My session fees are $240 for couples and $190 for individuals.

As some of my online clients live overseas, it’s worth noting that these fees are in Australian dollars.

Many private health insurers will provide rebates for sessions with me (including AHM, BUPA, Medibank and HCF). I am unable to offer Medicare rebates. Medicare rebates do not apply to couples counselling. Medicare rebates only apply to individual counselling where you are seeing a psychologist or social worker under a Mental Health Care Plan.

Yes, I offer online sessions via Zoom. Online sessions may work for you if you live in a regional or remote area and don’t have access to suitably-skilled counsellors in your area. Some clients also choose to attend counselling online, even though they live in Sydney, to save the time it would take to travel to and from appointments.

Currently, I see clients on Tuesdays and Fridays, during business hours. I also offer two session times after hours, on Tuesday evenings.

The number of sessions couples need depends on the nature and complexity of the issues. This makes it difficult to specify how many sessions a couple may need. However, as a guide, the number of couples sessions tends to range from seven sessions to around 30 sessions. The average number of sessions to deal with communication and conflict resolution issues around 14 to 15 sessions. Where one or other partner has experienced trauma, the concerns to be addressed are more complex and this tends to increase the number of sessions required.

The attachment coaching process for individuals typically takes 12 sessions to cover the basic program. This program addresses key relationship blocks. Individual clients often choose to add extra sessions to the basic program to explore additional issues of importance to them.

I recommend couples attend weekly or fortnightly. Attending less regularly than this does not build the momentum needed to create lasting change. For this reason, I have stopped taking on couple counselling clients who would like to attend monthly.

Closely spaced sessions are more important at the beginning of the couple therapy process. They are also helpful if a couple is in crisis, as a containing environment that helps to manage distress. Once therapy is well underway, and some positive changes have already been embedded in the relationship, couple counselling clients who initially chose to attend weekly can often reduce their sessions to fortnightly.

Session frequency for individuals undertaking the attachment coaching process is flexible and can be arranged to suit you. The process involves learning practical strategies to apply in your day-to-day life. Therefore, spacing sessions far enough apart to have time to experiment with these strategies is helpful. This allows for review of how well the strategies are working and adjustment to them, as needed, at the next session.

Yes, definitely! It’s very important to me to be inclusive of diversity. I welcome clients from from the LGBTQ+ community, people with disability, and clients with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds. I see both heterosexual and queer couples and also have experience working with Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM).

Although I am a straight, cis-gendered woman (pronouns she/her), I am an LGBTQ+ affirming therapist. I have undertaken specific training to ensure I deliver therapy that is supportive of, and helpful to, LGBTQ+ clients.