Fees and rebates
Fees
Therapy
As well as the session itself, rates include time for session preparation, notes, referrer correspondence and consultation with other third-parties as required (with clients' consent).
All rates are set significantly lower than those recommended by the Australian Psychology Society.
Adults
Clinical psychologist
Initial appointment (80 - 90 minutes): $385
Subsequent sessions (50 - 60 minutes): $280
Registered psychologist
Initial appointment (80 - 90 minutes): $365
Subsequent sessions (50 - 60 minutes): $245
Adolescents
Clinical psychologist
Initial session (80 - 90 minutes): $398
Subsequent sessions (50 - 60 minutes): $295
Registered psychologist
Initial session (80 - 90 minutes): $379
Subsequent sessions (50 - 60 minutes): $260
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
I see a limited number of NDIS participants where plans allow for a psychologist to provide therapeutic and/or functional capacity services.
NDIS session (50-60 minutes):
Fund managed: $252.99
Self-managed (adults): $280
Self-managed (children): $295
Assessments
Assessment rates vary depending on your specific needs, including whether you are being assessed for autism, ADHD or both, and whether you would like a diagnostic confirmation letter or need a comprehensive report.
Assessments involve between 6 - 10 hours of work, including a clinical interview, 2-4 hours of testing, collating, scoring and interpreting standardised measures from multiple sources, reviewing additional third-party information, letter or report-writing, and a detailed feedback session.
Approximate fees:
Autism and ADHD with comprehensive report: $2450
Autism-only with comprehensive report: $1960
ADHD-only with comprehensive report: $1695
Autism with short diagnostic confirmation letter: $1595
ADHD with short diagnostic confirmation letter: $1470
Rebates
Medicare rebates
You do not need a GP referral to see a psychologist for therapy sessions. However, your GP may provide you with a Mental Health Treatment Plan, which will entitle you to Medicare rebates for 10 individual psychology sessions and 10 group sessions per calendar year.
Medicare rebates for therapy sessions are currently $149.05 per session for a Clinical Psychologist or $101.55 per session for a Registered Psychologist (including Clinical Psychology Registrars).
If you or your child are under the age of 25, you may be entitled to a limited number of Medicare rebates for autism assessment sessions, with appropriate referrals from your GP and a paediatrician or psychiatrist.
In both instances, the full fee is payable on the day of the session and the rebate can be claimed by submitting your receipt to the Medicare or MyGov portal.
Health fund rebates
Private clients may be eligible for rebates from a private health fund. This varies from fund to fund. Please contact your private health insurer for more information.