Therapeutic Counselling
Life can be really tough, especially when it throws unexpected challenges our way, which can hit us hard when we least expect it. And at times, it can feel like we’re just trying to stay afloat and get through and survive another day. Counselling can help you get through this time so that you are not alone.
We can support you to:
Navigate your grief following the loss of a loved one, or a significant life change
Help you to improve your communication skills, resolve conflicts, and enhance overall relationship dynamics with a partner, family or friend
Provide strategies to manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress or emotional dysregulation
Support you during major life changes, such as career shifts, divorce, having a child, or moving to a new place
Assist you to learn about your diagnosis / condition such as ADHD or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
To learn about your attachment style and maladaptive schemas, and how this impacts the way you think and how you interact in relationships
Discovering who you are, who you want to be and how to get there
Learning to be okay with who you are!
You may be eligible for Medicare subsidies, or Private Health Insurance rebates or we may be able to support you under a range of various schemes. See FAQs for details of eligibility.
What counselling can help with?
Counselling works across a wide range of presentations. Whether you arrive with a clear sense of what you want to work on or simply a feeling that something needs to change — that is enough to start.
Anxiety Anxiety shows up differently for everyone — persistent worry that won't switch off, panic attacks, social anxiety, health anxiety, or a low-level unease you have carried so long you have forgotten what it feels like without it. Counselling helps you understand what is driving the anxiety beneath the surface, develop practical regulation strategies that actually work, and gradually reduce the avoidance patterns that keep it going.
Depression Depression is more than sadness. It can present as numbness, exhaustion, irritability, disconnection from things that used to matter, or a persistent sense that nothing is worth the effort. Counselling provides space to understand what is underneath — and works at a pace that meets you where you actually are.
Trauma and Complex Trauma Trauma can result from a single overwhelming event or from years of chronic stress, difficult relationships, or experiences that were never safe to process. Our trauma-informed approach — including EMDR therapy — supports safe, carefully paced processing at a rate your nervous system can sustain. Learn more about EMDR.
Grief and Loss People grieve deaths, but also relationship endings, lost futures, health changes, and childhoods they deserved but didn't have. Counselling provides space to sit with loss at your own pace — without being rushed through it or told how you should be feeling.
Stress and Burnout Burnout is what happens when the demands placed on you consistently exceed the resources available to meet them. Counselling helps identify what has depleted you, address the internal patterns that contribute, and build genuinely sustainable ways of living — not just manage symptoms.
Neurodivergent-Specific Support Many neurodivergent adults arrive at counselling carrying years of self-doubt, misdiagnosis, and the particular exhaustion of navigating a world not designed for their brain. Our neurodiversity-affirming approach is adapted specifically for neurodivergent clients — in structure, pacing, communication style, and underlying philosophy. Learn more about our neurodiversity support.
Self-Worth and Identity Many people come to counselling carrying a deep, persistent sense of not being good enough — too much, not enough, or fundamentally different. These beliefs rarely shift through logic alone. Schema therapy and EMDR are particularly effective for working with core beliefs at the level where they actually live.
Life Transitions Becoming a parent, losing a parent, relationship breakdown, career change, diagnosis, relocation — major life changes can destabilise even grounded people. Counselling provides space to process change, grieve what is ending, and find your footing in what is beginning.
How We Work
Our counselling is integrative — meaning we draw from multiple evidence-based frameworks depending on what you bring and what will serve you best. These include Schema Therapy, EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and person-centred approaches.
Everything we do is trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming. We do not apply a single model to every person. We adapt to you — your pace, your goals, your brain, your history.
Before your first session After booking you will receive confirmation and any intake forms to complete in advance. These help your clinician understand your background so the first session can focus on what matters.
Your first session The first session is about getting to know each other. Your clinician will ask what has brought you to counselling, a little about your history, and what you are hoping for from the process. You are not expected to share anything you are not ready to share, and there is no pressure to have everything worked out before you arrive.
How long will it take? This varies. Some people find meaningful shift in six to twelve sessions. Others do longer-term work over months or years. Your clinician will discuss this openly with you as the work develops.
Telehealth All sessions are available via secure telehealth for clients across Victoria and Australia. Research consistently shows telehealth counselling produces comparable outcomes to face-to-face for most presentations — and for many regional clients it removes the single biggest barrier to accessing good support.
What to Expect
Fees and Funding
Medicare — Mental Health Care Plan A Mental Health Care Plan from your GP gives you access to Medicare rebates for up to ten individual sessions per calendar year. To access this:
Book a longer appointment with your GP and ask for a Mental Health Care Plan
Your GP will assess your needs and prepare the plan if appropriate
Bring your plan to your first appointment or send it in advance
NDIS Counselling is available to eligible NDIS participants under Improved Daily Living funding. We accept self-managed and plan-managed participants. See our NDIS page for details.
WorkSafe Victoria and TAC We are registered with WorkSafe Victoria and the Transport Accident Commission.
Private Health Insurance Rebates may apply depending on your fund and level of cover — check with your fund directly.
Self-Funded You do not need a Mental Health Care Plan or insurance to access our services.
Fees and Funding
Location
Serving the Swan Hill region and Australia Wide.
Face-to-face appointments are available in Swan Hill. Telehealth sessions are available to clients across Victoria and Australia — including Kerang, Cohuna, Pyramid Hill, Robinvale, Nyah, Mildura, Echuca, and surrounding communities.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Not sure where to start? Contact us and we will help you work out the right option.