Fees & Medicare Rebates
Online Therapy with Medicare Rebate - 50 mins
$275
($125.95 out of pocket)
50 minute Psychological Intervention via Telehealth
Attend a therapy session either online using our Telehealth platform.
Ask your GP for a Mental Health Care Plant to access the rebate.
Payment is $275 up front at your appointment and your rebate of $149.05 should arrive in your account within 1-2 business days.
Find out how to get a Medicare rebate below.
Therapy without Medicare Rebate - 50 mins
$275
50 minute Psychological Intervention via Telehealth
Attend a therapy session online using our Telehealth platform.
Depending on your private health insurance coverage, you may be able to claim part of this back from your health fund. Check with your fund directly.
No GP referral is required for this option.
Extended EMDR session - 80 mins
$390
($240.95 out of Pocket with Medicare rebate)
80 minute EMDR Intervention via Telehealth
It is generally recommend that where possible EMDR sessions are conducted over a longer session, at least 80 minutes in duration. These are currently available online via Telehealth.
If you have a Mental Health Care Plan and referral you can claim the same rebate amount as for a 50 minute session, of $149.05 for up to 10 sessions per calendar year.
Find out how to get a Medicare rebate below.
Group Sessions - 90 mins
$80 per session
90 minute group Psychological Intervention - face to face or Telehealth
If you have a Mental Health Care Plan and referral from your GP you are eligible to claim up to 10 group sessions per calendar year in addition to the 10 individual sessions.
Group sessions are held at various locations in the Inner West of Sydney, or if you live outside of Sydney you can enquire about our Telehealth groups on offer. In person groups are limited to 10 participants and Telehealth groups are limited to 7 participants.
Enquire with us today about our upcoming and future group sessions and find out more information below on accessing the Medicare rebate.
How to Claim a Medicare Rebate for psychology services
Access up to 10 individual and 10 group psychological therapy sessions per year
With a Mental Health Plan, referral letter and valid Medicare card, you will be eligible for a rebate for part of your psychology session. You can save $141.85 per session with a clinical psychologist and $96.65 per session with a general psychologist.
Medicare provides rebates for up to 10 individual and 10 group psychological therapy sessions per calendar year.
Here's how to access them:
Step 1: Book an appointment with your GP for a Mental Health Care Plan
You may need to book a longer appointment - ask the medical centre receptionist which kind of appointment is best for preparing a Mental Health Care Plan.
Step 2: At your doctors appointment
Your doctor will ask a few questions about how you have been feeling and may ask you to complete a brief questionnaire. It is best to answer honestly about the difficulties you're having.
Some GPs are more experienced with mental health issues than others. If you don't have a good experience, don't give up - seek a second opinion elsewhere!
Step 3: Ask your GP for a referral letter to provide to your psychologist.
Your psychologist requires a formal referral letter in order for you to claim a Medicare rebate for your psychology appointments - a copy of the Mental Health Care Plan is not enough alone. This is not always well understood so you may need to ask your GP to prepare a referral letter if they don't automatically do this for you.
You have the right to choose your preferred psychologist - not your GP, although they can usually suggest a few local psychologists. It helps to have found a preferred psychologist, including checking their availability, and then provide their details to your GP at the appointment.
If you have a referral letter addressed to one psychologist, but end up seeing a different psychologist - that's OK. Psychologists can accept a referral letter even if it names a different psychologist. Best practice is for you or your current psychologist to contact your GP so they are aware which psychologist you have chosen to see.
Referral letters do not expire and can be used even if it has been a while since it was prepared.
Step 4: Book a psychology appointment and send your referral letter to your psychologist beforehand
It's helpful to send your referral letter to your psychologist before your initial appointment so we can check it has all it needs to be valid - and any issues can be resolved before you visit us. You can email or fax your referral letter or ask your GP to send it directly to us.
It is your choice and totally optional whether or not you'd like to share the Mental Health Care Plan with your psychologist too.
More information about psychological services under Medicare is available at: www.psychology.org.au/for-the-public/Medicare-rebates-psychological-services/Medicare-FAQs-for-the-public
Step 5: After the 6th session with your psychologist if you need more sessions your canreturn to your GP for a new referral for 4 additional sessions
With a doctor’s referral letter, you can claim an initial 6 psychology sessions per calendar year. If, at the end of your 5th or 6th session, you feel you’d benefit from further psychology sessions, you’ll need to go back to your doctor for a review referral. Your review referral will give you access to the additional 4 rebated psychology sessions.