Emotional wellbeing
Build understanding and practical ways to respond to stress and emotions.
AO PSYCHOLOGY / NDIS SUPPORT
Your goals. Your way forward.
Everyone’s goals are different. You might want to feel more confident in social situations, manage overwhelming emotions or make daily routines easier. AO Psychology offers counselling-based therapeutic support for eligible self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants. We focus on meaningful goals in everyday life and participation. Funding and service suitability are checked before sessions.
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UNDERSTANDING NDIS SUPPORT
What is psychosocial support?
Psychosocial support focuses on how emotional and mental health difficulties affect everyday life and participation. Depending on a person's goals, support may explore managing emotions, starting activities, communicating, handling change and taking part in the community. Where appropriate, it would be coordinated with other supports.
Our counselling-based support is tailored to agreed disability-related goals. It can include therapeutic discussion, psychoeducation, emotional regulation strategies and progress reviews. This is distinct from specialist behaviour support, support coordination and psychosocial recovery coaching.
SUPPORT AREAS
Progress happens in everyday moments.
For one person, progress might mean speaking up during an appointment. For someone else, it could be getting through a busy outing or keeping to a helpful routine. We start with your goals and look at practical steps you can build on.
Everyday goals
Explore routines, confidence and strategies for day-to-day challenges.
Relationships & connection
Strengthen communication, self-advocacy and interpersonal skills.
Progress & functioning
Review changes over time and document progress where agreed and appropriate.
OUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
Support built around your goals.
A straightforward, collaborative process from your first enquiry to ongoing support.
Get in touch
Tell us about the support you are exploring.
Explore goals
Discuss your priorities, funding pathway and service suitability.
Plan support
Agree on the approach, arrangements and next steps.
Review progress
Reflect on what is helping and adapt support over time.
ACCESSING SUPPORT
Let’s check the funding and arrangements first.
Before counselling begins, we check your goals, relevant funded support, service suitability and any applicable provider requirements.
- Discuss your plan and goals
- Confirm suitability and available services
- Understand fees and service agreements
- Explore progress reviews and written summaries, where appropriate
ACCESSING SUPPORT
How do NDIS arrangements work?
We offer NDIS-funded counselling for eligible self-managed and plan-managed participants. AO Psychology is not an NDIS-registered provider, so we cannot deliver NDIA-managed funded supports. We check whether counselling is an appropriate funded support under your plan, and confirm the support item, fees and any applicable NDIS price limits before proceeding.
We discuss your goals, how counselling may help you work towards them and how progress can be reviewed. With your consent, we may collaborate with a support coordinator or another professional where appropriate.
Explore fees and access ↗What we'll clarify before support begins
- What you want help with and why it matters
- Which service and format are suitable
- Funding, fees, consent and service arrangements
- How progress will be reviewed and documented
Written summaries or reviews may be arranged separately where appropriate.
COMMON QUESTIONS
NDIS support, explained simply.
Can self-managed participants access counselling?
Yes. We welcome enquiries from self-managed participants where counselling is an eligible funded support. We check goals, funding and service suitability before arrangements are confirmed.
Can plan-managed participants access counselling?
Yes. Eligible plan-managed participants can enquire. We check the support item, applicable NDIS price limits and plan-manager invoicing arrangements before proceeding.
Can I request an NDIS counselling progress report?
Where appropriate, we can discuss counselling progress summaries or individually scoped psychosocial reports. Scope, fees and whether funding applies are agreed separately; our reports are not diagnostic assessments or guarantees of funding.
Is AO Psychology an NDIS-registered provider?
No. AO Psychology is an unregistered provider offering suitable counselling to eligible self-managed or plan-managed participants. We cannot provide NDIA-managed supports or regulated specialist behaviour support.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Let's discuss support that fits your goals.
We welcome preliminary enquiries about NDIS-funded counselling for eligible self-managed and plan-managed participants. Ask us about the relevant service, funding and next steps. Clinical appointment arrangements are confirmed separately.
Please use the contact form for general enquiries only. Do not include detailed clinical records or sensitive health information.