Benefits of Counselling:
Counselling can improve a variety of areas within life, such as:
- Improve quality of life
- Improve overall well being
- Reduce anxiety
- Overcome specific obstacles
- Improve mental health
- Understand yourself
- Reduce the impacts of mental illness, such as anxiety
Get in touch today if you’re struggling with any of the above.
Invictus counsellors can provide recommendations for necessary services, ranging from other health professionals to housing, education, or youth services, with your consent.
Working with a counsellor can provide you with a space to express yourself, your concerns and your ideas for improving in a judgement free environment where your growth and learning are supported.
What is Counselling?
A counselling service supports mental health and well-being through a variety of therapies, including talk therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and motivational interviewing.
Counselling can help people through a variety of experiences, such as:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Grief
- Trauma
- Self-esteem issues
- Relationship issues and concerns
- Sexual identity/orientation and gender
- Mental ill health
And goals, such as:
- Seeking clarity and understanding within an experience
- Exploring action options
- Learn to face challenging circumstances
- Developing plans for improvement
- Finding ways to become supported
- Learning to alleviate confusion and distress
- Create room for healing
- Learning to live with your mental illness
Working with a counsellor can provide you with a space to express yourself, your concerns and your ideas for improving in a judgement free environment where your growth and learning are supported.
Meet the Professional Team
Ashley Dell’Oro
Ashley is excited to be working in a field where she can help people and bring improved mental well-being to her clients. She is passionate about working with the LGBTIQ+ community as well as adolescents. Ashley has worked tirelessly to equip herself with the best knowledge and learn from her counselling peers. Ashley’s specialities are:
- Mental well-being
- Anxiety and depression
- Grief
- Alcohol and other drugs (AOD)
Maxi Xie
Supporting people to understand themselves better, develop curiosity and self-compassion. Maxi creates specialised plans and treatments for all of his clients using evidence-based psychological therapies. Maxi’s areas of interest are:
- Relationship Concerns
- Sex Therapy
- Marital and Premarital
Frequently Asked Questions
Counselling
No referral from a GP is required. However if you do have one, it may assist your counsellor in supporting you.
No, Medicare do not currently provide rebates for counsellors under the Mental Health Care Plan item of the Medicare Benefits Scheme.
Either 60 or 90 minutes, the counsellor will use the last 10 minutes of your booked appointment to take notes and formulate future proposal plans to best assist you through your circumstances.
A 60 minute session is $145.00 and a 90 minute session is $195.00
A 60 minute session for a couple is $195.00
The number of sessions required is not fixed, but can vary depending on your circumstances, number of things you'd like to work through, willingness to make change and the plan you and your counsellor put together to assist you.
This one can also vary, after each of your sessions your counsellor will make a recommendation on what time frame your next appointment should be. If you have any questions and concerns about the frequency of your sessions, please let you counsellor know.
Once our patients book in, we take a $50 deposit to secure the appointment slot. This deposit becomes non-refundable if a patient is a no-show or cancels within 48 hours.