Find out more about Emily’s counselling qualifications, the issues she supports people with, the tools and modalities used in counselling as well counselling fees and Medicare rebates.
Counselling information
What are Emily’s Counselling Qualifications?
With a degree in Psychology and in Social Work, extensive training and 15 years of experience in counselling and trauma therapy, I offer counselling to individuals, couples, families and groups. As an accredited Mental Health Social Worker, I offer Medicare rebated sessions.
What issues does Emily offer counselling to support?
I have been practising for over 15 years and provide support to people in the following areas:
- Anxiety and stress
- Self-care and self-compassion
- Depression
- Performance and social anxiety
- Life and career transitions
- Interpersonal difficulties (excluding current family violence situations)
- The impacts of trauma, complex trauma, and PTSD
- Healing and recovery from family violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation
- Relationship and couples counselling
What tools and modalities does Emily use in delivering Counselling?
I have trained in a wide range of modalities and draw on a diverse toolkit that I tailor to each person’s needs. These modalities and tools include:
- Somatic experiencing
- Emotion-focused therapy
- Mindfulness
- Art therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Psycho-education
- The three stages of trauma recovery
- Wrap-around case management support through referrals to services
- Trauma-informed-care
- Trauma-and violence-informed care
- Cultural sensitivity and responsiveness
- The neurobiology of trauma
- Intersectional practice
Does Emily support gender-diverse people?
My feminist approach means I am inclusive of people from diverse backgrounds with a focus on minority populations and I, therefore, am honoured to support gender-diverse people. I have experience supporting many people from the LGBTIQ+ community and bringing an intersectional feminist lens to my practice.
Location, fees and rebates
Where are counselling services delivered?
I offer sessions via Telehealth using video conference or phone and can be flexible with times/days for telehealth services.
I also offer face to face sessions in Williamstown on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2/22 Ferguson St Williamstown at Chrysalis Allied Health.
What are the fees for counselling and supervision services?
- Counselling: (individual sessions are for 50 minutes)
- Professional Supervision: (sessions are for 60 minutes)
Please see information on Medicare Rebates below – I am an accredited Mental Health Social Worker who can offer Mental health Care Plans, which you can request from your GP, which will give you a Medicare rebate of $82.30 per session.
Individual counselling – $145 concession $185 full fee /50-minute session
Couples & Family counselling – $220/75-minute session
Group counselling- $110 per person/hour (sessions range from 1-2 hours).
Professional Supervision (individual) – $160 when individually funded, $220 organisationally funded /60-minute session
Professional Group Supervision – $110 per person/ hour (sessions range from 1-2 hours)
*Concession applies to anyone with a healthcare card or experiencing financial difficulty. Financial difficulty can be discussed with Emily to arrange a concession rate.
Am I able to access Medicare rebates for counselling sessions?
I am Medicare accredited as a Mental Health Social Worker. People seeking counselling services can see their GP to request a Mental Health Care Plan to receive a Medicare rebate of around $82.30 per session for individual counselling and around $20.90-$38.70 per person per group session, depending on the length of sessions.
