Individual Counselling

Costs for individual counselling services:

Individual Counselling:

Joanne charges $289 for a one-hour individual counselling session as per the recommended rates from the Australian Association of Social Work 2025.   

Joanne charges this rate and expects payment at the time of appointment.
*If you have a Mental Health Plan under Medicare or are with certain Private Health Providers you may 

No-Cost Counselling options:

To make sure that everyone in the community can access counselling regardless of their income Joanne provides a set number of counselling sessions each week for free* to the clients under the following funding programs.

• NDIS

• Victims Services (NSW & QLD)

• BUPA (Open Arms) 

 *Please note that there is now an extensive wait list for counselling with Joanne under all of these programs.   Joanne may, however, be able to direct you to counsellors who are still taking clients under these programs via telehealth.   Please email counselling@chooseyourfuture.me for more inforamtion.

Learn more about these counselling programs

Other things to note

Cancellations:

Any cancellations with less than 24 hours notice will also result in this charge.   

Additional Costs:

Additional costs may be charged if you request Joanne to travel to you, attend court with you or write a report for you.