NDIS Counselling in Bayside, Melbourne

Navigating life with additional support needs can be complex, and accessing the right help through the NDIS can feel overwhelming.

At Natalie Cohen Counselling, we provide NDIS-funded counselling for adults in Bayside, Melbourne, offering tailored support across a wide range of life experiences and challenges.

Whether you’re managing neurodivergence, anxiety, grief, life transitions, relationship challenges, or patterns stemming from early childhood experiences, counselling can help you understand your needs, build coping strategies, and enhance your wellbeing.

What NDIS counselling can help with

Through NDIS counselling, we support adults to:

  • Understand and work with ADHD or autism traits

  • Build emotional regulation skills and reduce anxiety

  • Process grief and loss in its many forms

  • Navigate career and life transitions with clarity and confidence

  • Strengthen relationship and communication skills

  • Explore the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

  • Develop self-trust, self-compassion, and sustainable coping strategies

Support is collaborative, paced to your needs, and affirming of neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, and diverse lived experiences.

Who we support

We work with NDIS participants who:

  • Experience neurodivergence, including ADHD and autism

  • Live with anxiety, depression, or stress linked to life experiences

  • Are navigating grief, life transitions, or relationship challenges

  • Have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

  • Want personalised strategies to improve daily life, coping, and self-understanding

You do not need a formal diagnosis for counselling — your lived experience is valid.

How NDIS counselling works

  • Individual sessions tailored to your goals

  • In-person sessions in Bayside, Melbourne

  • Online sessions for flexibility and accessibility

  • Client-centred, trauma-aware, and neurodiversity-affirming

  • No referral required; NDIS funding can be applied

The first session is an opportunity to explore your goals, understand how counselling can support you, and decide on the best approach at a pace that feels right.

NDIS Counselling Frequently Asked Questions

  • NDIS counselling is therapy funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme to support participants with mental health, neurodivergence, trauma, or life challenges. Sessions focus on coping strategies, emotional wellbeing, and skill-building tailored to your needs.

  • Adults with NDIS plans that include funding for counselling or psychological support may be eligible. Counselling can address ADHD, autism, anxiety, grief, life transitions, relationship issues, or impacts from ACEs.

  • No. Counselling can be accessed through the NDIS based on your functional needs and goals. Support is focused on lived experience, coping strategies, and enhancing wellbeing, rather than formal labels alone.

  • No. ACE counselling focuses on understanding how early experiences shaped your present patterns rather than reliving or re-experiencing past events. You remain in control of what you share and when.

  • Adults who grew up feeling emotionally unsafe, had to “grow up quickly,” prioritised others’ needs over their own, struggle with trust or closeness, or notice persistent patterns from childhood may benefit. You do not need to label your experiences as trauma to access support.

  • Sessions provide a confidential, calm, and supportive environment. The counsellor works in a trauma-aware, client-centred way, respecting your pace, boundaries, and nervous system needs. The first session is an opportunity to explore what feels relevant now, without pressure to share more than you’re ready for.

  • Yes. ACE counselling is available in-person in Bayside, Melbourne, and online. The approach is flexible, supportive, and tailored to your capacity, making it accessible and safe for adults seeking to understand and heal patterns linked to childhood experiences.