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You Don’t Have to Be in Crisis to Go to Therapy

When people think about therapy, they often imagine someone going through a really tough time, maybe struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or...

Christmas / New Year office closure period

The Soothing Minds Plan Management team will be taking a break over Xmas and New Year. The office will close at 12.30pm on Tuesday 24 December and...

Changes to NDIS supports and plans

Changes to NDIS legislation begin on 3 October 2024. A new definition of NDIS supports is one of these changes. NDIS participants will only be able...

NDIS Amendment Bill receives Royal Assent

On the 5 September 2024, the National Disability Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 received Royal Assent. This means...

NDIS Amendment Bill receives Royal Assent

On the 5 September 2024, the National Disability Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 received Royal Assent. This means...

Annual Pricing Review and 2024-25 Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits released

The NDIS have released the Annual Pricing Review outcomes, updated 2024-25 Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, as part of this year’s Annual...

NDIA Update Payment Terms and Process

As from Monday 19th March 2024 the NDIA have changed their payment terms to all payments made. This includes agency managed, plan managed and...

Alert: new NDIS fair pricing rules

There are new rules in the NDIS Code of Conduct about price differentiation. In simple terms, if a provider charges an NDIS participant more...

NDIS Review announcement

Back in October 2022 and independent review was started by the Minister for the NDIS. The aim was to put individuals with disabilities back at the...

New Year’s Resolution

Need help with your new year’s resolution? If you haven’t made a resolution before, or you make them knowing that you’re unlikely to follow through,...

Post-pandemic mental health disorders have risen. We’re here to help.

Figures for the 20-21 reporting period (released in March 2022) by the World health Organization (WHO) indicate that mental health disorders...

Nature and Wellbeing

A study found that most people in the western world spend 90% of our time indoors. Reflecting on this we can understand how easy that is to do. We...

Recovery from Addiction

Our society is plagued by a silent killer called addiction. Addiction to substances, food, exercise, technology and relationships to name a few. It...