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Professional Psychology Services

Practitioner Information

Cris Pirone has a professional background in Social Work and Psychology. She graduated from her degree in Psychology from ...Read More

LaTrobe University in 1994. She has been a fully registered Psychologist with the South Australian Psychological board since 1995 and is an Associate Member with the Australian Psychological Society.

Cris has been providing Psychological Counselling in the area of individual, Couple and family Therapy for over 17 years within a number of organisations in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Cris has a range of experience in providing Employee Assistance services, inclusive of Psychological Counselling, Clinical Hypnosis, Critical incident Debrief/Trauma Counselling and Workplace Mediations. She also offers clinical supervision to other counsellors in the field. Read Less

What is Psychological Counselling?

Psychological Counselling is a process that offers an opportunity for individuals to talk in private with a Psychologist about their ...Read More

concerns and difficulties and assists in exploration of strategies and development of new skills to manage those difficulties.

Pro Psychology practices with a commitment to professional quality care and achievement of best possible outcomes and goals for individuals, couples and families.

A professional, non judgemental and understanding approach is offered to all individuals utilising this service.

Psychological Counselling sessions are 50 minutes long. Read Less

Individual Counselling

Psychological Counselling can support an individual in a number of different ways. Some of these may be to help them build ...Read More

self confidence and self esteem, clarify issues of concern and work to resolving these, identify and resolve relationship issues, improve work performance, improve interpersonal communication skills, learn to resolve conflict, manage loss and grief and deal with depression, stress and anxiety in life. Read Less

Relationship Counselling

Psychological Counselling can help people to understand their relationships and identify those areas where the relationship ...Read More

is working well and where it is not. It can provide an opportunity to discuss hopes and worries and to explore possibilities for strengthening and building more healthy relationships.

Psychological Counselling can also provide a supportive environment for people who are separating or for those who have already separated to deal with those changes involved as a result of the relationship ending.
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Family Counselling

Psychological Counselling can help families to understand how its members relate to each other and can help explore ways ...Read More

of promoting and enhancing cooperative and respectful relationships.

Psychological Counselling can also help children and their parents to understand and deal with their feelings, worries and difficulties in their lives. Read Less

Confidentiality

All counselling sessions are confidential, with the exception of individual safety concerns and abuse against children.

Referral Process

A General Practitioner or other Health Professional can refer an individual to Pro Psychology SA. ...Read More

An individual can also arrange and make an appointment time for themselves or for another person by contacting Pro Psychology SA.

Appointments for Psychological Counselling are available by request with our friendly reception staff. Read Less

Payment

Rebates for counselling may be available through Medicare and/or Private Health Insurance Funds....Read More

Medicare rebates are available for Psychological treatment by a registered Psychologist under the Australian Government’s Better Access to Mental health care Initiative. In order to access this, you will need a referral from your General Practitioner.

Your General Practitioner will need to complete a Mental Health Assessment and prepare a Mental Health Treatment Plan before referring you to a Psychologist for counselling. Read Less

Private Health Insurance

If eligible, a proportion of the consultation fee for counselling may be claimed through Private Health Funds....Read More

If you would like to know the amount of rebate you can receive prior to your first appointment, you will need to contact your Private Health Fund.
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Consulting Hours
Wednesday
Thursday
 

8.00am – 1.00pm
8.00am – 1.00pm

Available Services

  • Individual, couples and family counselling
  • Child & Teenage Counselling
  • Grief, loss and Trauma
  • Communication Issues
  • Anger management
  • Self-esteem
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Addictions
  • Pain management
  • Past sexual abuse
  • Sexual Concerns
  • Conflict resolution
  • Mediation
  • Cross-cultural issues