Welcome to our new site!
It all begins with an idea.
Recently, Riverina Counselling has begun to undergo some ongoing changes and restructure the way we work and do things. We are currently in the process of revamping the website to provide more information, as well as to be more user-friendly and appealing to visitors wishing to seek therapy services.
Over the coming weeks and months, we will continue to add, update and upgrade the site as we go, so do not be surprised if you notice any changes! Currently, we are predominately offering telehealth (video conferencing) or telephone therapy sessions due to the unique remote nature of where we are based, as well as that of regional Australia. We also continue to offer online Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA’s) to support NDIS applications and plan reviews, this can be within a reasonable distance face-to-face, as well as online via telehealth.
Over time, our aim is to expand our telehealth therapy services as well as increase our support in doing FCA’s as assessment to support the diagnosis of autism. These sessions do have a face-to-face component and are being done on a needs assessment basis, pending how far away someone is and how many people may need assessing. Over time we will aim to also expand our services to include Medicare, as currently we provide private therapy, NDIS funded support in self and plan managed participants, the NSW Victim Services Scheme, as well as certain private health providers that offer a rebate (please check this on an individual basis).
We will still continue to focus supporting those with trauma, psychosocial disability (especially areas such as schizophrenia and personality issues related to trauma) as well as autism and intellectual disability to name a few. We still recommend reaching out if there are further questions around this, especially as we are seeing major shifts in things such as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This is why we recommend making contact prior to commencing with any to ensure that we are able to rpovide support and there are no issues to engagement. An example being the recent shifts with NDIS ‘stated supports’. This means that if a plan does not have the correct catogory stated, we are umlikely to be able to support someone until this includes the needed services, such as social work.
As Riverina Counselling continues to grow, we will also aim to provide more comprehensive support and increased services across the region, though we are some way off achieving this so far, but stay tuned!