Do you feel like you are drowning in your emotions and need a helping hand?
Holistic psychotherapy & counselling for individuals, available from the comfort of your own home via Telehealth videocalls.
About Logismoi Therapy
The Approach
Br Jerome believes in taking a holistic approach to therapy, treating the whole person within a biopsychosocial spiritual model. He uses evidence-based techniques and works collaboratively with clients to help them achieve their goals. For Christians many of us experience fragmentation and a disconnect between our emotional and spiritual lives. The key to living a full life in Christ in the freedom of the Holy Spirit, is to integrate our emotions and spiritual life as a unified whole, so this is an essential part of Br Jerome's unique therapeutic approach.
Acknowledge, Process, Integrate & Heal
Many of us struggle with being overwhlemed by our emotions, patterns of behaviour, or triggers that affect our relationships. Most of the time we try to suppress them or self sooth with unhealthy coping strategies - but this only ignores the issues and so they will continue to affect us consciously and unconsciously.
You are not alone, it's ok to ask for help
Struggling with the burden of sexual addiction?
Many people of all ages & genders find themselves stuck, struggling, and feeling alone in the bondage of sexual addicition. This can be through pornography, sexting or in acting out via hookup culture. Resulting in the cycle of guilt, shame, loneliness, isolation, emptiness and starving for intimacy.
But there is hope!
"... where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, we are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit."
2 Corinthians 3:17-18
Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach out if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Counselling sessions are online, and available for anyone anywhere in Australia from the comfort of their own home!
- Being based in Perth, WA may be useful for people in other parts of Australia who struggle with fitting in counselling appointments during usual business hours/school hours. This means that having sessions with Br Jerome who is in WA can be a simple and flexible solution
- Online appointments save time on travel and is ideal for people with busy schedules
International clients from Asia, Europe or Africa (excluding Canada & USA**) are also very welcome
- Br Jerome is based in Perth, Western Australia (GMT+8 time zone) which is the same time zone as as Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong & Philippines.
- Br Jerome is only able to provide support to people who speak fluent English. He is able to speak a little bit of basic Croatian but this is not adequate enough to provide professional services
- Please be aware that personality and communication styles vary widely across different cultures, and so Br Jerome as an Australian may not necessarily be the best person to support you. But the choice is always yours!
*Unfortunately due to legal reasons, Br Jerome cannot accept clients residing in Canada or the USA as they are not covered by his Professional Indemnity Insurance Policy.*
The fee for a therapy session at Logismoi Therapy is $90 (AUD) per 60 minute session for clients paying directly out of their pocket.
- Invoices are sent via email from Halaxy and include a link for online payments
- Invoices paid via online payment processing will incur a process fee for card payments
- To avoid this, clients in Australia may ask to pay via bank transfer instead, however this payment will be required in full when booking the appointment. This can be discussed via email
- BPAY & PayPal are not available as payment options for those in Australia
- Paypal may be an option for international clients. This can be discussed on a case by case basis
If you are on NDIS and have funding for Therapy Supports, then this can be used to fund the sessions.
- These are charged at $140 (AUD) per session
- The cost is higher than private funded clients due to the additional administration requirements & documentation for NDIS, report writing requirements, and also having an NDIS screening check (along with NDIS induction modules and online training)
- As a small business Sole Trader, Logismoi Therapy is not a Registered NDIS Provider, so NDIS funding can only be invoiced to plan-managed or self-managed participants
- The line item number & description for ACA Registered Counsellors under the NDIS Pricing guide is: 15_043_0128_1_3 (Assessment Recommendation Therapy or Training - Counsellor)
GST is not included or charged due to Logismoi Therapy operating as a small business Sole Trader. No rebates for Medicare or Private Health Insurance are currently available.
- Logismoi Therapy is the name Br Jerome has chosen for his framework and approach to understanding the integration of Counselling, Psychotherapy & Christian Spirituality
- His approach is based on his personal lived experience, professional studies and training, insights from providing Spiritual Direction and also his life as a Private Catholic Hermit
- Logismoi is a Greek term for our overwhelming intrusive thoughts that often attack us and overwhelm us so much they control how we feel. This comes from the early monastic tradition of the Desert Fathers as taught by Evagrius, St John Cassian & St Maximus the Confessor.
