Mental Health
We acknowledge the significant impact that mental health has on well-being and physical health. We are fortunate to have a team of clinical and resistered psychologists to offer mental health sessions.
Clinical Psychologists
Clinical psychologists provide a wide range of psychological services to individuals for mental health conditions that range from mild to severe and complex.
Clinical psychologists are trained in the assessment and diagnosis of mental illnesses and psychological problems and are qualified to provide advice in clinical and compensation areas.
Using a range of techniques and therapies, they tailor programs to treat complex clinical psychology problems requiring individually tailored treatment. All clinical psychologists undertake continual learning in areas such as prevention, diagnosis, assessment and treatment, including rehabilitation.
Registered Psychologists
Registered psychologists provide a wide range of psychological services to individuals for mental health conditions that range from mild to severe and complex. They are are trained in the assessment and diagnosis of mental illnesses and psychological problems and are qualified to provide clinical advice.
Dr Erin Kelly is a Clinical Psychologist who completed her PhD at UTAS in 2010. Erin is passionate about supporting women's mental wellbeing, and strongly believes in the proactive management of mental health. She is also trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for working with trauma. Dr Erin is suitable for moderate to complex cases. Once your referral is received, it will be triaged and suitability assessed.
Kayla Wesley is a Registered Psychologist, originally from South Africa, who earned her MSc in Health Psychology from the UK in 2020. She is deeply passionate about women’s mental health and wellbeing, with a strong focus on perinatal mental health.
Suitable cases:
- Perinatal anxiety and depression
- Challenging fertility treatment
- Birth trauma/ PTSD
- Depression
- Anxiety and Stress, including perfectionism, specific phobias and social phobias
- Managing Grief
GP Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP)
Our psychologists are offering sessions to patients referred with a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP) by their regular GP. A MHTP lets you claim psychological therapy sessions from Medicare. This means you will receive a rebate from Medicare for your consultation.
To start with, your GP will refer you for up to 6 sessions. If you need more, your regular GP can refer you for further sessions on recommendation from your psychologist or specialist GP therapist.
You may also choose not to have a MHTP and this would be a private fee.
Our clinical psychologist is able to accept private referrals without a MHTP. Full payment will be required on the day of the appointment and a receipt can be provided to claim through your private health insurer.
For GP referrers
If you require semi urgent to urgent referrals please specify on the referral or call to flag with our reception team. Every effort will be made to try and accommodate your patient. The more information you have in your referral and MHTP will help us triage.
Timely feedback will be provided if your patient is unsuitable for our service. We will contact patients to arrange appointments after triage. Please tell your patients to wait our phone call.
Please ensure you complete the following with your referral:
Mental health care plan
AND please ensure your referral includes adequate information
Offering appointments for Mental Health:
