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Erin Prater

Registered Counsellor 
Complex Trauma Professional (CTP)
Grief and Loss Specialist
General Counselling

Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors 
Australian Counselling Association

NDIS Counsellor and Psychosocial Support Worker
ABN 36 397 568 976
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Thank you for visiting!

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If you have a current area of concern you may be asking yourself

"would I benefit from connecting with a Counsellor"?

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I hope the information I provide in my website

will be of assistance to you and wish you well with the journey ahead.

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General Counselling

Counselling therapies are typically considered as a short term treatment, providing clients with a space to explore, understand and process difficult circumstances.

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By providing the therapeutic "scaffolding" and specialised treatments, counsellors are able to walk alongside clients as together they discover ‘practical life answers’ by clarifying issues, exploring alternatives, developing strategies, and enhancing self-awareness.

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A referral from a GP is not required to book a consultation with a counsellor.

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"Erin is caring, inspiring, and innovative..." Victoria M, 37

 

Erin Prater Counselling

 

Service Overview

Erin Prater is a Complex Trauma Professional (CTP) who works primarily from a PART's approach, whilst incorporating techniques from leading, evidence-based methods, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis. Support is offered to clients seeking to identify and overcome post-traumatic triggers, repair deep attachment wounds, help with harmful coping strategies such as substance abuse and self-harming practices, and address overwhelming emotions like shame, anger, anxiety, fear, and depression.

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Erin offers empathic support and a continuing bonds approach for clients and families adjusting to a bereavement and the experience of Grief and Loss.

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Erin's confidential, non-judgemental, person centred, General Counselling Service provides the added benefits of her trauma informed practice and offers support across the domains of daily living.

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High intensity psychosocial support worker services are also offered to NDIS Participants.

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Services are delivered to private and NDIS clients only.

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Aims

Erin aims to provide care tailored to meet individuals needs as areas of concern are gently explored during counselling. Empathy and compassion support understanding of the road travelled, as courage, hope and trust open the door to learning, planning and action.

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NDIS Participants engaging Erin's psychosocial support service, to access the community, benefit from her recovery focused approach to care.

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Specialist Grief and Loss Counselling Services provide compassionate companionship for individuals adjusting to a loss in daily life, grieving the bereavement of a loved one or those actively journeying towards end of life.

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For individuals seeking support with complex mental health challenges, Erin delivers her therapeutic services with the added benefits of lived experience, peer support, and recovery approaches.

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First Nations Peoples are invited to connect, as Erin welcomes the opportunity to share in and contribute to the ongoing journey of reconciliation, cultural awareness and the delivery of culturally safe services.

Trauma Informed Therapeutic Services

Counselling and therapeutic services are offered for the following areas​

  • Complex Trauma and Attachment 

  • PTSD

  • Personality and Dissociative Disorders

  • Grief and Loss

  • End Stage Life Transition

  • Mild, moderate, complex, mental health challenges

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Anger Management

  • Behavioural Patterns Change

  • Relationship issues

  • NDIS Counselling

  • NDIS Psychosocial Support     

  • Daily Living Skill Development:

    • problem solving

    • decision making

    • communication 

    • time management

    • stress management and relaxation 

    • social skills

Specialised Therapeutic Treatments

As an eclectic practitioner, Erin uses a blend of therapeutic approaches

  • Complex Trauma Treatment 

  • CBT - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

  • SFT - Solutions Focused Therapy

  • ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Brief Interventions

  • Behaviour Change Programs

Consultation Styles

Selection of your preferred consultation style can be made during the booking/referral process

  • Standard ~ Counselling Room        

  • Walk and Talk ~ Meeting Locations: Lilydale/Ringwood Lake, Warburton Rd Trail - Mt Evelyn    

  • In Home ~ Direct to You (Travel Fees Apply)     

  • Online ~ Zoom         

  • Phone ~ Mobile / Landline

  • NDIS Psychosocial Support Service: In Home/Community

​​Private & NDIS funded services only

No available rebates

Additional Fees May Apply

Erin Prater Counselling acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live and work, The Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water, and cultures, paying respect to Elders past and present.

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