Anne Thistleton Counselling is an infant, child, adult, parenting, family and relationships counselling service, which offers the following modalities, for adults, teenagers, children and babies:

My Location & Contact Details:

Anne Thistleton Counselling rooms are located in Sadliers Crossing, Ipswich - approximately 40 minutes drive from the Brisbane CBD.

Anne Thistleton Counselling also offers somatic sleep support, counselling sessions and parenting support via Home Visiting and Zoom.

In-home parenting support, somatic sleep support and counselling sessions are available within the general Ipswich and Brisbane West / South West / city and surrounding areas.  A travel fee will apply, with a minimum double session engagement required.

You can contact Anne Thistleton Counselling by phoning: 0420 942 256

As my rooms are located within my home, I do not provide my specific address until all initial session confirmation processes are complete.  This is in order to maintain my personal privacy and the privacy of my neighbours.

Single Sessions: Please note ... I will attempt to schedule your sessions as closely as I can to your preferred day and time.  However, some of these times may already be prebooked (in advance) by regular clients.  It is highly recommended that clients prebook at least six sessions in advance, to maintain their preferred session time.

Children - Birth to 17 years:

Introductory Consultation:

FREE of charge.  Available for 45 minutes, via telephone only.  No appointment is necessary as phonecalls are accepted on an availability basis only.  Please phone when you have 45 minutes available to talk with me ... and if I answer when you call ... I also have 45 minutes available to talk with you too!!!  You can also facilitate this process via email if you prefer.

Initial Intake Appointment Session for Parents:

Prior to working with children, I require parents to participate in an initial intake appointment and session, to discuss and process their concerns with me. The purpose of this intake appointment and session is for me to gain a more detailed history of your child, as well as some background information regarding the presenting concerns, including how they may be impacting your parenting and your own well-being ... and to co-create your child's therapeutic goals.  There may be time left in the initial intake appointment for parents to experience the therapeutic modalities that their children will be accessing.

I do also recommend that parents  participate in their own on-ging therapeutic process, personal sessions, personal development or receive ongoing parenting support while their child is receiving therapeutic support - however this is a recommendation, and is not a requirement for me to work therapeutically with your child. 

Initial Intake Appointment and Parent Session (Clinic or Zoom):

$295.00 plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card (see below)

The initial intake appointment and parent session (attended by parents only) includes undertaking a detailed intake process, and an initial meeting / session with parents.  Please allow approximately 2.5 hours for this initial session.

Child Initial and Ongoing Sessions (Clinic and Zoom):

One-off single sessions are not initially available for children.  It is not of therapeutic benefit to children, to introduce them to and open them up to a therapeutic process that may not continue after their first session.  The five session minimum for children, is implemented as a safety and protective factor for all child clients.

Initial series of five Wednesday or Thursday single sessions $825 (full, non-refundable prepayment required) and to be completed within six weeks - plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card (see below).

I will give you my best estimate regarding the number of sessions your child may need, at your intake appointment, and again, after every fifth session.  A typical guide for children's sessions is that children often require between 20 to 30 weekly or fortnightly sessions, to resolve general issues.  For complex issues, 30 to 50 weekly or fortnightly sessions may be required.

Wednesday and Thursday: $165.00  per 45 minute session (plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card - see below)

Saturday: $375.00 this session is more suited to family sessions, or parenting sessions (plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card - see below)

PLEASE NOTE:

• If a child requests or requires that their accompanying parent attend their session, the parent will be required to be an active participant in their child's session, and the role of the play therapist will also incorporate therapeutic parenting support.
• If one or both parents wish to attend a therapeutic parenting support session with their child, the relationships session time-frame and fee structure is applied.  Please see the overview below.

Complimentary Parenting Support:

This option provides parents with an opportunity to share and work towards resolving their parenting concerns, and receive gentle, supportive, nurturing, therapeutically sound strategies, based on safe, emotion-focused frameworks, with which to support their child's ongoing therapeutic process.

Adults 18+:

Introductory Consultation:

FREE of charge.  Available for 45 minutes, via telephone only.

