WAITING TIMES
Soul Care Psychology is typically booked out about 4 – 6 months in advance.
New clients who are willing and able to wait, can make appointments go on a waiting list for appointments that are cancelled. If you are available for appointments between the hours of 10am and 3pm, often new clients can be seen within a month of initially contacting the office.
Please Note that due to the high demand of late afternoon appointments it is not possible to offer appointments to new clients who can only attend at or after the 4pm time-slot. There are no week-end appointments.
CANCELLATION FEES
48 hours notice (2 working days) is required to cancel appointments so that some one else can be offered that appointment time.
Fees for cancellation of appointments within 48 hours of the scheduled appointment time are $110, if we are unable to fill the appointment time ($50 if appointment is filled).
Fees for non-attendance of confirmed appointments without notice are $220.
REFERRALS, FEES & REBATES
Referrals are not necessary to see a psychologist, however obtaining a referral from your doctor (GP) under a Mental Health Care Plan (Item #2710) will enable you to receive $141.65 rebate from Medicare for individual therapy or a $36 rebate for group therapy per session, for up to 10 sessions each year.
Consultations are 50 – 55 minutes long.
- The APS recommended scheduled fee for Psychological Services are $311 per session (46-60 minutes) .
- Soul Care Psychology offers a significant reduction of these fees to individuals paying on the day for their consultation. Other reductions are also offered on a case by case basis.
- In general fee’s for payment on the day are $270 for the initial session, then $255 per session after that.
- Medicare offer a rebate of $141.65 when you obtain a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP (Item # 2710) – Thus, out of pocket expenses are $128.35 for the first sessions then $113.35 thereafter.
- Private Health funds offer various rebates depending on your plan (please contact your health fund directly to obtain a quote)NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) rates are $222.99 per hour. There are no out of pocket expenses for clients with NDIS funding.