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WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Konnect workshop
Join our psychologist and counsellor for a wonderful opportuntity to connect with your child one-on-one. In our busy lives, the ability to stop and really see and hear our child and engage in a really meaningful way with them can be very difficult. This in person workshop builds connection and confidence and leaves parents feeling a lot more focused on how to continue developing the connection.
Helping the kids cope with separation & divorce
Join our psychologists and family lawyers on this very practical and informative webinar to help you gain some really effective and supportive strategies to support the kids (and you) through the separation and divorce process and potential co-parenting challenges.
Preparing your own Parenting Plan
Preparing your own parenting plan, at least in draft, can save a lot of time, money and stress for you and your family. This workshop will help you understand the legal options, understand your child's best interests (and what the law says about that), how to choose a parenting schedule that will work, how to plan for communication with your former partnerand the children, drop off/handover arrangements, decide how you will make parenting decisions, and consider the financial obligations of supporting the children fairly.
Finding your inner calm and strength again
Whether you are going through a separation or divorce, another stressful event or a significant change in life, time out for self care and support is critical. Our team of experts will offer you some wonderful guidance during this webinar on how to not only manage these challenges, but find your inner calm and strength again.
Pre and Post Separation Planning
Getting your separation plan right before you leave or as soon as possible after separating, can have a huge impact on your short and long term outcomes. Join our team of experts for a highly worthwhile webinar, which will save you a lot of money, stress and time!
Managing anger and the big emotions
During this webinar, learn from our panel of specialists on how to identify and deal with those emotional triggers, set the boundaries, reduce the stress levels, anxiety and panic attacks, and more effectively manage the grief and anger.
The emotional highs and lows of rural living
Rural life can be extraordinary but we also know it can bring a significant array of challenges. This webinar explores the wonderful highs and the challenging lows of rural living for women and the role community and counselling can play in helping manage those ongoing hurdles.
What is really destroying our relationships?
Poor Communication, Burnout and Intimacy issues are often the most common reasons offered by couples for their relationship breakdowns but what is below the surface is often ignored or not realised - our levels of stress, wellness issues, mental burnout.... This excellent exploration of the impact of stress and mental load on our relationships provides excellent insight and practical solutions - an invaluble resource for any couple navigating life!
How to keep you and the children safer after separating and deal with any post-separation abuse
The Ultimate Divorce Course
This course has been delivered to our clients for twenty years and has consistently enabled our clients to avoid enormous stress, danger, financial hardship, legal costs and long term family disconnect. We step you through the process with emotional support, practical and easy to follow guidance and education, strategies and coping skills to enable you and your family to not only survive Separation and Divorce, but to rebuild and thrive again.
Your Separation & Divorce Planner
The updated 2024 Ultimate Divorce Planner will help you get it all together during your Separation and Divorce. Thousands of dollars worth of financial, legal and psychological assistance to help you manage the maze and feel supported. Order your copy now.
Our clients describe it as 'their security blanket" and "a game changer."
Financial Freedom Course
Delivered by some of the leading educators in this field, this is an incredibly valuable, practical and easy to follow course which will educate and genuinely empower you to make more informed decisions about your financial situation. It takes you from pre-separation preparation, budgeting and valuations, to pre-settlement negotiation, and beyond to post settlement phases of divorce, providing you with some of the key foundations to rebuild your life.
Konnect Online Book Club
Join us online each month for our wonderful FREE online community book club, from the comfort of your own home, where we have a cup of tea (or a glass of cheeky wine) and entertaining chats on the couch about the monthly books and any book recommendations. A fabulous, inclusive event hosted by Vanessa, one of the greatest book enthusiasts we know.
Co-parenting with success
Regardless of the personality type of each parent, co-parenting can bring an array of challenges to the table. Our psychologists and lawyers will provide invaluable insight into identifying and managing various personalities, communication strategies, effective co-parenting planning and provide supportive resources to have you co-parenting with greater success.
Re-Konnect with you
workshops
This workshop is offered face to face in various locations in small groups over a few weeks or one day. We also offer the programme online. It is our most popular course and sells out quickly for those wanting to attend the face to face workshops.
Boundary Setting and Thrive
Do you focus so much on being loving and giving you have forgotten your own limits? How do I stand up to hurtful behaviour or abuse? How do I co-parent and set my boundaries? We provide you with guidance on how to set healthy boundaries with ex partners, your childeren, partners, extended family and coworkers, social media and even yourself to bring new happiness, freedom and health to your life and relationships!This workshop is offered face to face in various loctions. We also offer the programme online.
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Questions about our online
Counselling or Coaching Services?
Medicare rebate or private medical insurance claim for psychological services?
Most clients prefer to book directly with with our counsellors. No referral is required to access this counselling service.
During the first session, you can discuss the benefits of seeking a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP should you wish to pursue this path moving forward and you are booking with a registered psychologist. If you require a Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP) you will need to make a long appointment with your GP and they will make an assessment about whether you are eligible.
All of our registered psychologists are registered with Medicare and you will need a referral from a GP if you wish to claim Medicare rebates. Under the Better Access program you can receive a partial rebate for up to 10 individual sessions in a calendar year.
