How to cover my drug and alcohol counselling costs

The cost of drug and alcohol counselling can be claimed against some health funds?

Generally speaking, drug and alcohol dependents issues are not covered under Medicare or your health funds. However, in some situations, you may qualify for the governments better access to health care plan. To access these subsidised treatment programmes provided for under the better access to health legislation you need to go to your General practitioner first and be assessed for a mental health condition. They will then refer you to a qualified psychologist or psychiatrist or counsellor. Some people choose not to seek out a better health access plan because they don’t want the details of their problem recorded against their medical records. Many people choose to seek a therapist without an access plan because they wish to try and approach that is not a medicalized drug and alcohol programme. Whatever your choice it’s up to you.

If you chose to cover the costs yourself.

If you choose to cover costs yourself you can expect a high level love service and success if you seek the assistance of a highly qualified professional service provider. Professional therapists can be found near you simply by going on to Google or even seeking a referral from a friend or family member or your GP.

About Jim O’Connor

Jim O’Connor is a Clinical Psychotherapist, Executive Coach, Director of Jim O’Connor Professional Development and Executive Coaching and Clear Day Consulting. With more than a decade of experience working with senior executives from some of Australia’s and the world’s leading companies, Jim brings strong expertise in personal effectiveness, interpersonal psychology, team building, leadership development and relationship psychology.

His work combines clinical insight, executive coaching and positive psychology to help individuals, professionals and leaders understand their behaviour, manage stress, build confidence, authority, and presence, communicate more effectively and build healthier personal and professional relationships. Jim has also lectured in Clinical Neurology at university level, delivered professional development programs and coached executives across a wide range of workplace settings, helping executives and other business professionals meet the challenges they face every day with more confidence and certainty.

As a writer and educator, Jim focuses on developing business professionals, personal and interpersonal effectiveness, using positive coaching psychology to help executives and business professionals manage, stress, mood and pressure, build leadership skills, improve team development strategies, and increase personal effectiveness and practical mental wellbeing strategies. His writing is clear, grounded and action-focused, helping readers understand complex emotional and behavioural patterns in a way that feels practical and approachable.

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