We have a sliding scale of fees for a standard 50-minute sessions.
Discounted rate: $80 per session

People experiencing financial hardship: $40 per session **

** Please contact us if you need support and genuinely have no capacity to pay at all.

Standard NDIS rates apply

All of our counsellors have bachelors to masters degree level training. Furthermore, they are required to undertake continuous professional development to grow beyond their studies and they undertake weekly supervision with a very experienced counsellor to ensure they are providing the best care possible.

Our counsellors donate time to ensure no one fall through society’s cracks.  Any fees are utilised merely to keep the service running. 

‘Counsellor’ is not a protected title like psychologist or psychiatrist. Hence, many counsellors lack training or have minimal (if any) qualifications. Let alone, any oversight to ensure their work is adequate. Our counsellors all have undertaken tertiary studies in counselling between bachelors to masters level. Furthermore, they are required to continue professional development throughout their time attached to our service and undergo weekly to bi-weekly supervision to ensure they provide the best possible service. They also have daily access to their supervisor to plan better sessions. 

Studies have also indicated that counsellors passionate about their work produce better outcomes. 

You will be offered online (Zoom, Teams, etc) sessions or even phone sessions can be employed if you are unable to make it in.

We have a range of counsellors available. There is no shame in trialling someone else within our service for any reason. We gladly will discuss other options and seek a better match. We have both males and females and of many ages.

7 Reasons The Break Counselling Service is a simple choice

(1) Below industry costs – The fees charged as less than the typical psychologist gap fee and below standard rates charged by counsellors.

(2) No referral required – You do not need a Medicare referral to book a session, just call/email us directly.

(3) Affordability – Even without a Medicare rebate we are typically more affordable.

(4) Privacy – Being outside of the Medicare system you can be assured of greater privacy and confidentiality, as less people know you are receving help.

(5) Flexibility – we do in-person, Zoom/Teams and phone sessions

(6) Variety – if you don’t connect well with your counsellor or are seeking a new counsellor for a different issue then we have a variety to offer you

(7) Add-ons – as a charity we chase grants constantly. We often secure grants for ecotherapy and adventure activities. We prioritise our clients to attend these events, which are free while grants last, or for minimal fees when grants have expired.

No medicare referral or GP letter is required.

 You just need to contact us directly yourself and we can book you in.

Our counsellors are not psychiatrists, so we do not recommend, push or prescribe medications. We purely do counselling to help you build insight and strategies to better manage your life and acheive your goals. To achieve this a wide scope of counselling approaches could be utilised dependent on what you appear to need. We work across the lifecycle from youth to the elderly. We address issues related to mental health (eg PSTD) and the psychological consequences of physical issues (eg stress, anxiety, depression). We also support people who have relationship problems, addictions, work stress, and other stressors of modern living. Having many counsellors with varied areas of interest gives us a wide scope of issues we can address.