Private Counselling Services - General Information

An experienced personalised, discreet and confidential service offering
face to face and online video counselling.
Private Counselling Services is a Victorian based therapeutic business consulting in person and offering national online video conferencing. Professional, Personal and Victims of Crime (Victoria) clientele are invited to discuss your needs and create a personalised experience that is discreet and confidential. 
​As an experienced online provider, Private Counselling Services video conferencing is flexible in provision, time and location.  
PRINCIPAL PRACTITIONER
Janet McAuliffe has counselled with individuals, families and groups for 25+ years. Janet's diverse international career enables her relationship with clients to encompass many facets of personal and professional life. 
SERVICES
Private Counselling Services offer personalised online video counselling and welcomes clientele to attend our consulting room in Frankston, Victoria. In addition to generalised counselling our special interest areas include:
  • Victims of Crime (Victoria)* - a free specialised service​
  • Anger Management package - complies with court order requirements
  • Trauma and post trauma, complex trauma (childhood experiences)
  • Psychological First Aid
  • Career – including workplace wellbeing; debriefing and supervision; life/work balance; change of career; workplace relationships and expectations
  • Addiction – including substance, self-harm, gambling, technology, social media
  • Men’s Mental Health Wellness
  • LGBTQIA+, Pansexual and Genderqueer
  • Loss and Grief – including death; change in circumstance; loss of control, career, health, status, dreams, identity
  • Stress and Coping
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Family
  • Life Transitions – including life planning; relationships with self and others; maladaptive thoughts, emotions or behaviours
*We are pleased to offer our free specialist service for Victims of Crime (Victoria) funded through the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT); there is no cost to our clients upon qualification. We are experienced in providing Psychological Fist Aid, short and long term counselling, and we complete court reports to submit with your application.
Please contact us to attend our consulting room located in Frankston, Victoria. ​
PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Private Counselling Services offers the following encrypted online communication options for your privacy: Doxy.me video conferencing and Wickr instant messaging.
These services comply with the United States of America’s Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 
Australia does not currently have such an Act, however Private Counselling Services will always aim for best practice; valuing the privacy and confidentiality of our clientele. 
Contact us to discuss Doxy.me and Wickr encrypted services.
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Private Counselling Services will always attempt to return your contact within 24 hours during a business week (unless otherwise notified). ​
  • ​Please note, online video therapy may not provide the safest environment for you, particularly if you experience chronic unstable mental health,
psychosis and/or suicidal thoughts. 
  • Private Counselling Services is not an emergency service. If you or someone you know is experiencing a crisis, please telephone:
Lifeline: 13 11 14 
Emergency Services: 000 
or your Family Doctor for more immediate care.​
GUARANTEE
Private Counselling Services guarantees its practitioners are tertiary qualified, are current with industry best practice and training, and are registered with a national counselling association. We provide a generalised approach to counselling, engaging in a range of therapeutic styles, are experienced practitioners, have current national police and working with children checks.    
Private Counselling Services offer a free 15 minute consult to establish if our therapeutic service is suitable for you. At the initial session, another additional 15 minutes will be offered free for information sharing
​(for privately funded consults only).
This is a value of $60.00, our gift to your good health.​

Private Counselling Services operates within Australia, under Australian Federal, State and Territory legislations. Consults are booked on Eastern Standard Time.