Testimonials

'The  best  thing  about  this  program is that it calmed me down and helped me to feel  less  anxious.  I felt very stressed  a  lot  of  the time before I started  this  program.'

- Student,  Year  11  – Yarra/Darebin

The best thing about this program is creating a network of friends who I know struggle in a similar way to me.

- Student, Year 11 - Yarra/Darebin

Thanks so much Gemma and George for working with us each week.  You made us feel important and helped us to learn strategies to work through our problems.  We loved teaching George some tricks and he is so caring and gentle.  The CC program was the highlight of our week!

- Student - Whittlesea.

'The best thing about this program is giving me confidence and not always being anxious'

'The  program had a huge impact on my anxiety and has helped me overcome it.'

'I Love Charlie and Jo!! It was a really good program and it helped me with a lot of things, even with finding new friends."

‘This program really helped me realise the types of attitudes that I used towards myself and how sometimes I need to be more positive towards myself’.

‘Knowing others are feeling the way I do some-times’.

What was the best thing about doing the program: 'Meeting others and feeling wanted.'

‘I learnt so many techniques and emotions, that I have actually experienced. It also helped me understand the importance of mindfulness’.

Interacting with the dog. Colouring in. Learning about all the techniques to improve my confidence and all the mindfulness strategies, etc really helped me to improve my confidence.

- Student, Year 7

I can calm myself down in mindfulness. I can get happy with Chachka and I can leave all my bad days behind.

- Student, Grade 5

Jim taught us how to deal/calm yourself down, I can deal with my emotions now.

- Student, Year 7

This program is really good with kids who get anxiety.

- Student, Year 7