Please be aware that Counselling or Psychotherapy Treatments are not a substitute for professional medical care by a qualified doctor or other health care professional. Always check with your doctor if you have any concerns about your condition or treatment. Clients are responsible for assessing the outcome of their treatment.
Please note that talking therapies are not intended to replace allopathic and conventional medical treatment and care. Nor are they intended to replace formal diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical practitioner. Talking therapies may give information or guidance that could bring about positive change and such information or guidance is given for the client to consider. Although the therapist will be supportive and helpful as possible in all decision making and change processes, any resulting choices and changes made by the client do remain the personal and legal responsibility of the client.
Thank you!

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Important note

The  Implementation of the National Code of Conduct for health care workers (National Code) in Western Australia has progressed another step closer, with the passing of the Health and Disability Services (Complaints) Amendment Act 2022 by the Western Australian Parliament on 28 October 2022.

HaDSCO ( https://www.hadsco.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Who-We-Are) will have the responsibility to implement the National Code of Conduct for health care workers through receiving complaints, undertaking investigations and issuing Prohibition Orders when necessary, with implementation expected to occur by early 2023.

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The National Code will apply to individuals providing a health service who are not otherwise included in the 16 health professions that are currently regulated by the National Registration Accreditation Scheme (NRAS), or who provide services unrelated to their registration.

This can include counsellors, dieticians, doulas, kinesiologists, massage therapists, naturopaths, nutritionists, psychotherapists, reiki practitioners, social workers, speech pathologists and other allied, alternative and community health services.

The National Code was agreed by the former Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Health Council and contains 17 clauses as standards of conduct that such types of health care workers will be required to comply with.

Therefore, Belmont and Byford Counselling will undertake compliance with these standards (where and when applicable) and will:

• Provide services in a safe and ethical manner, including not providing health care of a type outside of their experience or training or services they are not qualified to provide

• Not make claims to cure certain illnesses

• Not financially exploit clients

• Not engage in sexual misconduct or improper personal relationships with a client

• Be covered by appropriate professional indemnity insurance, and

• Display the code clauses and information about how to make a complaint.

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