Mental health counselling in Logan
Counselling for anxiety, depression and trauma.
Work out what sets the hard days off, then change what happens next. One to one with Phil Onasu, Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, in person in Logan, by video or by phone.
What it helps with
Phil has spent more than 15 years with people whose mental health is complicated, including when it overlaps with alcohol, drugs or family violence.
- Anxiety, panic and worry that won’t switch off
- Depression and long stretches of low mood
- PTSD and trauma, recent or from years ago
- Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)
- Social phobia and avoiding people or places
- Psychosis brought on by alcohol or drugs, once things have settled
- Stress, burnout and vicarious trauma from hard jobs
- Putting things off, losing interest, and not believing in yourself
Recovery coaching for NDIS participants
If you have an NDIS plan with psychosocial supports, Phil offers recovery coaching: practical goals, built around the five letters, worked on week by week. Ask about it on your free call.
One moment, pulled apart.
An example of what a session does with a moment that keeps going wrong.
Go to the shops without the dread.
Fear, and a tight chest before you’re out the door.
“Everyone will see something’s wrong.”
You stay home, again.
Go at a quiet hour, stay ten minutes, and a little longer next time.
How Phil works
The first session builds the full picture. After that you work through the five letters together.
Phil uses a biopsychosocial assessment: your health, your thinking and feelings, and the people and places around you. Then the work follows the letters in CEABA. What you want to change, the emotion you go to first, the attitude underneath it, what you do next, and what you’ll do instead.
He draws on dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), cognitive behaviour therapy and mindfulness. The aim is skills you can use on your own, not a weekly appointment forever.
Progress gets celebrated, and so do the tries that didn’t work. When you finish, Phil keeps checking in for a month, until you’re ready to go on alone.
Questions people ask
Do I need a referral?
No. You can book yourself. GPs, courts, Corrections, employers and other services can also refer you. How referrals work
Can I use bulk billing?
Yes, for individual sessions. With a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP, sessions are bulk billed through Medicare at $89.50. Without a plan, a 55-minute session is $230.
How long is a session?
Fifty-five minutes. Before that there is a free 10-minute call, by phone or video, to see whether Phil is the right person for you.
Do I have to come in person?
No. Sessions run in person in Logan, by video or by phone. Phil can also come to your home or a place in the community for a call-out fee of $20 an hour.
What if I need help right now?
CEABA is not a crisis service. If you are in danger, call 000. For support at any hour, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. More support lines