Services + Rates
Services
Individual Therapy
Lotus Counselling & Therapy provides individual counselling to adults, adolescents and children for a range of personal or private issues.
Couples Therapy
Lotus Counselling & Therapy can provide support for couples who are experiencing challenges in their relationship in a safe and comfortable environment.
Family Therapy
Lotus Counselling & Therapy will respectfully and compassionately support families with a range of issues.
Supervision
Providing clinical supervision and support for healthcare professionals, psychotherapist’s, and counsellor’s.
FAQs
The first session is commonly spent getting to know one another. A background history is explored as well as the current challenges. Legal and ethical boundaries are discussed and this means a comprehensive assessment takes 3-4 sessions to establish a good fit.
Medicare Rebates are available for Social Work and you will receive $77.80 back for 10-20 sessions. GP MHCP are valid for a 12 month period, commencing from your first visit.
Some NDIS funding and private health insurance cover Social Work, Psychology & Counselling. This will need to be self managed and they are not processed on the premises.
Please follow the prompts on this page.
Make a booking, complete the appropriate forms, nominate your preferred times and days. Then you will be contacted to confirm your booking.
Find a therapist that sounds like a suitable fit for you.
Visit your GP to get a MHCP and nominate this therapist.
If you meet the criteria, your GP will provide you with 6 sessions.
In between the 6th and 7th session you will need to return to your GP for a MHCP review for ongoing therapeutic support and mental health treatment.
You may then receive 4 more sessions.
Your therapist may then request a re-referral for 10+ sessions.
It is within the therapist’s discretion to request these from GP.
For more information on this process, click here
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-treatment-plan
