Counselling Focus Area

Stalking

Why counselling for stalking?

At Progressive Therapeutic Collective, we provide counseling for both victims and perpetrators of stalking because we believe in a holistic approach to resolving such complex issues.

By addressing both sides, we can more effectively break the cycle of behavior that leads to stalking, ensuring comprehensive support and intervention.

For victims, our counseling offers a path to healing from trauma and reclaiming a sense of security.

For perpetrators, it provides crucial insights into the consequences of their actions and offers guidance on changing destructive patterns.

This dual approach not only aids in individual recovery but also contributes to safer communities by promoting understanding and behavioral change.

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Counselling for Stalking

Understanding Stalking Counselling
Stalking counselling at Progressive Therapeutic Collective is designed to address the needs of both victims and perpetrators, fostering understanding and change through tailored therapeutic approaches. For victims, counselling focuses on healing from trauma and regaining a sense of safety. For perpetrators, it aims to help them recognize harmful behaviors and learn healthier relational patterns. This dual approach helps in comprehensively addressing stalking from all angles, ensuring that both prevention and recovery are prioritized.

Why Seek Counselling Relating to Stalking
Seeking counselling for issues related to stalking is crucial for both perpetrators and victims. Victims gain a supportive space to process their experiences and learn coping strategies to manage fear and anxiety. Perpetrators benefit from understanding the impact of their actions and are guided towards changing their behavior. Counselling offers a constructive path forward for all involved, aiming to break the cycle of stalking and promote healthier interactions.

The Benefits of a Trauma-Informed Space
A trauma-informed space like Progressive Therapeutic Collective is essential in addressing stalking as it provides an environment that prioritizes safety, choice, and empowerment. This approach recognizes the widespread impact of trauma and the complex paths to healing. For victims, it means receiving care that acknowledges their specific traumas without retraumatization. For perpetrators, it involves understanding the roots of their behaviors in past traumas and offering a roadmap for change.

What to Expect in Counselling
In counselling at Progressive Therapeutic Collective, individuals can expect a respectful, confidential, and non-judgmental environment. Sessions are tailored to meet the unique needs of each person, whether they are dealing with the aftermath of being stalked or seeking help for stalking behaviors. Counselling may involve individual or group sessions, incorporating strategies like cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychoeducation, and skills training to promote healing and better interpersonal relationships.

FAQs

  • All sessions are held online, via encrypted telehealth.

  • Our practitioners work varying hours, Monday to Saturday.

  • The sessions run for 50 minutes and are either $155 standard or $115 concession.

  • Email admin@progressivetherapeutic.com.au

  • We endeavour to be a flexible practice, providing opportunity for reschedules and cancellations with up to 24 hours notice. Any appointment rescheduled or cancelled with less than 24 hours notice, will be charged the full amount. We are a small practice and our sole income is derived from our sessions.

Affordable & Accessible Therapy

Progressive Therapeutic Collective works hard to be a transparent, affordable and accessible service.

We don’t receive any government assistance, nor private funding. All of our work is funded solely through our therapeutic activities.

We have chosen to provide a two-tier payment option for individual counselling, in recognition of the cost of therapeutic support.

The financial discount option is available to anyone. We don’t require a concession card. We operate on a system of trust. If that’s what you can afford to pay, that’s absolutely ok! Please just let us know.

We don’t work with mental health plans, or private health cover.

If you can afford to pay the standard rate, we ask that you do, as that helps us to build our practice and contributes to our pro-bono work.

Pay the Rent & Mutual Aid

The Pay the Rent movement calls for non-Indigenous individuals and businesses to regularly contribute financially to Indigenous organisations as part of reparations and restorative justice. This movement aims to provide tangible support to Indigenous communities, addressing historical and ongoing injustices while fostering a sense of accountability and solidarity.

At Progressive Therapeutic Collective (PTC), we've been dedicated to paying the rent since our inception four years ago.

Each year, we allocate 1% of our annual profit to The Westerman Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health and another 1% to Decolonise Sex Work Australia, a Blak mutual aid fund for sex workers. As a white-owned business, we believe it’s crucial to acknowledge and address systemic injustices against Indigenous communities. Our commitment to mutual aid is about taking concrete actions to bring aboug meaningful and genuine social change.