In your first intake session, your therapist will be looking forward to meeting you and getting to know who you are and what you want out of your life. Administratively, the therapist will also go through any forms or information they need, and will explain their professional duties around things like confidentiality and consent. Your therapist will likely structure out most of the first session getting acquainted with you, your goals and things like family background, mental health history and general environment.

From there, they’ll probably work with you to create clear goals around what you’ll work on together in the sessions, to keep therapy focused on the right things for you.

You can make an appointment with a therapist by contacting us at mindfuljourney@outlook.com.au 0489 180 604

When you reserve your first appointment you will need to leave a $20 deposit to confirm your attendance and hold the time. Once you attend your appointment we will send your invoice 

That is totally up to you to choose.

It all depends if you are qualified under the national disability insurance scheme, or paying privately. 

You do not need a (mental health care plan) to go through therapy with Mindful Journey 

Session lengths vary according to the therapist and the type of counselling you’re seeking.

A standard session is between 45-60 minutes long. Sometimes, therapists will offer a longer, 90 minute session initially to be more extensive in the first session

How many counselling sessions you should have will vary hugely according to the individual, and your therapist will consult with you on how many sessions for treatments they may recommend. As a rule of thumb, meaningful life changes and genuine progress don’t occur within one 60-minute session, so think long term about how counselling can help dig into long-held life patterns and change situations.

We believe that long term behavioural change starts by 4-6 sessions but is enriched (on average) by 8, 10 and beyond as ethically necessary for your full care. Forming a positive relationship with your therapist, feeling ready for change yourself and feeling confident in your therapist’s skillset will maximise how much you can get out of sessions.

 At mindful Journey you can usually get an appointment within 48 hours – 2 weeks. Waiting times outside of Mindful Journey can vary greatly.

If you have specific dates or timelines within which you want to get your counselling started, let our team know and they can factor that into their recommendations for you.

yes at mindful journey we do travel at the clients cost