KBC Counselling

Loc­a­tion: 57a Ken­more Road, Ken­more
Phone: +61 7 3378 3952
Post: PO Box 29 KENMORE QLD 4069

Hours:

As part of caring for people within the local area, KBC Coun­selling has a team of coun­sel­lors who have com­pleted, or are under­go­ing, formal train­ing in the area of coun­selling as out­lined below. All coun­sel­lors work­ing in this ser­vice endeav­our to provide a pro­fes­sion­ally com­pet­ent service.Information dis­closed in coun­selling ses­sions will remain con­fid­en­tial unless there is a danger of harm being caused to your­self or oth­ers, or unless there are legal implic­a­tions res­ult­ing from what has been disclosed. 

Fees

Pay­ment is to be made at time of con­sulta­tion. There is a con­ces­sion for Health Care Card hold­ers. Fam­ily Ther­apy and after hours coun­selling will incur an extra fee. A can­cel­la­tion fee will be charged if no less than 24 hours notice is given by the client.

Per­sonal Coun­selling
Per­sonal Coun­selling cov­ers a wide range of issues includ­ing grief/​loss, abuse, depres­sion, addic­tions, eat­ing dis­orders, self-​​esteem, anger, self-​​harm, anxi­ety, fin­an­cial, legal and medi­ation assistance.

Rela­tion­ship, Mar­riage and Pre-​​Marriage Coun­selling

Rela­tion­ship Coun­selling deals with the com­plex­it­ies of human inter-​​relationships and focuses on help­ing people address inef­fect­ive com­mu­nic­a­tion pat­terns that pre­vent them from build­ing sat­is­fy­ing, lov­ing and last­ing rela­tion­ships. Mar­riage Coun­selling deal with the major issues that arise between part­ners in mar­riage such as com­mu­nic­a­tion, per­son­al­ity dif­fer­ences, sexual expres­sion, and in-​​laws. Pre-​​marriage coun­selling assists couples intend­ing to marry to pre­pare for marriage.

Fam­ily Coun­selling

Fam­ily Coun­selling assists those with rela­tional, fin­an­cial and social issues within a fam­ily sys­tem. Included in this area of coun­selling is con­flict medi­ation and res­ol­u­tion between par­ents and chil­dren includ­ing adoles­cents and siblings.

Addic­tion Coun­selling

This area of coun­selling focuses on provid­ing cop­ing strategies for a range of addict­ive beha­viours, ran­ging through sub­stance abuse, gambling, eat­ing dis­orders and sexual addiction.

Spir­itual Coun­selling

Many people go through times of need­ing assist­ance in find­ing and devel­op­ing a spir­itual centre in their lives or in devel­op­ing their faith. KBC Coun­selling provides spe­cial help in this area from a num­ber of exper­i­enced counsellors.

Coun­selling of Chil­dren, Adoles­cents and Young Adults

This involves help­ing chil­dren and young people with their par­tic­u­lar life issues includ­ing sexual, phys­ical and social abuse, domestic viol­ence and sui­cide. It may also involve assist­ance with per­sonal, rela­tional and school and employ­ment issues.

Refer­rals for Spe­cial­ised Assist­ance

At times people need more spe­cial­ised coun­selling, advice, inform­a­tion or med­ical assist­ance. Know­ing what to do about life’s dif­fi­culties is not always easy. Qual­i­fied psy­cho­lo­gists, social work­ers, psy­chi­at­rists, Gen­eral Prac­ti­tion­ers, speech patho­lo­gists and pas­tors are read­ily avail­able through the KBC Coun­selling, or arrange­ments may be made with other centres as required.

What Hap­pens in a Coun­selling Ses­sion?
Dur­ing your first ses­sion, your coun­sel­lor will ask about the cir­cum­stances that led you to seek coun­selling. At the end of the ses­sion, you and your coun­sel­lor will dis­cuss if fur­ther coun­selling would be help­ful for you.Sessions last for about an hour. The fre­quency of appoint­ments depends on your needs.