A kinder approach to psychotherapy and counselling
Our dedicated Adelaide-based team of leading psychotherapists and counsellors are here to guide you and your loved ones through challenges, helping you create meaningful change and grow together.
With offices in North Adelaide and Elizabeth, AkindaCo offers a safe, confidential environment where your experiences are valued and your voice is respected.
Modalities
Systemic Family Therapy
Strengthen family relationships, reduce conflict and improve mental health. Supportive, evidence-based family therapy.
Psychotherapy & counselling
Our therapists use person-centred therapy, trauma-informed practice, recovery and strength-based therapy, to help clients who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, or other challenges.
Art therapy
Art isn’t always about creating a beautiful masterpiece. Expressing thoughts and feelings using art materials can be emotionally and mentally beneficial.
Play Therapy
Play therapy is a therapeutic approach designed specifically for children to help them express their emotions, improve communication skills, and resolve psychological challenges through the natural medium of play.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
DBT is a proven therapy approach that teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and creating positive change in your life.
Couples therapy
Explore & renew connection and reduce conflict. Relationship & Couples therapy offers a practical approach to resolving conflict and building mutual understanding between partners.
Funding pathways
PRIVATE
Access any of our services privately, with lower cost options for those with a current Mental Health Care Plan.NDIS
Individual and group therapy, Support Work and Specialist
Positive Behaviour Services, tailored to your NDIS goals.RETURN TO WORK
Recover from psychosocial trauma and return to work, with tailored psychotherapy and counselling covered under your return to work plan.CARERS SA
Utilise CarersSA funding to access counselling and psychotherapy, art therapy, play therapy or family therapy.
Meet AkindaCo therapists
Frequently Asked Questions
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We understand that therapy can be a daunting or scary process! Generally, our initial appointment with you, your child and family involves two practitioners. We will explain the process and get you settled in before we start to explore what you would like to see different. We’ll talk together about next steps so that you leave with an idea of what comes next.
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Children LOVE our play spaces. We have toys, art material and sensory resources to suit all age groups. There will always be one therapist who can be with the child to make them feel comfortable, understand their play and get to know them. Kids often don’t want to leave since they’re having so much fun!
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We provide psychotherapy informed by a number of principles including Expressive Therapy (i.e. expressive arts for therapeutic use), neurobiology, trauma and attachment, systemic thinking and childhood and family development.
We provide a holistic service that caters to you and your family, which can include any of the following: Play Therapy, Expressive Therapy, Art Psychotherapy, Systemic Family Therapy, Counselling and Psychotherapy.
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Psychologists are Masters level trained clinicians who focus on assessment, diagnosis and intervention using predominantly CBT, ACT, DBT or mindfulness. Currently we do not have any psychologists on our team.
Our Psychotherapists are Masters qualified clinicians who focus on the therapeutic relationship and rapport building, as well as developing nuanced and integrative interventions from a number of evidence-informed therapy modalities that suit the individual or family presenting. They focus on client-centred practice and feedback that consistently checks in about how we’re doing in the process of helping you.
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We offer flexible pricing based on project type and complexity. After an initial conversation, we’ll provide a transparent quote with no hidden costs.
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The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency currently does not accept Psychotherapists to register. Instead, Psychotherapists and Counsellors are registered with their our specialist registry bodies such as PACFA, AAFT and ANZACATA. This means that specialist Psychotherapists cannot obtain Medicare Provider Numbers.
However, as we highly value accessibility and want to make our services available to the community, we have Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP) Reduced Cost Pathway, whereby we honour your MHCP and reduce the rate of services to the suggested gap fee outlined by the Australian Psychological Society.