You are able to see a Psychologist at Thriving Minds Therapy privately, without a referral.

If you have private health insurance, you may be able to claim a rebate depending on the level of cover you hold.

A Mental Health Care Plan can be obtained from your GP to help cover the cost of therapy. A Mental Health Care Plan enables you to access up to 10 Individual sessions per calendar year. Often your GP will provide a referral for an initial six sessions. Following the six sessions, a review will be undertaken and another four sessions may be available.

With a Mental Health Care Plan referral, you will be able to claim a rebate of up to $96.65 back from Medicare which will reduce the out-of-pocket costs.

Please note, it is your responsibility to ensure you have a valid referral. Your referral should include:

• A signed and dated letter

• Patient’s symptoms/diagnosis

• Number of treatment services

• Statement about whether the patient has a GPMHTP, shared plan, or a Psychiatrist assessment and management plan.

For more information, check out the information guide.

Our team are able to provide services to individuals who have NDIS funding and are either self-managed or plan-managed. Unfortunately, we are not NDIS registered so unable to provide services for agency-managed plans.