Psychology, Counselling
& Mental Health
Psychological Support
WHAT WE HELP WITH
Some of the main reasons people seek psychological support include depression, anxiety, adjustment, stress management, drug and alcohol, gambling and behavioural issues in children.
HOW WE HELP
Some of the modalities our psychologist work with include:
- EMDR
-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT)
- Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- DBT*
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST
Sessions with a Psychologist for psychological support are $170 per hour for a general psychologist and $195 for a psychologist with a clinical endorsement. A GP referral may entitle you to a Medicare rebate between $88.25 (general registration) and $129.55 (clinical endorsement).
Sessions with a Mental Health Social Worker for psychological support are $160 per hour. A GP referral may entitle you to a Medicare rebate of $77.10. We charge the recommended fee set by NDIS, Workcover, TAC and VOCAT for people referred under those systems.
REFERRALS
We accept referrals from:
- GP Mental Health Care Plans
- NDIS
- Workcover
- TAC
- VOCAT
- Self referred
Psychological Assessments
WHAT WE HELP WITH
United Minds offers a comprehensive child, adolescent and adult assessment service, including:
- Cognitive/Giftedness assessments
- Educational assessment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) assessment
- ADHD assessment
HOW LONG DO THEY TAKE
The amount of time taken to complete a full assessment varies, depending on the reason for the assessment. Usually, you will have an initial assessment, one or more assessment sessions and then a feedback session. You will be given a full feedback report at your final session.
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST
The cost of the assessment will depend on a number of factors. Our friendly intake team will discuss this further over the phone during intake. However, you can expect to pay $170 per 50-min session. In addition, there is a fee payable for the comprehensive report provided at the feedback session which varies from $500-750 (plus GST) per report. A medicare rebate may be applied in some circumstances.
REFERRALS
No referral is needed for this service
Relationship Counselling
WHAT WE CAN HELP WITH
Some of the main reasons people seek relationship counselling include:
- Improve communication
- Resolve arguments
- Develop and explore plans for the future
- Reconnect after having children
- Address betrays, trust and commitment issues
- Build strong foundations pre-marriage
- Perinatal support
- Exploring transitions into parenthood and parenting issues
- Revive intimacy, romance, appreciation and friendship
- Understand each other better
- Create rituals of connection
- Spend time together
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST
Fees starts from $110 per therapy session. There is no Medicare rebate available for this service.
DO I NEED A REFERRAL
No referral is needed for this service
Community Clinic
(opening 2022)
WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY CLINIC
Our community clinic is a low cost clinic operated by provisional psychologists who are in their 6th year of training. They are heavily supervised by registered board approved supervisors.
HOW DO YOU HELP
Our provisional psychologists can offer the same services our fully registered psychologists can offer. This includes individual psychological therapy and psychological assessments.
WHAT ARE THE FEES
This service fee is heavily reduced and offered at a low rate of $65 per 50 minute session. Psychological assessments are also offered at a reduced rate. Please note: the student assessment service is only available to people who have a concession card. The counselling service is available for all community members.
DO I NEED A REFERRAL
No referral is needed for this service. No Medicare rebate is available for this service.