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18/09/2025

Just a quick note that M.C Counselling will have adjusted hours during the school holidays:

Thursday 25 September — 9am–6pm (in-clinic)

Tuesday 30 September — 9am–6pm (telehealth only)

All other days M.C Counselling will be closed.

Normal hours resume Tuesday 7 October.

Appointments can still be made via my online booking system (link is in my bio) during this time.

Thank you for your understanding, and I look forward to seeing you soon.

- M.C Counselling

14/09/2025

Psychological abuse may also be called psychological violence, emotional, verbal or mental abuse. It involves behaviours which aim to harm the victim emotionally or psychologically, and maintain power and control. These behaviours can be equally as, or even more harmful to the victim than physical violence.

Psychological abuse may involve:
- Calling you names and putting you down. Either when you're alone, or in front of other people to cause you to feel humiliated.
- Threatening to harm you, other people close to you, your pets, or themselves.
- Giving the victim the silent treatment
- Saying things which are untrue to cause the victim to feel insecure and confused, and question their own perceptions and reality. This may also be referred to as gaslighting.
- Not allowing you to speak, talking over the top of you, and correcting things you say to make you feel inferior.
- Insulting you, or insulting you and then claiming it was "just a joke".
- Regularly threatening to leave you if you don't do what they say or displease them in some way.
- Making you feel like or telling you overtly that you're not good enough.
- Exerting control over various aspects of you and your life.
- Brainwashing techniques
- Making you feel scared and intimidated.
- Isolating you or restricting your freedoms.
- Being overly jealous of other people in your life.

These are just some examples. If you have previously or are currently experiencing psychological abuse, M.C Counselling is here to help.

Appointments are available both in-person on Gunditjmara Country (Portland, VIC) or via telehealth (Australia wide).

No GP referral is required.

29/07/2025

M.C Counselling will be closing at 3pm on Thursday 31st July and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 12th August. Limited appointments remain available before this closure period. You can book an appointment online via the link in my bio or by contacting me directly via DM or email: m.c.counselling.portland@gmail.com

Bookings can still be made online during this closure period, however direct requests (via DM, email, or phone) will be responded to upon reopening.

Please note that M.C Counselling is not a crisis service, however crisis support is available via the below phone numbers:

1800RESPECT: ph. 1800 737 732
Counselling for s*xual assault, domestic and family violence.

13YARN: ph. 139276
Crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Kids Helpline: ph. 1800 55 1800
Counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.

Lifeline: ph. 13 11 14
Crisis support and su***de prevention.

Beyond Blue: ph. 1300 224 636
Advice, referral, and support from mental health professionals.

Su***de Call Back Service: ph. 1300 659 467
Counselling and support for people at risk of su***de.

MensLine: ph. 1300 789 978
Support for men with emotional health and relationship concerns.

04/07/2025

Reproductive abuse is when someone prevents you from making decisions involving your reproductive system. This may involve, but not be limited to, forcing ,coercing, or pressuring you into becoming pregnant, having a baby, having an abortion, undergoing sterilisation surgery, having unprotected s*x, taking medication or undergoing procedures to stop your menstrual cycle, undergoing surgery to remove parts of or make changes to your ge****ls, preventing you from using contraception or doing things to stop contraception from working effectively, deliberately infecting you with s*xually transmitted infections, and preventing you from seeking healthcare in regards to your reproductive system.

If you have experienced reproductive abuse, M.C Counselling is here to help. Contact me for more information.

21/04/2025

Due to an increased frequency of invoices either not being paid, or being paid late, a 10% fee will now be charged for invoices that are paid past their due date.

💡Tip: Invoices are due within five days of your appointment. You can find the due date at the top of your invoice.

If you require an extension, please contact me directly prior to the due date to discuss your circumstances and the 10% fee may be able to be waived.

Thank-you in advance for your understanding!

16/04/2025

Types of counselling available:

- Specialist family violence counselling

- General Counselling

- Relationship counselling

You can book an appointment via my online booking system (link is in my bio) or by sending me a DM or email: m.c.counselling.portland@gmail.com

M.C Counselling currently has no wait list and no GP referral is required.

Appointments are available either in person on Gunditjmara Country (Portland, VIC) or via telehealth, Australia wide.

If booking online, please note the drop down box to alternate between telehealth and in-clinic appointments.

09/04/2025

Sexual assault is being forced, threatened, pressured, coerced, guilted, or otherwise manipulated into doing s*xual things when you don't want to.

