Telephone and online video counselling sessions now available
The stress from current events can challenge our resilience, our relationships, can affect children's behaviour and can make us more susceptible to depression, anxiety and trauma.
Please call me on 0429 190 210 to discuss your situation and to find a way that you can access this service
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Due to increasing public health concerns we have decided to start meeting with clients remotely via Telehealth (vid conference) or telephone, and not to have face to face sessions.
These are drastic measures to take, as the far reaching impacts of this pandemic on countries, economies, businesses, communities and individuals is unprecedented.
Just to give you a sense of the traffic through our clinic on a busy day, between the two of us on a busy day we could have approximately 20 people using the bathroom and waiting room throughout the day.
About 25% of my caseload are people over 60 years of age, and within a 48 hour period I have clients who have been in hospital, work in hospitals, clients whose health is compromised, children and elderly clients.
Considering these health related factors, we have decided the most socially responsible thing to do is start working remotely until further notice..
CHANGES TO MEDICARE
The most current changes to Medicare services can be found here
As you can see by the new Government updates below, there are changes happening every few days.....
If you would like to discuss these changes and would like to arrange a phone or video session please call me to discuss your situation on 0429 190 210
Due to increasing public health concerns we have decided to start meeting with clients remotely via Telehealth (vid conference) or telephone, and not to have face to face sessions.
These are drastic measures to take, as the far reaching impacts of this pandemic on countries, economies, businesses, communities and individuals is unprecedented.
Just to give you a sense of the traffic through our clinic on a busy day, between the two of us on a busy day we could have approximately 20 people using the bathroom and waiting room throughout the day.
About 25% of my caseload are people over 60 years of age, and within a 48 hour period I have clients who have been in hospital, work in hospitals, clients whose health is compromised, children and elderly clients.
Considering these health related factors, we have decided the most socially responsible thing to do is start working remotely until further notice..
CHANGES TO MEDICARE
The most current changes to Medicare services can be found here
As you can see by the new Government updates below, there are changes happening every few days.....
- On 13 March 2020 the Australian Government unveiled a $2.4 billion health package to protect all Australians, including vulnerable groups such as the elderly, those with chronic conditions and Indigenous communities, from the coronavirus (COVID-19). As part of this package $100 million funded a new Medicare service for people in home isolation or quarantine, as a result of coronavirus, to receive health consultations via the phone or video such as FaceTime or Skype.
- From 23 March 2020 this was expanded to include vulnerable practitioners.
- From 30 March 2020, telehealth (video-conference) and phone consultation items are available to all Australians. This is stage 4 of the COVID-19 response. This Medicare bulk-billed video-conference consultation and services, can be provided by GPs, specialists, consultant physicians, consultant psychiatrists, nurse practitioners and allied mental health workers.
- From 6 April 2020 if you are a Commonwealth concession card holder, a vulnerable patient or a patient under 16 years old, you must be bulk billed for the new temporary MBS telehealth items. This is a legislative requirement.
- For all other patients, health professionals may set their own fees for the new temporary MBS telehealth items.
If you would like to discuss these changes and would like to arrange a phone or video session please call me to discuss your situation on 0429 190 210
Steve Marriott provides counselling and psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, families, children and adolescents who live in the Byron Shire and Northern Rivers region of Northern NSW.
Steve is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, a clinical member and accredited supervisor of the Australian Association of Family Therapy (AAFT), and has Master’s qualifications in Social Work and Couple & Family Therapy. Steve has over 18 years of clinical and group work experience. Steve provides services under the Medicare 'Better Access' program, NSW Department of Justice (Victims of Crime), Department of Veterans' Affairs (Open Arms), is a registered NDIS provider, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) counselling. He also offers professional supervision and training to health professionals, and is an editorial board member of the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy. |
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Steve Marriott provides counselling and psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, families, children and adolescents who live in the Northern Rivers of NSW, or online.
