PROFILE

I am a Social Worker with over 30 years experience working with families and children. I am an accredited Grief and Bereavement counsellor and have most recently worked with families who have experienced a neonatal or early childhood loss. I have also trained in Therapeutic Couple Counselling and have completed an internship with Relationships Australia. This work has enabled me to understand the impact of grief on the couple relationship and how to strengthen this dynamic following loss in the family.

I have also worked with families at the Children’s Hospital in Sydney. My background also includes supporting families who are parenting children who have been removed from their biological families for protective reasons. My experience includes adoption, disability and terminal illness. I am also a trained and certified facilitator of Tuning into Kids, an-evidence based parenting program that helps children understand and regulate their emotions.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Social Work, University of New South Wales
  • Therapeutic Couple Counselling, Relationships Australia
  • Graduate Certificate in Bereavement Counselling, Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
  • Tuning in to Kids Practitioner Workshop, Mindful.

I hold clinical membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers.

GRIEF &AND LOSS

When someone you love dies, you are often told that you have to be strong, to remember the good times you shared and to just move on. Yet grieving well is not a process of erasing grief but rather a process of making it more liveable.

What gets in the way of healing? Why are some deaths more diffcult to get over than others? Why do the tears keep flowing well after the death? How do you cope when it feels as though your world has fallen apart? As we become dislodged from our sense of who we are, how do we make sense of the world? What guides us and how do we endure the intensity of the pain we are feeling? When we have an increasing need to be busy and to get things done are we still grieving? Is it ok to have breaks from the intensity of the loss?

Grieving is a process of relearning the way the world works and relearning the self. Grief counselling provides support for the complex and idiosyncratic needs of someone who is grieving. It helps provide a ‘scaffold’ in which to support the grief and to assist with creating a secure footing to reengage with the world again.

After working with families, couples and individuals who have encountered loss and change in their lives, I decided my passion lies in the area of loss following the death of a loved one. I would like to support you on and through this journey. I would like to help cope with the ambivalent and complicated nature of death. I can assist you to develop skills to make life more manageable.

FEE SUMMARY

Counselling: $130 per hour

CONFIRMATION

Once an appointment has been made, you will receive an email confirming your appointment. The day before your appointment, you will receive a reminder text.

RESCHEDULING

I am available by text, phone or email for rescheduling appointments.

ALTERNATIVE SESSION TIMES

If you feel you need further support than the session you have scheduled, please contact me and I will endeavour to book a session earlier than planned.

HOME VISITS

$130 per hour + travel fees.
Travel fees are calculated at $50 per hour.

CANCELLATION

I will need to charge a full hour’s counselling fee for a cancellation if I have less than 48 hours (business days) notice.

INTERNET BANKING

ABN: 24604647804
BSB: 083-155
Account Number: 83-986-7734

MEDICARE REBATE

My fees are eligible for Medicare rebate for a person who is currently pregnant or who has been pregnant in the preceding 12 months. You may claim Medicare benefits for up to 3 counselling sessions per pregnancy upon referral from a GP. Please ask your GP for a referral to a counsellor and quote the Medicare item number 81005.

  EMAIL KATRINA

CONTACT

LOCATION

My private practice is located at 1227 – 1229 Malvern Road Malvern.

The closest cross streets are Acre Place and Elizabeth Street

PARKING

There is parking available on both sides of the street. Please note the Clearway signs

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

The closest train station is Gardiner Railway Station on the Glen Waverley Line. My practice is a 20 minute walk from the station. Alternatively, the closest tram stop is 2 minutes away. The number 72 tram runs along Malvern Road.

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Appointments are available Monday to Friday during business hours. I am able to offer appointments outside of the these hours by agreement.

PHONE BOOKINGS

If you would like to make an appointment, please contact me on my mobile 0417 572 875. Please leave a message if you receive my voice mail and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

EMAIL

Alternatively, you can contact me by email on katrinamolino2@gmail.com