Initial Intake Appointment and Session (Clinic or Zoom):

$295.00 plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card (see below)

Please allow approximately 2.5 hours for your initial intake appointment and session

Adult Ongoing Sessions (Clinic and Zoom):

Wednesday and Thursday: $165.00 per 75 minute session - clinic or zoom and Wednesday and Thursday After Hours: $185 per 75 minute session - zoom only (plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card - see below)

Saturday: $375.00 double sessions only - see time-frames above (plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card - see below)

Couples / Relationships - including couples, parent and child, siblings, friends / families:

Introductory Consultation:

FREE of charge.  Available for 45 minutes, via telephone only.

Initial Intake Appointment and Session (Clinic or Zoom):

$295.00 plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card (see below)

Please allow approximately 2.5 hours for your initial intake appointment and session.

Ongoing Sessions (Clinic and Zoom):

Weekdays: $330.00 approximately 2.5 hours (plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card - see below)

After Hours: $375 (via zoom only) (plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card - see below)

Saturday: $375.00 approximately 2.5 hours (plus PayPal fee if paying via credit card - see below)

*** Before proceeding with further couple's / relationship or family therapy sessions, a recommendation for individual therapy sessions may be offered.

Post Session Considerations:

Confidentiality:

Payment, Cancellation & Late Arrival Policy:

• PayPal Fees: An additional fee of $10 is required for session fees up to $200.  An additional fee of $20 is required for session fees between $200 and $400.  For fees over $400, a quote will be provided before payment is transferred.

• A non-refundable, pre-payment (in full) is required to confirm all initial sessions (via credit card or direct deposit).  Credit card payments (via Paypal) or direct deposit payments must be received by close of business, on the same day the appointment for the initial session was made.

• Initial Session Confirmation Pre-payment: If your confirmation pre-payment is not received by close of business on the same day that the appointment was made, the reserved appointment will be automatically cancelled, and another appointment time will need to be booked.  I do not send out reminders for initial session confirmation payments.

• If, due to an emergency situation or unexpected illness, an initial session needs to be rescheduled, I offer one rescheduling without any forfeiting of the non-refundable prepayment.  A rescheduled session must be re-booked and attended within 30 days of the original session date. Sessions can be rescheduled to occur via face to face, or via zoom.  From time to time, there may be extenuating circumstances where I may allow a longer period for rescheduling, and that decision will be at my discretion.  However, no refund will be provided.

• All clients receive an initial session or ongoing session reminder (via text message, email or facebook messaging, depending on your unique communication forum) within 24 - 48 hours of their allotted session time.  Failure to reply to your reminder message, and confirm your attendance, may result in your session being cancelled or reassigned to a wait-listed client.  It is essential that you reply to your session reminder message.

• Pre-payment (in full, non-refundable) is required for and and all one-off or ongoing double, half day, full day or multi-day sessions and for all special offers.

• Anne Thistleton Counselling asks that clients respect the time and costs involved in specifically setting aside an appointment for them, and where possible, to provide advanced notice of an inabilty to attend.  Generally speaking, I do not charge for one-off cancellations, provided they are offered within a reasonable time frame. I understand that sudden illness and emergency situations can arise unexpectedly.  However, if a pattern of repeated cancellations were to occur, a full, non-refundable, pre-payment will then be requested to confirm all future sessions.

• If an emergency or unexpected illness should arise, that will prevent you from attending your scheduled session, it is essential that you let me know as soon as possible.  Last minute cancellations add additional costs to my practice, which inevitably results in increased fees ... and ... also prevents wait-listed clients from being notified of or accessing newly available session times.  Please be considerate of others when giving notice of your inability to attend your session.

• If, on the rare occasion, Anne Thistleton is unavailable to facilitate an appointment, due to illness or circumstances beyond her control, clients will be notified as quickly as possible, and re-scheduling will be offered at the earliest availability.

• Unfortunately, appointment times cannot be extended to accommodate late arrivals, as this impinges upon the appointment times of subsequent clients.  Regardless of the amount of limited time utilised during a delayed session, the full fee will still be charged for the allotted time that was set aside.  If I arrive late to your session (via zoom or home visiting) or if I am running late in my rooms ... you will receive the full session time that you have booked.