Equip Country

Western Downs, QLD Australia

About Equip  &         Our Services

Equip Country is a counselling and therapy service that operates across the Western Downs, as well as online to provide meaningful and positive support for all members of the community.

Our team of professional therapists are dedicated to providing the best care to our clients across our range of counselling and wellbeing services, including art and creative arts therapy and professional supervision.

A brochure of our Workplace Wellbeing Partnership packages can be accessed HERE.

Relationship
Counselling

in-person

  • Tension & Conflict Resolution
  • Pre-marriage Counselling
  • Communication Strategies
  • Intimacy & Sexual Issues
  • Strengthening & Rebuilding Trust
  • Relationship Workshops

Individual
Counselling

In-person & Online

  • Depression & Anxiety
  • Anger Management
  • Grief & Loss
  • Trauma
  • Stress & Burnout
  • Addiction
  • Navigating Life Stages

Creative Art & Art Therapy

in-Office, home &
School visits

NDIS and Private

  • Children
  • Youth
  • Adults

Workplace
Wellbeing

in-person & online

  • Workplace Wellbeing Partnership packages
  • Critical Incident Debriefing
  • General Counselling
  • Career concerns and Coaching
  • Stress and Burnout
  • Conflict Management
  • Communication

Professional Supervision

in-person & Online

Clinical

  • Counsellors
  • Student Counsellors
  • Support Workers
  • Professional Supervisors
  • Educators
  • Health Professionals

Pastoral

  • Ministers
  • Chaplains
  • Missions
  • Non-profit workers

Meet the Team


Equip Country includes the following contract therapists and administrative team. Therapists are available in person at their locations, or online via Telehealth. Equip Country also has access to a wide network of other qualified therapists should referral be preferred.

Kristy
Howarth

MCouns ∙ GDipCouns&IntPsycthpy

Chinchilla or online

  • ACA Level 4 (Counsellor ∙ Supervisor)
  • Individual Counselling
  • Professional Supervision (Clinical ∙ Pastoral)

Karl
Pumpa

GDipCouns&IntPsycthpy ∙ MCouns (current)

Chinchilla, Dalby, or Online

  • ACA Level 1 (Counsellor)
  • Individual Counselling
  • Adolescent and Children Counselling
  • Relationship Counselling

Cecilia
Anderson

MCouns ∙ MGuid&Couns ∙ GDipPsych

Chinchilla, Toowoomba, or online

  • ACA Level 4 (Counsellor ∙ Supervisor)
  • Individual Counselling
  • Relationship Counselling
  • Professional Supervision (Clinical ∙ Pastoral)

Brooke
Goltz

MCouns ∙ GDipPsychSci ∙ GDipCouns&IntPsycthpy ∙ ClinAPT

Chinchilla, PITTSWORTH, Toowoomba, or online

  • ACA Level 3 (Counsellor)
  • Individual Counselling
  • Child/Adolescent Counselling

    Play Therapy

Georgina
Bignill

BHSCouns ∙ GDipCouns ∙ MCouns (current)

Chinchilla or online

  • ACA Level 2 (Counsellor)
  • Adult Individual Counselling
  • Act for Kids
  • Hot Chocolate Circle

Colleen
Holt

BACouns

Chinchilla or online

  • ACA Level 3 (Counsellor)
  • Individual Counselling
  • Child Counselling
  • Relationship Counselling
  • Sand Tray Therapy

Michelle
Garside

DipCreativeArts&Health ∙ CertCouns BEd (ECE)

Chinchilla, PITTSWORTH, or DALBY

  • Registered Creative Arts Therapist (RCAT)
  • Registered Teacher
  • Individual and group Art Therapy
  • Office or In-School Sessions

Jane
McCollum

BACouns

Chinchilla or Towoomba

  • ACA Level 2 (Counsellor)
  • Cert in Disaster M/ment
  • Individual and Relationship Counselling
  • Adolescents
  • Office or In-Home Sessions

Brianna
Sells

BABusiness ∙ GrCertEducation ∙ CertIVYouthWork ∙ DipSocialStudies&Leadership

Chinchilla or online

  • Youth Coaching
  • Student Tutoring (Primary & Secondary)
  • CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE

Tanya
Hordern

  • Accounts Manager

Dianne
Smith

  • Office Coordinator

Fee Structure

Individual
sessions

In-person & online

  • $90 for 1 hour (adult)
  • $75 for 1 hour (pensioner/student)
  • $70 for 45 mins (children)
  • $50 for 30 mins (children)
  • + 10% GST to all service prices

Couples &
family sessions

In-person

  • $120 for 1 hour
  • $105 for 1 hour (pensioner/HCC)
  • + 10% GST to all service prices

 Creative Arts & Art Therapy

In-office & home

NDIS and Private

  • $150 for 1 hour (individual session in-office)
  • $165 for 1 hour (Chinchilla home visit)
  • $250 for 1 hour (sibling session)
  • + 10% GST to all service prices

Professional
Supervision

In-person & online

  • $180 for 1 hour (pastoral/clinical)
  • $90 for 1 hour (student counsellor)
  • + 10% GST to all service prices

Priority
Sessions

In-person & online

  • $130 for 1 hour for:
  • NDIS
  • Workplace Wellbeing Partnership standard
  • QPS self-refer
  • WorkCover
  • My Aged Care
  • Others on request

  • + 10% GST to all service prices

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