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    ‘It’s horrific’: Myer investigates mental health provider as counsellors claim unpaid fees

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    By Eryk Bagshaw

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    ‘It’s horrific’: Myer investigates mental health provider as counsellors claim unpaid fees

    “I’m shocked,” said mental health social worker Colleen Cahill, who claims D’Accord OAS owes her $10,000. “I’ve been running a business for 50 years, and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this. For some people, this really matters; they’ve got kids and a mortgage to pay.”

    D’Accord OAS provides counselling services to victims of violent and traumatic incidents on behalf of corporations, local councils and medical centres across the country as part of the booming $400 million employee assistance industry.

    Cahill said the company was traumatising its own counsellors.

    “It’s horrific,” she said. “You aren’t getting paid, then you have to go begging for money, and then you are ignored.”

    The comments echo those of 23 other D’Accord counsellors spoken to by this masthead across Australia, including Ursula Adams, Audra Glavas and Tresna Lammonby from Queensland, Victoria and WA.

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