Convenient Location & Telehealth
Easily accessible in-person consultations at neighbouring Turner rooms, plus secure nationwide telehealth options for Belconnen residents.
Counsellor & Psychotherapist Serving Belconnen, ACT
Elmarie Bekker Counselling is proud to serve Belconnen residents with warm, professional, and personalized mental health counselling, psychotherapy, and relationship support. As a major district in North Canberra, Belconnen clients benefit from convenient access to Elmarie’s Turner private practice—located just minutes away—or flexible telehealth sessions designed to fit around busy study, work, and family schedules. Whether you live near Lake Ginninderra, attend the University of Canberra, or reside in surrounding residential suburbs, Elmarie provides a safe haven to tell your story and develop practical coping tools.
Belconnen is one of Canberra’s most vibrant and diverse communities, home to university students, growing young families, working professionals, and long-term retirees. Managing everyday life in a busy town center or balancing family dynamic changes in suburban neighborhoods often brings unique stresses—from academic overwhelm and career burn-out to marital conflict, grief, trauma, and neurodivergence challenges. Elmarie combines person-centred care with proven therapeutic models to tailor support to your specific lived experience.
For Belconnen
Individual Therapy
Tailored one-on-one sessions supporting adults and adolescents (aged 12+) to process emotional pain, improve self-awareness, and overcome anxiety, depression, or self-doubt.
Couple & Family Counselling
Focusing on strengthening communication, rebuilding trust, resolving conflict patterns, and creating a safe emotional environment for couples and families.
Anxiety & Depression
Stress Management
Trauma & PTSD
Self-Esteem & Confidence
Relationships
Grief & Loss
Local Counselling & Therapy Experience in Belconnen
Belconnen’s unique demographic mix means mental health needs vary widely across the district. University students at UC often face high anxiety, identity exploration, and social isolation, while local couples, families and parents frequently struggle with communication barriers, work-life balance, or parenting stress.
Elmarie’s extensive background as both social worker and psychotherapist enables her to address these local challenges with deep empathy and practical strategies. By understanding the social landscape of North Canberra, she counsels with grounded guidance that fosters long-term emotional resilience, clarity, and stronger connections.
Why can attending easy and accessible counselling in nearby Turner be important for Belconnen Residents?
Dedicated care tailored to your individual needs and lifestyle
Support Across Life Stages (12+)
Dedicated, age-appropriate mental health support for teens, adults, couples, and family units.
Qualified & ACA-Registered
Level 2 ACA-registered Counsellor holding a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Counselling degree.
Safe & Inclusive Environment
Warm, empathetic care welcoming individuals of all cultures, genders, sexual orientations, faith
groups, and neurodivergent profiles.
Integrative Approaches
Tailored therapy drawing from Schema Therapy, Family Systems, CBT, Gestalt, and trauma-informed nervous system regulation.
Complimentary Discovery Session
Free initial 15-minute telephone consultation to discuss your needs with zero pressure or commitment.
Understanding how the process to get counselling will work for for Belconnen Clients:
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1. Request Discovery Call
Call 0426 761 877 or complete our online contact form to schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to discuss your situation.
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2. Plan & Schedule
Choose between in-person appointments at our Turner clinic or convenient online sessions from your home in Belconnen, setting a timeline that fits your routine.
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3. Therapeutic Journey
Engage in collaborative, confidential sessions where you explore emotional patterns, develop coping strategies, and work toward meaningful personal change.
Book a Free 15-Minute
Consultation in Belconnen
Contact Elmarie Bekker Counselling today for a confidential, no-obligation discussion about your mental health goals. Initial discovery calls are scheduled within 48 hours.
Counselling is a type of talk therapy that promotes mental health, well-being and self-understanding. No formal diagnosis or mental health condition is needed to benefit from counselling.
Counselling focuses on understanding the client’s life story from their perspective. It is a collaborative process of exploring the client’s issues and experiences, acknowledging the client as the primary source of intimate knowledge about their life. The process is person-centred, confidential and non-judgemental. Whether it is a one-off session or long-term psychotherapy, I will listen with empathy and respect to facilitate change.
A psychologist generally provides psychological assessment and therapy for mental health and emotional concerns. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who can diagnose mental health conditions, prescribe medication, and provide medical treatment. A counsellor supports people through emotional, relationship, life, and personal challenges using talking therapies. The right choice depends on your needs, and sometimes people work with more than one type of professional.
No referrals are needed. Counselling does not presently fall under Medicare-rebated mental health plans, and therefore no doctor’s referral is required. Despite no Medicare rebate, counselling is a cost-effective mental health service due to overall lower fees. There are indications that this might change in the near future.
My current individual session fee is $140, and sessions are 50-60 minutes long. For Couple counselling and Family counselling, the current session rate is $200 per session (regardless of the number of people attending) and is usually 90 minutes long. If individual sessions for members of the couple or family are necessary, the fee is currently $175.
I offer Brief Therapy sessions to clients who have been on the waiting lists for mental health services for an extended period of time. (To learn more, click on the Brief Therapy link here). My current Brief Therapy session fee is $200. Sessions are approximately 75-90 minutes long.
For more information about the costs of other services I offer, please enquire using the contact form.