Frequently Asked Questions

Counselling sessions are only available during school hours and during school terms. Therefore, you will need to be able to take your child out of school or kinder to attend sessions. Please contact us by phone or email to find out what time slots are currently available.

Sessions are run in mobile locations within the Lakes Entrance area. Ruth will confirm with you where your sessions will be held once an appointment has been booked.

Sessions cost $115, for a 45 min session. We have designed a process where you don't pay until we've established whether we're a good fit for you. All the details can be found on our Counselling page.

There's no simple answer here, because everyone is different. As a starting point, you can expect around six sessions to start with before assessing whether any more are required. This decision is a collaborative process and you will work closely with your counsellor to decide these sorts of things.

Yes. Most sessions are between the child and counsellor, however, a parent or guardian needs to stay in the room for supervision and any other assistance their child may require. At the end of sessions, there will also be time when your child can tell you what we've been doing in the sessions, what strategies they can practise at home and how you can help them to practise these strategies.

Informal ways to follow your child's progress are as follows:A parent or guardian is required to stay in the space for all sessions, therefore you will have an idea of how things are progressing. As part of each session time, near the end of the session, your child will spend some time telling you what we've been doing and explaining what things they can practise in between sessions. This helps the child to reinforce their learning, include you in the process and update you about progress. Any other discussions about progress needs to occur within a separate paid session. These are 45 minutes, cost $115 and can be organised between:a. parent(s)/guardian(s) and counsellorb. child, parent(s)/guardian(s) and counsellor

We specialise in helping kids aged 4-12 years old. However, if you feel we could suit someone such as a teenager, Ruth is qualified to provide counselling for this age group and has worked with this age group so could tailor sessions to suit someone older if we all felt it would be a good fit. Feel free to contact us to discuss this further.

Yes, Ruth is a qualified counsellor through the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC) and she is registered with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA). This means she is accountable to their guidelines and requirements and must complete professional development and professional supervision each year.

Workshops are $290.00 per session.

We provide all the necessary resources for every workshop. We do have a few requirements from you. Please see the attached document for a comprehensive list of what we need from you.

For a comprehensive list of what's included in all workshops, please see the attachment below.

We are based in Lakes Entrance, but we travel to you for workshops and live music. We service all surrounding suburbs of Lakes Entrance, up to around one-hour drive time from Lakes Entrance. If you are not sure if we service your area, please get in touch via email and we can let you know whether we can come to you.

The cost of live music is variable dependent on your location and required performance time. Please reach out via email with your requirements and we can give you a no-obligation quote.