Conditions We Treat
- Mood Disorders- Including depression and Bipolar
- Anxiety Disorders – Including Generalised Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Health Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD), Panic and Phobias
- Adjustment to Change – Separation and Divorce; Grief and Loss; Role Changes: parenting, career change, return to work, carer, transition to retirement
- Perinatal Psychology – Perinatal Depression and Anxiety; Traumatic birth experience, Miscarriage and Loss, Increased stress; Low parenting confidence, General parenting concerns, Difficulty Adjusting to Parenthood
- Comprehensive Third Party and Workers Compensation
- Trauma and PTSD
- ADHD
- Stress Management and Burn out
Psychology Session
Duration: 50 minutes
Cost: $210 per session
Clients with a Mental Health Care Plan pay $210 upfront and receive a Medicare rebate of $96.65 from Medicare. On the date of your appointment, sessions need to be paid in full ($210). The $96.65 rebate will then be refunded into your nominated bank account by Medicare. Please ensure your bank account details are correct on your Medicare portal as Peak Elevation Psychology is not liable for incorrect transactions.
After hours and weekend appointments
When booking an appointment after 5pm (Evening) or weekends (Saturday) an additional $20 Administration Fee is charged.
Medicare Rebates
Under the Medicare ‘Better Access to Mental Health’ scheme, clients with a diagnosable mental health condition can obtain a rebate of $93.35 for each session with a Registered Psychologist.
This rebate is for up to 10 therapy sessions in each calendar year. To be eligible to receive the rebate you must visit your GP, Psychiatrist or Paediatrician and obtain a referral for psychological services under a Mental Health Care Plan as part of your overall treatment plan.
For your convenience, therapists at Peak Elevation Psychology are able to provide immediate Medicare rebate claims at the time of your appointment. Alternatively, you will be provided with a receipt to use with your smart phone MyGov app, or to take to Medicare.
Further information about the Better Access to Mental Health Scheme can be found on the APS website
http://www.psychology.org.au/medicare/fact_sheet/
And on the Department of Health website
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/mental-ba-fact-pat
PRIVATE HEALTH FUNDS If you are not eligible for Medicare rebates, you may be able to claim from your Private Health Fund with the right level of cover (e.g., BUPA, Medibank Private, NRMA, NIB, etc.).
Private Health Funds
You may also choose to attend privately without a referral or Mental Health Plan. In this case, most private health funds provide rebates for psychological services depending upon your level of cover. Please check with your Health Fund about cover for psychology prior to your appointment.
Private fee-paying
You can also choose to attend privately without a referral or Mental Health Plan and pay the full fee.
Worker’s Compensation and Motor Vehicle CTP Insurance
If you have a claim number and prior approval from your insurer your fees will be covered by your insurer. Please contact us to discuss your needs.
At Peak Elevation Psychology:
We provide psychological therapy for adolescents and adults.
We DO NOT offer bulk billing services
We DO offer low-cost therapy, including under PTS (formerly ATAPS)
We DO offer afterhours sessions
Peak Elevation Psychology is unable to provide bulk billing. Our fees are below APS recommended rates.
A reduced fee for service is at the discretion of the therapist but is rarely available due to the demand for our services.
Cancellation fee will be applicable for no show or late cancellations.
NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the current way of providing support for Australians with disability, their families and carers.
At Peak Elevation Psychology, we are able to see NDIS participants who are self-managing their plan, or are using a plan-management organisation to handle their funding. We do not work through the NDIS portal, and encourage all NDIS participants to self-manage or plan-manage the therapy portion of their funding to retain the ability to choose their own practitioner.
Peak Elevation Psychology follows the NDIS Price Guide fee of $214.41 per hour for psychological services. There will be no out of pocket costs for NDIS participants who utilise their plan and allocated funding.
Additional fees are payable for reports, support letter, emailed session overviews, liaising with the participants’ support network, stakeholder meetings and other correspondence that is classified as supporting the participant and/or involving their care and safety. These additional fees account for the out of hours overtime required. Please provide your psychologist with as much notice as possible o complete your request, with a minimum of 2-4 weeks’ notice.
