Our vision
People being empowered to fulfil their potential and live engaged meaningful lives.

Our mission
To provide quality coaching & counselling services to individuals & organisations seeking or embarking on change. We will do this by
using evidence-based knowledge and techniques.

Our values

Integrity

  • We maintain the highest professional and ethical standards
  • We do what we say
  • We are open and honest

Credibility

  • We are highly qualified professionals with university qualifications in psychology and coaching
  • We ensure that we stay up to date with the latest research relating to coaching and psychology
  • We are positive role models

Passion

    • We love what we do
  • We are enthusiastic in our approach
  • We will always do our best to empower our clients to achieve
    their goals

Respect

  • We value other’s opinions and perspectives
  • We treat people with dignity

Hopefulness

  • We believe that every individual has the potential to achieve a life well lived
  • We believe every day is a new opportunity for growth and renewal

Appreciation

  • We value and acknowledge the contribution of others
  • We value the relationships we build with our clients

we believe every transition is an opportunity for growth and renewal.

One satisfied client said:
“Having been through a lot of changes in my life one is never fully prepared for retirement. Anne has helped me to understand how to accept change. Opening up to new ideas, opportunities and be more confident. It has been the most Positive Experience.” – Sue.

Further information
If you would like further information or would like to discuss a particular need, please contact Anne at Positive Transitions on 0418 230 706 or email

Our location
Main Office:
38 Ken Tubman Drive,
Maitland NSW 2320
We also have access to consultation space in Newcastle as the need arises.

  

Our philosophy
Life is full of transitions, they are a normal part of life. Developmentally we transition our way through the life span, moving from being a baby onto childhood followed by adolescence, young adulthood, middle age, and eventually if we look after ourselves and with a bit of luck we live to reach old age.

These developmental stages are accompanied by a range of other transitions that will vary from person to person but may include leaving school, getting our first job, getting married, becoming parents, changing careers, going into
business, getting a promotion, moving location, and retiring.

Some transitions are planned while others are unexpected and not all transitions are welcomed, for instance redundancy, divorce or losing a loved one. At Positive Transitions we believe every transition is an
opportunity for growth and renewal.

Our approach to counselling/therapy and coaching
The psychologists at Positive Transitions work with clients within a Solution Focused - Cognitive Behavioural framework in addition to
drawing on research from the fields of Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology to help you fulfil your potential and achieve an engaged and meaningful life.

Positive Psychology is the study of optimal human functioning, while Coaching Psychology is about facilitating individuals to be empowered to achieve their personal and professional goals. These approaches focus on defining purpose, clarifying values, identifying strengths, developing goals, and enacting actions to achieve change.

The Solution Focused and Cognitive Behavioural Models are active approaches rather than purely reflective. They drive change as well as promoting insight and understanding of why a problem or issue occurs. These models focus on the construction of a solution and de-emphasize but do not discount a person’s history by focusing more on the present, where problems are maintained, not the past that may have “caused” them.
These models help you to overcome self-limiting beliefs and unhelpful self-talk that can maintain problems or create barriers to achieving what you want from life.

All of the approaches described above place the responsibility for making change firmly in the hands of the client. At Positive Transitions we place the highest emphasis on respect for our clients and their competence, strengths and resources while providing support in relation to navigating their individual transition.

What is personal work/life coaching?
Work/life coaching is about helping people develop and achieve goals, maximize personal development and navigate transitions on the path to realising their ideal vision for the current and emerging chapters of their lives.

Coaching is the collaborative alliance between coach and client based on a solution-focused, result-oriented, systematic process in which the coach facilitates the client to be empowered to think, feel and behave in new ways, assisting them to achieve goal attainment in their personal and/or professional life, leading to the enhancement of the life experience.

  


Anne Bunt
Principal Consultant & Coaching Psychologist

Qualifications
Master of Organisational Coaching
University of Sydney

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
University of Newcastle

Diploma of Teaching (TAFE)
University of Newcastle

Registered Psychologist
NSW Registration Number – PS0095554
Associate Member of the Australian
Psychological Society

Our services
Personal Work/Life Coaching
Coaching is for individuals who are not in distress but who want to proactively manage a transition in their life, increase life and/or work
satisfaction or work towards achieving personal or professional goals.

Research from the fields of Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology has identified a number of benefits associated with undertaking a
structured evidence-based personal work/life coaching program, including:

  • Increased Life Satisfaction
  • Increased Work Satisfaction
  • Improved Mental Health
  • Enhanced Work/Life Experience
  • Increased Hope
  • Increased Well-Being (Happiness)
  • Increased Goal Striving & Goal Attainment.

Corporate/Organisational Services

  • Seminars and workshops in relation to:
    - Positive Psychology in the Workplace
    - Transition to Retirement
    - Stress Management
  • Individual Workplace Coaching.

Psychological Counselling/Therapy

At Positive Transitions we provide Focused Psychological Strategies for individuals who have been referred by their GP for a range of issues including:

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Adjustment Issues.

Confidentiality
Our Psychologists maintain strict confidentiality at all times and are ethically bound under the Psychologists Act 2001 and adhere to the
guidelines of the NSW Psychologist’s Registration Board and Australian Psychological Society’s Code of Ethics.

About Anne

Anne made her positive transition into a career in psychology as a mature age student after already achieving success in previous careers in the service industry and as a teacher for TAFE NSW. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Newcastle and then worked in Community Health where she provided generalist psychological services to people of all ages with a wide variety of presentations before moving into private practice.

She developed an interest in coaching psychology and completed her master degree at the Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Sydney with the view to expanding her practice to include providing professional coaching services to individuals and organisations. She also delivers seminars and workshops and facilitates group coaching sessions on a variety of topics including Transition to Retirement, Stress Management and Positive Psychology.

She established Positive Transitions with the commitment of providing clients with a professional and personalised service, not only to help them find solutions to their problems but also to help them achieve their goals and live their dreams, so that in years to come they can look back on ‘a life well-lived’.
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