NDIS Info
Under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, you may be able to access Therapeutic Supports, including Individual Counselling (Support Item Reference Number: 15_043_0128_1_3).
I am a Registered Provider of this Support Item under the NDIS.
This item is described by the NDIS as:
"Facilitating self-knowledge, emotional acceptance and growth and the optimal development of personal resources on a one to one basis” where the provider will “Assist participants to work towards their personal goals and gain greater insight into their lives”.
Under this Scheme, there would be NO gap payment (you would not be out of pocket at all), as the standard allocated fee ($152.95) would come out of your NDIS funding for each Individual Counselling session you participate in. You would decide how much funding (how many sessions of counselling) to allocate to this support item at the planning stage.
I see clients under this scheme as frequently, or as infrequently, as they determine appropriate. I think a good rule of thumb is to plan for one session a month, so as to effectively work on the aims as described by the NDIS (above). However, some NDIS participants like to allow for more than 12 sessions per year (just in case), or alternatively, they find that they don't need to use all of the sessions they allocated funding to, once they have a handle on some of the challenges they are facing.
The sessions are 50-60 minutes long. We can work together ‘face to face’ in my office in Blackburn, or we can work together through Facetime, or over the telephone. My preference is that we have an initial session face to face in the office in Blackburn, but then Facetime, or telephone, can work really well. As the NDIS is designed, it really is up to what suits you best.
What to do next-
I am a Registered Provider of this Support Item under the NDIS.
This item is described by the NDIS as:
"Facilitating self-knowledge, emotional acceptance and growth and the optimal development of personal resources on a one to one basis” where the provider will “Assist participants to work towards their personal goals and gain greater insight into their lives”.
Under this Scheme, there would be NO gap payment (you would not be out of pocket at all), as the standard allocated fee ($152.95) would come out of your NDIS funding for each Individual Counselling session you participate in. You would decide how much funding (how many sessions of counselling) to allocate to this support item at the planning stage.
I see clients under this scheme as frequently, or as infrequently, as they determine appropriate. I think a good rule of thumb is to plan for one session a month, so as to effectively work on the aims as described by the NDIS (above). However, some NDIS participants like to allow for more than 12 sessions per year (just in case), or alternatively, they find that they don't need to use all of the sessions they allocated funding to, once they have a handle on some of the challenges they are facing.
The sessions are 50-60 minutes long. We can work together ‘face to face’ in my office in Blackburn, or we can work together through Facetime, or over the telephone. My preference is that we have an initial session face to face in the office in Blackburn, but then Facetime, or telephone, can work really well. As the NDIS is designed, it really is up to what suits you best.
What to do next-
- Email or call me to have a chat about your expectations, and to see if you want to employ me as one of your support team. Ask me lots of questions, or just have a quick chat to see if you think we would work well together!
- Info your support coordinator, or NDIS contact, might want from me:
- Sally Shaw - Psychologist
- NDIS Provider Registration # 405 001 2703
- Practice address - 54 Railway Rd, Blackburn 3130
- Fax # 9845 2777
- Let me know once you are registered with the NDIS, and when you have allocated funds for Capacity Building within your plan. Call me or email me to let me know how your NDIS plan is being managed (by yourself, by a third party agency, or by the NDIS) your participant number, and your NDIS plan dates (that way I can find you on the system if you are managing your plan through the NDIS). Feel free to ask your support coordinator (if you have one) to call me for information also. (By the way, if you are finding the NDIS way too confusing, or if i am confusing you even more... seek help here. Or call MS Connect. They know what they are talking about!)
- We will then coordinate how and when to meet for the Individual Counselling sessions funded under this scheme.
- Text me or call me to arrange an appointment.