Counselling / Consultation

Please Note:
For valid Medicare card holders with a Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP) from your G.P in the last 12 months,
your initial session will be bulk-billed (no gap payment). A second session may also be bulk-billed if you have a valid Concession or Student Card. For NDIS clients, a payment of $222.99 will be charged for the first session (no gap payment). Subsequent sessions are charged at $260 per hour, with a Medicare rebate available of $96.65 ($163.35 out of pocket, or $37.01 for NDIS clients). Fees are charged on the day of appointment.

Anxiety / Depression

Using techniques like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), strategies such as the exposure hierarchy, and behavioural activation ask clients to challenge their negative thoughts and learn empowering coping strategies. This process fosters personal growth and enhances overall wellbeing.

Relationships / Loneliness

Individuals are supported to rebuild their self-esteem, gain insights into their relationship patterns, and ultimately foster healthier connections in the future. Their support can be instrumental in turning a painful experience into an opportunity for personal growth and resilience.

Grief / Loss

Through providing a safe space to express their feelings and emotions. We offer support through active listening, empathy, and therapeutic techniques that facilitate healing. By guiding individuals through their grief journey, we help them understand and cope with their loss, ultimately fostering resilience and recovery.

Parenting Support

By providing guidance and strategies to navigate various developmental challenges. Parents begin to understand behavioural changes, enhance communication, and foster emotional resilience in themselves and their children.
This promotes healthy growth
and development, as well as stronger family bonds and improved well-being.

Trauma / Stress

Those experiencing trauma can be supported by understanding and connecting with their inner parts or "core self," which is usually shaped by past experiences. By fostering compassion and dialogue amongst these parts through Person-Centred Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS), individuals heal emotional wounds and reduce internal conflict.

Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation plays a crucial role in therapy by empowering individuals with knowledge about their mental health and the therapeutic process. It helps clients understand their emotions, behaviours, and the underlying causes of their challenges. It enables clients to take an active role in their healing journey.

Please note:

We do not see clients through Workcover, TAC, Victims of Crime, ATA (CAREinMIND), EAP, DFFH, Corrections Victoria or for other Legal Issues, or Comcare. We do not specialise in the provision of court/legal/ parenting capacity or personality assessment reports. For minors (under 18) whose parents are separated - informed consent from both legal guardians is required to proceed with the referral. Clients with NDIS plans may be self or plan managed.