Convenient Location & Telehealth
Easily accessible in-person consultations at neighbouring Turner rooms, plus secure nationwide telehealth options for Woden residents.
Counsellor & Psychotherapist Serving Woden, ACT
Elmarie Bekker Counselling is proud to serve Woden residents by providing professional, and personalized mental health counselling, psychotherapy, and relationship support. As a major district in South Canberra, Woden clients can benefit from convenient access to Elmarie’s Turner private practice or the flexible telehealth sessions designed to fit around busy study, work, and family schedules. Whether you live near Westfield Woden, close to Mount Taylor or Isaacs Ridge, or reside in surrounding suburbs like Phillip, Curtin, or Garran, Elmarie will give you the opportunity and safety to share your story and develop strategic skills to manage your own life with more success and ease.
Woden is one of Canberra’s most vibrant and diverse communities, home to a growing mix of apartment residents and long-term suburban families, students connected to the CIT’s upcoming Woden campus, working professionals, and retirees. Managing everyday life in a busy town center or facing family challenges in suburban neighborhoods; it creates stress — in relationships, at work, at school or university or even when there is life transition changes. Elmarie combines person-focused counselling to understand your unique lived experience with proven therapeutic models tailored support to your specific circumstances.
For Woden
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
Mental Health & Relationship Support for People in Woden
Woden is a busy part of Canberra, with people working around the Woden Town Centre, families living in established suburbs such as Mawson and Curtin, and patients, carers, and healthcare workers connected to Canberra Hospital in Garran. Balancing work, family responsibilities, health concerns, parenting, and relationships can become difficult when life stays busy. Some people may also find themselves dealing with anxiety, depression, neurodiversity, grief, trauma, or major changes in their personal lives.
Through Elmarie Bekker Counselling, Woden residents can access a warm and confidential space to talk about the things they may be finding difficult. Elmarie combines her social work experience with psychotherapy to understand each person’s situation, including the relationships and life circumstances around them. Her approach provides practical support to help clients make sense of their experiences, manage difficult emotions, improve relationships, and find realistic ways forward.
Why can attending counselling in an easy and accessible location in Canberra be important to a Woden-resident?
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 Woden 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 Woden, 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 Woden
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.