Frequently Asked Questions

  • I am unable to accept Mental Health Care Plans (MHCP) as I am not a Medicare provider.

    A concession fee is available for those experiencing financial hardship, which is roughly the equivalent or less than, the rebate amount with a MHCP.

  • As of February 2021 in Victoria, everyone who works for a Registered NDIS provider must have a clearance to do so. If you are a self-managed participant and you would like to work together, I can apply for a clearance. After receiving the clearance, I am able to commence working with you immediately.

    Yes, I can accept payments under the Financial Access Scheme (FAS).

  • Cancellations or changes in bookings can be made without a fee up until 24 hours prior to your session. Less than 24 hours notice of a change in your booking will incur a cancellation fee of 50% of your scheduled appointment. A cancellation within 3 hours of your session will result in the full fee being forfeited, as will a non-attendance.

    Exemptions to the cancellation policy are made in the case of an emergency. I encourage you to let me know if unforeseeable circumstances have arisen.

  • There are three fee tiers available for individual therapy:

    Concession, 60 mins - $105 - For those with a concession card or who are experiencing financial hardship ongoing.

    Please note there are limited concession places available.

    Full Fee, 60 mins - $140

    Pay it Forward, 60 mins - $160

    Fees for couple’s counselling:

    60 mins - $180

    90 mins - $240

    There is no set concession fee for couple’s sessions, but if you are experiencing financial stress and this becomes a barrier to you seeking ongoing therapy together, please reach out. I am happy to chat with you and discuss what’s workable.

  • A foundational belief of Internal Family Systems (IFS) is that there is nothing inherently wrong with people, and everyone already contains within them everything they need for healing.

    Throughout our lives, we may have experiences that leave us feeling wounded, terrified or traumatised. Through these experiences, our internal worlds come up with ways of surviving – defending the most vulnerable parts of ourselves and ensuring we can carry on.

    These protective parts are never ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’ – they always have good intentions. Often though, they become burdened by their roles of self-protection. We can find ourselves reacting to new situations in old ways that don’t serve our current needs, clouding our perspective and understanding, and keeping us feeling trapped, tangled and conflicted.

    In IFS, we move gently to build relationships with those parts, to understand who they are, how they came to be and what they would need to feel safe enough to step into a different way of being. We do not shame or force change upon our parts. Instead, we listen to them, acknowledge and appreciate their efforts, support them to unburden from the extreme roles they’ve assumed over time, and give them the opportunity to use their innate skills in new and helpful ways.

    Our goal is to clear the path back to the heart of who you are – your ‘Self’; the deep sense of knowing, clarity, confidence, connection and wholeness we all hold within us.

    IFS is a deeply relational model which places trust in your system, honouring the clever and creative ways you have navigated adversity, and using everything you already have to find your way home.

  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is an attachment-based, humanistic, experiential, and systemic approach to support couple’s in strengthening their relationship into a safe haven and secure base for one another.

    EFT helps couples move out of painful cycles of conflict, distance, or misunderstanding and into deeper connection. By slowing down and exploring the emotions and attachment needs and fears beneath these patterns, partners can begin to respond to one another with greater openness, trust, and understanding. This then creates the foundation of emotional safety in the relational bond. As security and trust builds, EFT helps couples to recreate shared meaning of previous ruptures and attachment injuries, and solidify new, healthier patterns of relating.