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Treating counsellor reports

A counsellor must prepare one of the following reports in support of an application for an award of financial assisstance for counselling expenses:

Initial Report – Up to Five Hours of Counselling

(Form 1, Practice Direction 1/2008)

A report in this format is required when a counsellor has provided up to five hours of counselling, and the applicant does not seek an award for further counselling.

Initial Report – More than Five Hours of Counselling 

(Form 2, Practice Direction 1/2008)

A report in this format is required where the applicant seeks an award for more than 5 hours of counselling.

Subsequent Report – Additional Hours of Counselling 

(Form 3, Practice Direction 1/2008)

A report in this format is required when an applicant requests further counselling beyond that previously awarded by the Tribunal (that is, after an initial application for counselling expenses has already been approved).

 

All reports must be accompanied by:

• an Application for Counselling form signed by the applicant (Form 4, Practice Direction 1/2008); and
• if a fee is claimed for the report, a completed Counselling and Report Fee Invoice for that report (Form 5, Practice Direction 1/2008); and
• if a fee is claimed for the counselling sessions already provided, a completed Counselling and Report Fee Invoice for that counselling (Form 5, Practice Direction 1/2008).