Bo Tree Counselling: Your Path to Stronger Relationships & Well-being
Compassionate Counselling near Geelong for Individuals, Couples & Families.
Are you seeking expert support for your relationships or personal well-being in Geelong? At Bo Tree Counselling, we specialise in dedicated and effective relationship counselling, couples counselling, family counselling, and adult counselling right here in your local community. Whether you're navigating complex relational dynamics or aiming to strengthen your individual resilience, we're here to help you find clarity, foster connection, and cultivate lasting well-being.
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Welcome to Bo Tree Counselling
Hello, I'm Mrs. Dee Kumbukage, Principal Counsellor. My journey to becoming a counsellor is deeply rooted in a nuanced understanding of life's challenges, particularly within relationships. Having personally navigated various complexities, I bring genuine empathy and a steadfast belief that healing and growth are profoundly possible with the right support. My approach is thoughtfully grounded in principles of loving-kindness, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to helping you achieve meaningful, sustainable change.
Our Counselling Services
We provide a range of specialised services designed to support your unique needs, with a strong emphasis on relationship dynamics.
Relationship & Couples Counselling Geelong
Strengthening Your Connections: Navigating relationship struggles can be profoundly overwhelming. We offer comprehensive relationship counselling and couples counselling for all types of connections – partners, parents, siblings, and friends. Whether you're facing communication breakdowns, infidelity, emotional disconnection, or simply seeking to deepen your bond, we provide a supportive and structured environment to explore issues, rebuild trust, and foster intimacy. We understand the search for relationship counselling can be challenging, and we aim to be your trusted, expert resource.
For Couples: Our couples counselling in Geelong helps you address communication issues, feelings of disconnection, intimacy concerns, and navigate significant life transitions. We provide a structured process to foster understanding, empathy, and healthier interactions.
● Initial Session: Explore your relationship story and begin to gain immediate insights and tools.
● Individual Sessions: Each partner has a confidential space to explore personal thoughts and feelings relevant to the relationship.
● Ongoing Couples Sessions: Deepen communication, rebuild trust, develop new patterns of interaction, and find new ways to connect meaningfully.
Individual Counselling Geelong
Your Space for Personal Growth & Healing. Feeling lost, anxious, or stuck in personal challenges? Our adult counselling sessions in Geelong provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore difficulties like anxiety, low moods, burnout, grief, or individual relationship difficulties. We help you reconnect with yourself, gain clarity, and implement effective strategies, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), to shift unhelpful patterns and cultivate resilience. Improve your relationship with yourself, and often, everything else follows.
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Session Length: 50 minutes (In-person at Highton or via TeleHealth)
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Starting Out: Most clients find benefit in beginning with 2-3 sessions.
Why Choose Bo Tree Counselling?
Local & Accessible
Conveniently located in Highton, near Geelong, we offer flexible options for in-person or TeleHealth sessions, making expert relationship and individual support readily accessible for you.
Niche Focus on Relationships
Whether you're seeking couples counselling, family relationship counselling, or aiming to improve individual relational patterns, our core strength lies in fostering healthier and more fulfilling connections.
Experienced & Empathetic
Led by Mrs. Dee Kumbukage, a dedicated member of both the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), with a Master's in Counselling and diverse life experience. This ensures a truly understanding, professional, and highly qualified approach.
Transparent & Supportive Process
We guide you clearly through our counselling process, from initial sessions to ongoing support, ensuring you feel seen, heard, and empowered every step of the way.
Holistic & Tailored Support
We offer a focused range of services including individual relationship counselling, adult counselling, and specialised support for couples and families. We thoughtfully integrate effective modalities like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), tailored precisely to your unique needs.
NDIS Friendly
We warmly welcome self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants, providing gentle, personalised, and effective care.
Family Counselling Geelong
Healing & Harmonising Family Dynamics. If you're searching for family counselling or family relationship counselling in Geelong, we are here to provide expert support. Family dynamics can be incredibly complex. We offer a calm, supportive, and objective space for families to address conflict, improve communication, work through generational patterns, and foster stronger, more emotionally safe relationships. We help you explore underlying patterns, process hurtful moments, and collaboratively create new, healthier ways of relating.
● Initial Session: Understand family dynamics and collaboratively set meaningful goals
● Individual Sessions (if needed): Provide a private space for individual family members to express themselves within the broader family context.
● Ongoing Family Sessions: Build better communication, establish healthy boundaries, foster empathy, and strengthen familial bonds.
NDIS Counselling Sessions Geelong
Support for Self & Plan-Managed NDIS Participants. If you're an NDIS participant in Geelong seeking gentle, supportive, and personalised counselling, Mrs. Dee Kumbukage and Bo Tree Counselling are here for you. We offer tailored care for self-managed and plan-managed clients, available in person at Symetri in Highton or conveniently via Telehealth.
Getting Started: To understand how we can best support you, please send us your NDIS Plan and details of your specific support needs.
Accessing Our Services :
● Private Health Insurance: Please check with your individual private health fund for eligible rebates.
● Self-Referral: You can book directly with us; no formal referral is needed
● Third-Party Funded: We work with EAP (Employee Assistance Programs), WorkSafe / WorkCover, and NDIS (self-managed and plan-managed participants only).
Contact Bo Tree Counselling
53 Barrabool Rd, Highton VIC 3216 (Within Symetri - Allied Health, near Highton Village). Parking available on-site and street.