Clinical Services

Clinical Services Specifically for People who are Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing & Their Families

Our clinical services team includes Karli Dettman, Irene Holub and Modiule Lawson.  Our team provides counselling through a range of clinical techniques to manage the following areas:

• general mental health problems
• identity issues
• relationship difficulties
• PTSD and C-PTSD
• trauma exposure, especially the six identified deaf-related traumas
• depression
• stress and anxiety
• anger
• relationship difficulties
• feeling overwhelmed and not able to cope day-to-day
• child behaviour and development
• multiple disability and its impact

Counselling is available at our Blackburn office. Karli Health Centre is also able to provide services online using Zoom™. This means that distance is not a problem – we can provide services nationwide as well as to New Zealand. Many deaf people prefer to see a Counsellor who is fluent in Auslan and so it is not necessary to use an interpreter. In fact, US research indicates that a large proportion of Deaf Americans prefer their counsellor to also be Deaf (McCullough and Duchesneau).

Clients can use our counselling services by:

• including counselling in their NDIS plan (provider number 4-EV5BTE6),
• using your employer’s EAP (Employment Assistance Program) or other such programs (e.g. Crimes Compensation),
• if applicable, applying for funding through the Family Reconciliation Mediation Program, or
• paying as a private client – private health insurance may help with the cost.

Find more information on possible ways to pay for our services here.

For more information, contact us.