We are Queensland’s first Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT – spoken as one word) centre, located centrally in Brisbane in Milton just off Coronation Drive, with plenty of on site parking.
Have you tried hard to be happier — and found it just wasn’t that easy? If so, you aren’t alone. Pretty much all of us will struggle with unwanted and uncomfortable mental experiences in the form of difficult thoughts, feelings and memories at some stage in our life.
Unfortunately commonplace notions of happiness are misleading, inaccurate, and can even make you miserable. For example, modern research suggests positive thinking often does NOT work – and that positive affirmations can even make many people feel worse.
Using cutting edge science to create a strong foundation, ACT provides a new, research backed perspective on how to manage difficult thoughts, feelings and experiences. ACT skills help you cultivate long-lasting healthy vitality and well-being through mindfulness and values-guided action.
We have gathered a team of compassionate and skilled ACT therapists who will expertly help you overcome your struggles with painful thoughts and feelings, and help you build a more rich, full and personally meaningful life. Each therapist has been hand picked for their expertise, compassion and warmth to best guide you in developing these skills.
Our ACT therapists teach simple, scientifically proven life skills to help you more effectively handle difficult thoughts and feelings. We offer unique collaborative care between you and your therapist with an emphasis on ongoing learning at a pace that works for you.
We take the time to learn what you really care about. We help you take purposeful life steps each and every day. Our counselling emphasises effective, valued ACTion.
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Services Offered
Brisbane ACT Centre’s Team of Therapists Include highly experienced: -Psychiatrists -Psychologists -Social workers -Occupational Therapists All extensively trained and with a personal and professional passion for ACT – the most modern, well-researched, mindfulness and compassion focussed of the cognitive behavioural therapies.
ACT is best described as a “contextual cognitive behaviour therapy”. ACT is about learning proven skills to help us be the kind of people that we want to be. In the same way that you can learn to cook, ride a bike or fly a spaceship you can learn to live a more meaningful life. ACT skills allow you to live life more in touch with what’s important to you.
We know when choosing a therapist it’s important to pick someone that’s just the right fit for you, take a look at our team’s different expertise to pick your perfect psychologist. Our team have a diverse range of strengths and diverse clients to match them.
We work out of our beautiful, central practice with individuals, couples, groups, executives and entrepreneurs. We have performance psychologists helping people to be their best, three psychiatrists providing expert pharmacology care, counsellors that can help with depression, anxiety, stress, grief and so much more. We’re always adding new and talented members to our team so get in touch and our friendly staff can match you up to the perfect person for you.
A GP referral is required for for psychiatrist appointments, and GP Better Access Mental Health Care Plan are required for psychologist appointments. Medicare rebates are available and there is also a “gap fee” payable for each session – see here for more details.
Fees and Payment
Brisbane ACT Centre’s psychologists and other counselling therapists each charge a “gap” fee (after Medicare rebating) for hourly sessions. All offer concessions at their discretion to those struggling to afford full fee of about half the full “gap”, and all our therapists will very occasionally offer “bulk bill” or no gap fee sessions.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens
Special Groups: Faith-Based
Payment: Sliding Scale Pro-bono
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.