
Diploma of Positive Psychology
Graduate Certificate in Counselling and Hypnotherapy
Bachelor of Education
Bachelor of Arts in Education

Professional Development Training
Mindful Schools Fundamentals & Educator Training
Melbourne Meditation Centre Teacher Training Course 
Clinical EFT Training
Art Therapy in Counselling PD
ACT Therapy Training
Jon Kabat Zinn's 'Way of Awareness' Training
Karen Hall
Wellbeing For Kids Training Facilitator,
​Mindfulness Coach
​& Counsellor 

​About Karen
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Karen is a qualified Counsellor, Primary School Teacher, Mindfulness Coach and Facilitator who brings over 25 years of experience in the corporate and education sectors. Karen has worked with a wide variety of organisations delivering leadership and management programs, mindfulness and positive psycho-education training, one on one counselling and as a classroom teacher and Wellbeing Leader. Karen is currently working as a counsellor in a high school in Melbourne whilst also taking time to deliver different programs within the education sector – Peaceful kids and Peaceful Parents programs and Headspace Schools - Suicide Risk Continue Training program. At the heartbeat of who Karen is, is her passion for social justice, exploring and sharing preventative therapeutic support strategies and empowering young people to know and care for themselves through the practice of mindfulness and other tools.

​​Formal Qualifications
Bachelor of Teaching and Learning
Bachelor of Psychology – partially completed
Graduate Diploma Counselling – Specialising in Youth and Adolescence
 
Professional Development Training
Certificate in CBT - Children and Adolescents speciality
Certificate Positive Neuroplasticity Intensive - Dr Rick Hanson
Reiki Level 2 Certification
ASSIST – Suicide Intervention Program
Headspace – Suicide Risk Continuum Training
Mental Health First Aid – speciality Youth and Adolescence
Solution Focused Narrative Therapy PD
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy PD
Myers Briggs Type Indicator trained
Cert IV in Training and Assessment
Jon Kabat Zinn's 'Way of Awareness' Training
Georgina & Wellbeing For Kids have Presented/Featured in
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Interviews & Podcasts