Psychological Services and Fees
We offer supportive psychotherapy and interpersonal psychotherapy at the Chelsea Professional Centre in Stirling Highway, Nedlands, Western Australia. In a comfortable and private environment, clients are encouraged to explore how their difficulties obstruct their progress towards a more authentic, calm and balanced existence. After work in therapy sessions, and in the time between sessions, clients learn to develop a spacious and powerful way of living. To make an appointment, click here for contact details.
Consultations
- A 55-minute consultation with Jennifer Wright, a Clinical Psychologist, is $190 (the Australian Psychological Society recommends a fee of $218 for standard consultations).
- Consultations with Clinical Psychologist Janelle Stanbury are $190. Registered psychologists Jane Hindley, Mercedes Ascensio and Steve Tandy charge $170. Read more about them.
- A fee is charged for missed appointments or cancellations made within 24 hours of an appointment.
- Psychological consultations are GST-free.
- Rebates for psychological treatment are available through Medicare, with an appropriate GP referral, or you can claim through some private health funds, depending on your level of cover. Please contact your health fund for rebate rates.
- Payment can be made by cash, cheque, Visa, Mastercard, Eftpos or through PayPal on the home page.
Email therapy
Email therapy is offered to provide you with online strategies and support and can be used in conjunction with or an alternative to face-to-face therapy. People in an email or on-line relationship with a Clinical Psychologist or Psychologist do not receive rebates from Medicare or private health funds. Call or email me if you would like to learn more about Email Therapy. Click here for my contact details.
Employee Assistance Programme
Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a work-based intervention designed to enhance the emotional, mental and general psychological well-being of employees and immediate family members. EAP provides proactive interventions for the early detection and resolution of work and personal issues that may adversely affect performance and well-being. We provide professional and confidential counselling to help employees resolve problems related to relationships, health, trauma, substance abuse, gambling and other addictions, financial problems, depression, anxiety disorders, psychiatric disorders, communication problems, legal problems and adjustment issues. Businesses can find out more from Jane Hindley on 0402 531 306 or janepat@iinet.net.au.
Confidentiality
I collect and carefully record personal information as part of the treatment process. In certain circumstances, a court might subpoena client information. In such cases, I may release the information where failure to do so would place a client or another person at serious and imminent risk, or where a client has given me prior approval to provide a written or verbal report.
Concerns
Psychological services are bound by the legal requirements of the National Privacy Principles from the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000. The National Privacy Principles describe your rights and how your information should be handled. Please contact me if you have concerns about the management of your personal information. If you wish to lodge a complaint about the use of, or access to, your personal information, contact the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner on 1300 363 992, or write to GPO Box 5218, Sydney, NSW 2001.