Counselling Overview

Counselling helps your child to discuss, explore and manage important emotional, social and educational issues, such as:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Anger management
• Friendship issues
• Exam stress
• Study skills
• and many others...

Your child will become more empowered so they can work towards achieving personal and educational goals and fulfilling their true potential.

When is counselling useful?

Whenever a situation bothers your child enough that it interferes with their ability to:

• Concentrate in class or at work
• Do their schoolwork
• Communicate with parents
• Sleep
• Interact socially
• Or generally enjoy life.

Counselling is confidential

All counselling is confidential. Information will only be revealed to others with client consent. However in those unusual circumstances where failure to disclose may result in clear risk to the client or to others, the counsellor may disclose minimal information necessary to avert risk.

Cost of service

• $200.00 - initial consultation and intake assessment*
• $150.00 - ongoing sessions (50 minute consultation)*
• $100.00 - ongoing sessions (30 minute consultation – for children aged under 5 years only)*

*Payment must be made in full at the time of consultation. We accept cash, EFTPOS or credit card payments.

Cancellation fee for less than 24 hours notice: $50.00

Note: Some counselling sessions are eligible for Medicare rebates or rebates from your private heath cover.

Medicare rebates

If you have a referral from a Medical Doctor, you will recieve the following rebates:

• For a 30 minute consultation you will receive $56.80 from Medicare.
• For a 50 minute consultation you will receive $80.20 from Medicare.

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