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Your free, confidential guide to understanding therapy in Australia
Therapy can help people through difficult times. But there are many types of therapy, and many types of therapist. We don’t provide therapy. Therapy Guide helps you understand what therapy is and how it can help, what kind might suit you, what it costs and where to start.
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Where you might be starting from
- Not sure whether therapy would helpLooks at the types of things that therapy can usually be beneficial for.Would I benefit from therapy?
- Hard to say what's going onChoose words for how you've been feeling and build a picture you can share with a GP or a therapist, if you want to.The word mapper
- Ready to look for someoneWhere to look, and what therapy actually costs in Australia.How to find a therapist
- Tried therapy before, and it didn't helpThe common reasons and what each one points to.Why therapy stalls
- In therapy now and unsure how it's goingWhat progress tends to look like.Is my therapy working?
- Worried about someone elseA good place to begin.How to raise it, and what to say
- Under 18Your rights and your privacy.Therapy when you're under 18
Who you see comes first
Tools
- Compare the therapiesThe approaches side by side
- Cost and rebate estimatorWhat you'd pay across a year
- Questions to ask a therapistChoose them and take the list
- The word mapperWords for what's going on, as a picture
- Therapy jargon decoderPlain meanings for the words you'll meet
- All tools
If things are difficult right now
Crisis and emergency support
Lifeline is on 13 11 14, the Suicide Call Back Service is on 1300 659 467, and Kids Helpline is on 1800 55 1800 for anyone aged 5 to 25. In an emergency, call 000.