WELCOME

To book an appointment with a Brisbane psychologist at Child and Family Psychology you do not need a doctor's referral. Simply call or email us to inquire and book or go online if you are booking for your self. Couple of child focused sessions will start with an 80 min session so please call to book this in. For booking links, please scroll to the bottom of the page.

MEDICARE

If you do come with a doctor's referral (including a Mental Health Care Plan-MHCP) you will be eligible for the Medicare rebates for up to 10 sessions a year. The Medicare rebate is $89.65 per appointment and higher if your psychologist is a Clinical Psychologist. This rebate can be processed at the completion of your appointment using your Medicare card. To find out more about Medicare rebates go to https://www.psychology.org.au/medicare/fact_sheet/

Chronic Disease Management Plan Medicare initiative (formerly Enhance Primary Care). These provide for 5 allied health session per year. This rebate is less that the Mental Health Care Plan at $52.95 per session. However, you may access both this and  a MHCP each year. You can request your GP to create such a plan and discuss the allied health service to best use.

Alternatively, private health insurance rebates may apply, please check your provider policy for eligibility and amounts. 

There is a concession rates available on request for those in financial hardship. Please discuss this in your first session.

Clients are encouraged to register for the Medicare Safety Net, which is designed to protect high users of health services from large out of pocket expenses.

NDIS funding. If you have approved monies for counselling or psychological services or behavior support and are self managed these may also fund your sessions.  If you are self managing your plan you will need to pay for your session on the day, at the rate set by your NDIA. Please provide documentation for this.

STANDARD APPOINTMENT 
Appointments with a psychologist are for 50 minutes and charged $225 unless other arrangements have been made for hardship or other reasons. Clinical psychologists may charge more, though rebates are also higher so your out of pocket expense may be the same. Please check when you are booking.

Appointments with a counsellor are for 50 minutes and charged at $155 unless other arrangements have been made for hardship.

INITIAL APPOINTMENT FOR FAMILY CONSULTATION OR COUPLES/RELATIONSHIP
Initial appointments with a psychologist or counselor is for 80-90 minutes and this includes time allocated to filling in client details and other relevant questionnaires or providing details of your referral pathway. The cost of the initial appointment for couples, adults and children is from $315, unless otherwise arranged. 

The Child Psychologist provides professional assessments of child, adolescent and family concerns. 

Please bring your documentation from previous relevant professionals. For children this includes teacher reports and developmental records or reports from other professionals.

Parents will often attend this appointment without their child for children under the age of 5 years old. For older children where appropriate and possible, both parents/caregivers should attend.  During the initial session the psychologist often meets with the child and parents separately, though only if the child is comfortable with this.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS: These can be undertaken for children and teenagers. It involves an initial 60 minute interview, subsequent approximately 90-120 minute assessment and a 60 minute feedback session with a report. The total cost for this including, collating, scoring, interpreting and report writing ranges from $1000-$1200.00 depending on the duration of the assessment and complexity. The assessment used is the I-Pad version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-5).  Please call to enquire.

HOW TO BOOK

Simply call  Mob 0401 741 170 or BOOK ONLINE with the Halaxy link or email receptioncfp@gmail.com to book an appointment. You can also complete your details below to prompt an appointment request. Phone messages are usually returned within two working days.