Psychotherapy

Strategic Psychotherapy

I perform Strategic Psychotherapy within my sister practice at Gold Coast Clinical Hypnotherapy. The goal of Strategic Psychotherapy within my practice is to promote a desirable change within you. From a dysfunctional balance (the balance of the problem), you get to identify and construct a new, more appropriate balance of the solution. It all starts with your instinctive reactions to the reality you perceive.

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How can Strategic Psychotherapy help me?

Strategic Psychotherapy is used to challenge and overcome concerns such as:

  • Performance study skills

  • Motivation

  • Confidence

  • Relationships

  • Anxiety

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  • Behavioural changes such as smoking, drinking, eating disorders, fears and phobias, pain, and physical ailments

What is Strategic Psychotherapy

Fundamentally, accessing past actions, activities, behaviours & emotions cannot change your past. Similarly, at this ‘’present’’ moment in time you cannot change your future – because your future at this ‘’present’’ moment in time is undefined and hypothetical. You cannot guarantee what happens to you today, tomorrow, next week or next year.

How much time, focus, energy, and emotion do you commit to your past and/or to your future (or to something that has already happened or something that doesn’t exist)? How much do your past actions (which you have already lived and experienced) define your present, and how much does your future (which is hypothetical and hence doesn’t exist) define you in this present moment?

With Strategic Psychotherapy I will guide you to understand and change the processes you use to create and reinforce your current problems.  In this ‘present’ moment in time I am less interested in why things happen than how they happen. You have learnings & knowledge in this ‘present’ moment in time which are relatable, real and have substance relevant to ‘how’ your dysfunctional behaviours happen.

Knowing how your dysfunctional behaviour happens allows you to reframe, contextualise and change this behaviour.  Knowing how to change your present moment in time puts you back in control.  This control ultimately provides you with freedom from your dysfunctional behaviours and ultimately from the mental health concerns which may dominate your life.

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Choosing the right counsellor is an important process and I understand that it is not always easy to begin looking for help and support. You are welcome to book a free 15 minute telephone consultation to help give you the chance to see if you feel comfortable with me and the way that I work, and to discuss how counselling may benefit you.

You can ask any questions you have and together we can decide whether mine is the best counselling and therapy service for you. There is no obligation or commitment needed to attend any further sessions.

FAQs

  • Standard Therapeutic Sessions (CBT, Strategic Psychotherapy etc) are priced at:

    • Free ‘one off’ introductory 15-minute discovery call. Thereafter:

    • $60 for a 25-minute online / telephone session

    • $100 for a 50-minute online / telephone session

    $140 for a 50-minute in-Clinic session

  • The length of Therapy varies greatly. Several factors can influence what length of Therapy will suit you best. These include:

    • The type of Therapy being sought i.e. life goal therapy versus Complex trauma

    • The length of time you have been having difficulties i.e. bullying at work versus a lifetime of abuse

    • The degree of change you want to achieve i.e. subtle changes versus life changes

    • Your level of self-confidence, and;

    • How well the type of Therapy used matches your personal learning style

    The best results are typically obtained by those people who are committed to the therapy process. Ultimately, you will know when you no longer need Therapy because you will have achieved the changes you want. Throughout the Therapeutic process you are always in control and your free choice and free will is essential to this process. You can choose at any time to discontinue therapy, have a pause and take a breath, or change up or down the frequency of our sessions.

  • All my services start with an initial 15 minute introductory ‘one-off’ consultation (note: this is not a Therapy Session). This meeting is an opportunity to feel comfortable within our Therapeutic relationship as well as exploring what has brought you to me and for you then to decide whether to start attending regular Therapeutic sessions.

  • You can set appointments during the hours of 8:30 am to 7:30 pm Mon - Fri online through the booking link or via phone on 0473 157 100.

  • Sessions are for 50 minutes, starting on the hour, and are usually re-booked at a frequency of once a week/fortnight. I will discuss the number of sessions with you during the initial consultation. Starting regular sessions is a commitment to prioritising the session time, as consistent attendance is important for the therapeutic process to be most beneficial to you. Please note I may also provide you with out of session homework to be completed between sessions.

  • Unfortunately, Psychotherapists, Hypnotherapists and Counsellors are not eligible for Medicare rebates, so we don’t take Mental Health Care Plans from your GP.

  • No referral is needed from your GP to receive therapy from me

  • For your sessions with me the following Health Insurance Funding is available:

    Standard Therapeutic Sessions (CBT, Strategic Psychotherapy, etc.):

    is funded through Medibank only. You will need to check with your insurer the provisions of your policy for funding of Strategic Psychotherapy and Therapy as Medical Cover changes depending on your policy.

    Modern Hypnotherapy Sessions:

    May be funded through Medibank Private, NRMA Health Insurances, Grand United Health, CUA Health Fund, CBHS Health Fund, Navy Health Fund, Phoenix Health Fund, and Queensland Country Health. You will need to check with your insurer the provisions of your policy for funding of therapy as Medical Cover changes depending on your policy.

  • As the Therapist, I commit to regular scheduled appointments with my clients as I understand the importance of regularity and continuity of sessions. As such I hold diary time for my clients on a regular and committed basis. So missed appointments or cancelled sessions are chargeable, - unless you cancel at least 48 hours prior to your appointment.