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Andrew Olsen Counselling

CORONA UPDATES: 
1.  Since 16 March 2020 all sessions are by video or phone.
2.  Fee calculations have changed.  See pink font below.

Please call or text me on 0413 696 568 or email on AndrewOlsenMail[at]gmail[dot]com to book a session.


SESSIONS AND FEES
Please arrange payment prior to session, sending payment details to Andrew Olsen.
Payments can be made by cash or bank transfer.   
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Before Corona Virus, fees were as follows:
Costs are on a sliding scale:
If you are on Centrelink income/ have a Health Care Card/ are a Full-Time Student not living with your parents, the fee is $40.
If you earn more that $40,000 per year, please work out your fee according to 'The Roof Rule' as follows: add up the annual income of everyone under your house roof, then remove the last three zeros.  For example,
  • If you earn $74,000 a year before tax, and nobody else at home earns, your fee is $74.  
  • If you have a dual income, and the total together is $125,000 per annum, your fee is $125.
If you are self-employed or have a complex tax situation with businesses, trusts, etc., please estimate the household income of those at your standard of living/ house/ suburb/ vehicles/ holidays/ etc., and use that figure.

Corona Virus fees: If your financial situation has changed, please consider the above system, then set it aside, and pay an amount that you think is right and fair for your new situation in the new economy, without telling me.

Rebates are not available for Medicare or Health Insurers.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE 
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Psychology (Double Major), University of Melbourne
  • Master of Arts Biblical Counseling, Colorado Christian University
  • Accreditated Marriage and Family Counsellor, Federal Attorney General's Office (1992)
  • 1988-2018 counselling as a registered psychologist
  • Taught various university courses (incl. post-grad) and professional development events at various universities/ colleges
  • Taught and trained counsellors/ chaplains/ pastors/ etc.
  • Supervise various other counsellors.
COUNSELLING APPROACH
You can assess much of my counselling theory from reading
  • 'The Great Divorce' by C. S. Lewis
  • 'Inside Out' by Larry Crabb
  • AndrewOlsenBlog.Blogspot.com
Writing about your life and our sessions is very powerful - see these links: 
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/ulterior-motives/200910/trauma-and-the-benefits-writing-about-it
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvb2QV0xMUs
“Whenever you are fed up with life, start writingink is the great cure 
for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.”  -  C. S. Lewis

You are welcome to bring someone along with you in our sessions or record them.  You can ask me further questions on any of these things, and on my counselling model/ approach, etc., and anything else at any time. 

I look forward to meeting with you.

CONTACT
0413 69 65 68 
AndrewOlsenMail (at) gmail [dot] com.