Clarity first
We name the problem accurately before trying to solve it — most stuckness is a definition problem.
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Individual Counselling
One-to-one time to work out what is actually going on — and what you want to do about it.
50-minute sessionsWeekly or fortnightlyOnline, phone or in person
Per 50-minute session, plus GST. Full fees are on the packages and pricing page. Sessions run online by secure video across Australia and New Zealand, by telephone, or in person in Melbourne by arrangement.
Individual counselling is the usual starting point. In the first session we map what brought you here, what you have already tried, and what a better week would look like. From there we agree two or three goals and work towards them at a pace you set.
Sessions are conversational rather than clinical. Expect to be asked good questions, to leave with something practical to try, and to be told honestly when a pattern is worth looking at more closely.
People come for individual counselling when
- Something feels off and they cannot name it yet
- A decision has been circling for months
- Old patterns keep reappearing in new relationships
- Confidence has quietly eroded
- They want to be understood before being advised
What we work on together
Skills you keep
Emotion regulation, boundaries, assertive communication and thinking tools you can use without a counsellor in the room.
Momentum
Small, specific experiments between sessions, reviewed honestly the following week.
How the work unfolds
CBTSchema-informed workMindfulnessSolution-focused
01
Where things are
The first session maps what brought you here, what you have already tried, and what has and has not helped.
02
A working formulation
By the second or third session I offer a clear account of what I think is happening and why the pattern holds. You are free to disagree — that conversation is useful in itself.
03
The work itself
Skills, experiments and honest reflection, aimed at the two or three goals we agreed rather than at everything at once.
04
Review and finish
We check progress against those goals roughly every fourth session, and plan an ending rather than drifting into one.
“I came in able to describe the symptoms and left able to describe the cause. That changed what I could do about it.”
Client · individual counselling
Common questions
How many sessions will I need?+
Most people notice a shift within three to six sessions. Some finish there; others continue fortnightly or monthly for deeper pattern work. You are never locked in.
What if I do not know what my goal is?+
That is a common and perfectly good starting point. Working out what you actually want is the first piece of work, and it is often the piece that unlocks everything else.
Will you give me homework?+
Usually something small and specific — a conversation to have, a pattern to notice, a technique to practise. It is optional, and we review honestly what happened either way.
More answers in the general FAQs, or ask Anne directly.
Practical guides for this work
Often works alongside
Anxiety Counselling
Turn the volume down on worry and get your decisions back from it.
Depression Counselling
When everything takes more effort than it should, the way back is smaller and more specific than you think.
Stress Management
Burnout is not a personality flaw. It is a load problem with a solvable shape.
Ready to start with Individual Counselling?
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