It's still s*xual assault if you are in a relationship with the person. It's still s*xual assault if you had previously agreed but then changed your mind. It's still s*xual assault if you had done the s*xual activity in the past, but didn't want to do it this time.

Informed consent involves more than simply saying yes. Informed consent must be given freely (that is, without being pressured, coerced, guilted, threatened, or otherwise forced or manipulated), is reversible (you can change your mind at any time), informed (you are completely aware of what you are agreeing to), enthusiastic (you're keen to participate), and specific (you and your partner are both in agreement about what you will and will not do).

Informed consent means there is nothing stopping you from completely agreeing and understanding exactly what you are consenting to.

Informed consent cannot be given if a person is asleep, passed out, unconscious, or affected by drugs or alcohol to the point that they are unable to clearly understand or say what they do or do not want to happen.

If you have experienced s*xual assault, you are not alone. M.C Counselling is available to provide counselling and support.

Please call 000 in an emergency.

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05/04/2025

Research has shown that men who abuse their partners are more likely to also abuse their children when compared to men who are not perpetrators of domestic and family violence. How significant the risk is to the child is largely dependent on the pattern of abuse towards the child's mother. For example, a perpetrator is more likely to be physically violent towards their children if they are also physically violent towards the mother. A physically violent abuser is seven times more likely to physically abuse their children than a man who is not physically violent towards his partner.

Perpetrators that s*xually abuse their partners tend to be controlling and objectifying towards their children. Like physical abuse, men who s*xually abuse their partners are far more likely to also abuse their children s*xually when compared to men who do not.

Psychological abuse of children is common from perpetrators of domestic and family violence. Name calling, put downs, humiliation tactics, undermining self-confidence, shaming boys for not being "masculine" enough or inappropriate comments towards girls about their appearance are all widespread forms of psychological abuse that children experience.

Perpetrators can also cause psychological harm to their children by failing to keep their promises, not being present in the child's life, and through displaying a general lack of interest in the child.

M.C Counselling acknowledges that this research is specific to cisgender-women who are victim-survivors and may not be representative of men who experience domestic and family violence nor those who identify as LGBTIQA+.

M.C Counselling is here to help. Contact me for more information.

01/04/2025

Need more time? M.C Counselling is now offering 90 minute sessions. These are available both in person on Gunditjmara Country (Portland, VIC), or via telehealth, Australia wide.

To book an extended session you can send me a DM or make contact via email: m.c.counselling.portland@gmail.com

17/03/2025

Spiritual abuse is when someone uses spiritual or religious beliefs to control you, frighten you and cause you harm.

Some examples include:

- Not allowing someone to practice their spiritual or religious beliefs.
- Forcing someone to practice spiritual or religious beliefs that they don't want to.
- Shaming someone for their spiritual or religious beliefs.
- Using spiritual or religious beliefs to force the victim to stay in the relationship, blame them for the violence and abuse, or to force them into marriage when they don't want to.
- Using spiritual or religious beliefs to prevent you or your children from seeking medical care.

Spiritual abuse is a form of domestic and family violence and help is available. Contact me for more information.

03/03/2025

Please be advised that M.C Counselling will be closing today at 1pm and will be re-opening at 9am on Tuesday 18th March.

Please note that M.C Counselling is not a crisis service and the following supports are available during this closure period:

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
Counselling for s*xual assault, domestic and family violence.

13YARN: 139276
Crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800
Counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.

Lifeline: 13 11 14
Crisis support and su***de prevention.

Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636
Advice, referral, and support from mental health professionals.

Su***de Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Counselling and support for people at risk of su***de.

MensLine: 1300 789 978
Support for men with emotional health and relationship concerns.

Kind regards, Mikaela - M.C Counselling

02/03/2025

Another significant risk factor for Intimate Partner Homicide (IPH) is access to fi****ms. Some research has found access to fi****ms to be the strongest predictor of IPH. Over fifty percent of women who have experienced domestic violence have been threatened with fi****ms, and an assault is twelve times more likely to be lethal if fi****ms are used. Fi****ms are the most commonly used weapon in IPH, and research has indicated that access to fi****ms increases the risk that there will be multiple victims by seventy percent.

Research has found that removing fi****ms from men who have a protective order against them is an effective strategy in reducing the risk of IPH.

If you require urgent assistance, please call 000.

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Portland, VIC
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Tuesday	9am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 6:30pm
Thursday	9am - 6:30pm
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