- Traditionally our emotions (passions) need to be balanced out by the virtues. This is the basis of the teaching of the 7 Deadly Sins and counterbalancing them with opposing virtues. The state of being when the passions no longer control and overwhelm us is called Apatheia - the peaceful state of “purity of Heart” as translated by St John Cassian
- The goal of Apatheia is not to be indifferent and emotionally absent, but rather to integrate your emotional life so that it is so balanced and rightly ordered, that you are not controlled or overpowered by individual emotions - aka what we commonly call as being “triggered” and emotional dysregulation
- We experience Logismoi as thoughts and so we often think they are purely in our mind, separated and divorced from our body. But we know that our thoughts impact our body through feelings, sensations and even our body language
- Modern neuroscience teaches us that the “mind” is not confined to just our brain, but rather our mind and consciousness is part of our whole body - this is called Embodied Cognition
- Embodied Cognition fits in with the anthropology of St Thomas Aquinas’ doctrine of humans being Ensouled Bodies & Embodied Souls. This is an authentic holistic Christian & Catholic anthropology compared to the Cartesian dualism that most of us are taught by society
- Much of modern psychotherapy incorporates “mindfulness” from the Buddhist tradition, but this is based on an anthropology incompatible with Christianity. So rather than throw out the baby with the bath water, we can still utilise the evidence based mindfulness approaches but integrate it with the Christian framework of “recollection, awareness, vigilance - watchfulness/nepsis”. This is a biblical and historical Christian approach that is still comparable within a modern therapeutic framework
- Practising vigilance over our logismoi is similar to the modern mindfulness nonjudgmental approach to thoughts/feelings. Rather than suppressing and ignoring feelings - we need to recognise them, validate them, discern what they are teaching us - and then process them in a healthy and meaningful way. We can find this approach within the virtues based approach of the monastic spiritual tradition developed by the Desert Fathers & Mothers
- Australian Nationally Recognised Diploma in Counselling through AIFC
- Completed a General Model for Christian Counselling through AIFC
- Level 1 Registered Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
- Member of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association (CPA)
- Certificate in Spiritual Formation through Avila Institute
- He is neurodiverse, has lived experience of mental health & chronic health conditions
- Diploma of Modern Applied Psychology with Achology
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Practioner Training (CBT Practitioner) with Achology
- Trauma-Informed Certificate for Coaches through The Centre for Healing
- Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Assault e-Learning Module through Sexual Assualt Resource Centre (SARC)
- Spirituality in Health & Palliative Care (4 Modules) e-Learning through Launch Online for SA Gov Health
- Mandatory Reporter Training through WA Department of Communities
- Worked as a Spiritual Coach for an Independant Catholic NDIS Provider and tailored a Weekend Retreat for the NDIS Participants helping them to understand their Rights under the NDIS and their human dignity through friendship with Jesus and others
- 5 Years Work Experience in the NDIS as an Employment Mentor, and Community Support Worker providing Psychosocial Support
- Case Management Experience in JobActive & DES providing employment readiness workshops, and utilising Motivational Interviewing techniques
- Br Jerome is a Nationally recognised Trained, Qualified, Registered & Professional Counsellor
- His Diploma with AIFC is Nationally recognised throughout Australia
- AIFC trains their students according to the National Standards documented in the Code of Ethics of the Christian Counsellors Association of Australia (CCAA)
- As a Level 1 Member Registered Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), Br Jerome must abide by their Scope of Conduct as well as their Code of Ethics & Practice
- Registered Counselllors in Australia must also undergo a set amount of Professional Supervision per year, as well as ongoing training & education requirements in order to remain Registered
The duration of therapy sessions at Logismoi Therapy is typically 60 minutes for individual therapy. Sessions are held online via video Telehealth through Google Meet. Frequency of sessions varies from Fortnightly to Monthly, depending on the needs of the client.
Moments of Growth: A Visual Journey Through Logismoi Therapy
Contact
Logismoi Therapy
Perth (Queens Park), WA, Australia
Hours & Availability
Appointments available on request during weekdays from 8am - 11pm
Perth, WA Time (+8GMT)
This is not a crisis support or urgent mental health service. If you need immediate help please call
- Lifeline 13 11 14
- Beyond Blue 1300 22 46 36
- Emergency Mental Health Line WA 1300 555 788
Logismoi Therapy
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