USEFUL INFO & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
When can we see you? Depending on client's availability, I aim to see all new clients within 1 - 2 weeks of initial contact. New clients can get in more quickly if they are available to attend during the day.
What is you current availability? I've been quite busy since returning to work from lockdown, picking up with previous clients, so I'm currently not able to see new clients until the beginning of July.
Do you do after hours appointments? I offer evening appointments on Tuesdays & Thursdays, between 5 -8pm, though these are popular and tend to get booked out several weeks in advance.
How is the best way to contact you? As per the contact page, and emailing me usually works well. I aim to respond to emails and texts within 24 hours.
Do you offer Zoom sessions? Yes I do, although live sessions tend to work better. However if it's difficult for you to get to a live appointment, Zoom makes sense. Zoom works best when we make it resemble a 'live' appointment as much as possible. This includes making sure you have a quiet space where you won't be heard or interrupted.
What are your fees?
Fee per 50 minute session is slightly cheaper if paid on the day and EFTPOS/PAYWAVE/CREDIT/DEBIT is available, as I don't tend to carry change.
- Couples & Families: $130-00 + GST = $149-50 (or $136 + GST i f you would prefer to have an account emailed to you at the end of the month).
- Individuals: $123-00 + GST = $141-45 (or $128-00 + GST if you would prefer to have an account emailed to you at the end of the month)
- Students/Young Dependent Adults living with parents: $118-00 + GST
- EAP/Supervision/Consultancy/Training Fees: Please ask me
- Community Service Card Holders: You may be eligible for a Disability Allowance to assist with therapy costs. Please ask me or your WINZ Case Manager.
- Zoom appointments are charged at the same rate as face to face appointments.
Same day cancellations, or failure to turn up to a booked appointment will mean I'll still need to bill you for 75% of the fee, as it's usually then too late to offer the appointment to anyone else.
Does therapy work? It works if you and I both address the issues together. So a need for everyone coming in my door, is to be willing to be there, and to also be ready to get involved, and do some talking. There's no magic about it, and it usually requires couples and families to start doing some things differently, and also relating to each other differently. There are no quick fixes, but with motivated clients, positive change starts to occur within a few sessions.
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When can we see you? Depending on client's availability, I aim to see all new clients within 1 - 2 weeks of initial contact. New clients can get in more quickly if they are available to attend during the day.
What is you current availability? I've been quite busy since returning to work from lockdown, picking up with previous clients, so I'm currently not able to see new clients until the beginning of July.
Do you do after hours appointments? I offer evening appointments on Tuesdays & Thursdays, between 5 -8pm, though these are popular and tend to get booked out several weeks in advance.
How is the best way to contact you? As per the contact page, and emailing me usually works well. I aim to respond to emails and texts within 24 hours.
Do you offer Zoom sessions? Yes I do, although live sessions tend to work better. However if it's difficult for you to get to a live appointment, Zoom makes sense. Zoom works best when we make it resemble a 'live' appointment as much as possible. This includes making sure you have a quiet space where you won't be heard or interrupted.
What are your fees?
Fee per 50 minute session is slightly cheaper if paid on the day and EFTPOS/PAYWAVE/CREDIT/DEBIT is available, as I don't tend to carry change.
- Couples & Families: $130-00 + GST = $149-50 (or $136 + GST i f you would prefer to have an account emailed to you at the end of the month).
- Individuals: $123-00 + GST = $141-45 (or $128-00 + GST if you would prefer to have an account emailed to you at the end of the month)
- Students/Young Dependent Adults living with parents: $118-00 + GST
- EAP/Supervision/Consultancy/Training Fees: Please ask me
- Community Service Card Holders: You may be eligible for a Disability Allowance to assist with therapy costs. Please ask me or your WINZ Case Manager.
- Zoom appointments are charged at the same rate as face to face appointments.
Same day cancellations, or failure to turn up to a booked appointment will mean I'll still need to bill you for 75% of the fee, as it's usually then too late to offer the appointment to anyone else.
Does therapy work? It works if you and I both address the issues together. So a need for everyone coming in my door, is to be willing to be there, and to also be ready to get involved, and do some talking. There's no magic about it, and it usually requires couples and families to start doing some things differently, and also relating to each other differently. There are no quick fixes, but with motivated clients, positive change starts to occur within a few sessions.
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