All our psychologists are registered with private health insurance providers in Australia. If you have private health insurance, you may be eligible to claim rebates for psychological sessions. The level of cover and any applicable waiting periods vary between providers and depends on your extras cover policy.
To find out if you are eligible and/or how much funding you are entitled to claim for psychological sessions, please contact your private health insurance.
Where applicable, some of our psychologists also see clients who are self-managed or plan-managed through NDIS at the current rate for NDIS.
Cancellation or missed sessions policy
Given the nature of our support services, last minute cancellations are costly, and it means that other clients may miss out on receiving the required support. For cancellations within 48 hours of the scheduled appointment there is a $65 part fee payment. For less than 24 hours cancellation notice or a non-show, the full session fee will need to be charged. These fees are refunded however if the session can be filled at the last minute.
How are your counselling and coaching sessions held?
We know our clients are time poor. For your convenience, all our counselling or coaching sessions are now available online via Zoom.
You can book your appointment online via this website.
Zoom allows us to connect with you via video and audio. It just requires you to click on a link to join. You can sign up to Zoom to create a FREE account and download the Zoom Client for Meetings. Zoom does require internet connections.
After you book you will be sent a reminder about the booking and emailed a link to connect at the booked time. You are also likely to be sent a client information form to complete prior to your initial consultation to enable our Counsellors and Coaches to be better prepared for your first meeting.
If you are unable to make any of the dates available, please email us to see if we can accommodate an alternate time for you: [email protected]
If you live in Brisbane or the Gold Coast, Queensland, we are available for face to face consultations. Please email us at [email protected] if you would like to arrange an in person appointment.
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Am I eligible for Legal Aid?
Am I eligble for financial support through Legal Aid?
If you need a lawyer for ongoing legal help or to represent you in court and you don’t have enough money to pay, you may be able to get legal assistance from Legal Aid. Legal Aid is the Australian organisation that delivers a variety of legal services to disadvantaged people across your relevant state/territory. Unfortunately, they do not have the resources to help everyone with a legal problem and therefore can only assist if your case falls within their strict guidelines. The main ways they decide if you can access this legal help are as follows:
1. They look at your financial situation
a) They will do a ‘means test’ which will look at the amount of your total income (Centrelink payments including Family Tax Benefit A, Family Tax Benefit B etc. child support payment, child maintenance payments, spousal maintenance payments, what you earn including any investments, any insurance policy claims for example accident, sickness or disability benefits) and total assets (equity in your home, money in the bank etc);
b) They will consider any support or financial help you provide to other people, for example a partner or child/ren;
c) They will also look at the assets and income of any other person who provides you with regular financial support, for example gives you money, helps pay your bills, or shares your living expenses ( for example a relative, friend, spouse, former partner etc).
PLEASE NOTE: The MEANS TEST (the amount and assets/income you can earn to be eligible) is different for each state/territory.
They will also look at the ‘merit’ of your case
This means, what is the prospect/chances of your matter being successful if it went to court?
To decide this, Legal Aid looks at the legal situation and the facts of your case to decide if it is likely to succeed or fail if it goes to court – they consider - would a sensible person risk their money to take the particular case to court?
They might also look at your special circumstances
There are sometimes applicants who may not succeed with the ‘means test’ requirements but they deserve special consideration because they experience multiple disadvantages. This may mean you get some assistance with legal costs.
If you are experiencing, for example:
domestic violence,
live in a remote area,
have an intellectual, psychiatric or physical disability.
or other disadvantage,
you may be eligible for a grant of aid via Legal Aid’s special circumstances guidelines.
What to do next?
We highly recommend you do the following if you think you may be eligible:
Have a look at the Legal Aid Application form relevant to your particular state or territory to see what information they would require you to provide. There are a significant number of documents you need to submit with your application to prove your financial situation.
PLEASE NOTE: The Application Form and terms are different for each state/territory.
Write down notes on why you think you might be eligible or any other questions you have about applying for Legal Aid.
Ring your own state Legal Aid office for a free consultation to discuss whether you are eligible for Legal Aid and what to do next.
Ask Legal Aid how you can get help, if needed, to fill in the application form and to submit it.
NOTE: An interpreter can be arranged. Arrangements can be made to assist you with an accredited interpreter or National Relay Service for the hearing impaired.
The Application Form
The Application form must only be submitted in the approved form for your own state or territory.
NOTE: Each state/territory has a slightly different application form!
A copy of the Application Form is available by:
* The Legal Aid website – check it is the Legal Aid website for your state/territory (you can download the application from the documents sections).
*Collect the application form in person by going into any of the Legal Aid offices in your state/territory.
* Call them and ask for one to be mailed to you.
*Email your Legal Aid office and provide your name and address and ask one to be mailed to you or your PO Box.
If you qualify for Legal Aid
If you qualify (your application is approved), Legal Aid will get a lawyer to represent you under a grant of legal aid for your matter. They can speak for you in court, help you prepare legal documents related to your case and help you reach agreement with the other party.
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