What a session costs
Fees are the question people most often want answered before they pick up the phone, and the one most practice websites avoid. Here is the plain version.
Read moreWhat a session costs, how the Medicare rebate works, which therapies have actually been tested, and what happens the first time you walk in. The questions people ask before they make an appointment, answered without the hedging.
The short version. A standard consultation is between $260 and $290 before any rebate. With a Mental Health Treatment Plan from your GP, Medicare covers up to ten sessions a calendar year and most people are between about $130 and $170 out of pocket each time. You do not need a referral to book — it only affects the rebate. Everyone who practises here is registered or accredited, and works from therapies that have been tested.
Fees are the question people most often want answered before they pick up the phone, and the one most practice websites avoid. Here is the plain version.
Read moreMost people who come here do so with a Mental Health Treatment Plan. It is a straightforward process, but almost nobody explains it before you are in the middle of it.
Read moreA great deal is offered under the heading of therapy. Some of it has been tested against what it is sold for. Some of it has not. That distinction is worth understanding before you start.
Read moreMost of the nervousness about a first appointment is about the logistics rather than the therapy. So here are the logistics.
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