1. No referral is required if self paying, otherwise a referral “Mental Health Care Plan” from your GP is required to access medicare rebates and bulk billing.

2. Gain a thorough understanding of your concerns and difficulties that brought you into seeking treatment.

A thorough understanding of the concerns or difficulties that a person may be experiencing will be explored together. This may take one to two sessions to get a full understanding.

To develop this understanding other information such as an assessment of emotional, personality, and intellectual functioning may be required. With a client’s and/or family consent, other information obtained from teachers, GP and other professionals involved may also be required.

3. Discussion of Recommendations

An understanding of the difficulties or concerns with a recommended course of action will be discussed with the respective client. In the case of a child, this would be discussed with their respective family. Treatment cost and duration would also be discussed.