Standard consultation appointments are 50 minutes. This includes communicating with, and providing regular reports to, your referrer if you’re under a Mental Health Care plan and continued communication at regular intervals.

For children and adolescents aged 18 years and under, the first appointment is for the child’s parent(s) or guardian(s). This ensures that there is time to thoroughly discuss concerns, take a developmental history, gain an understanding of how the family functions as a whole, and the impact the current difficulties have on the child and family. The second appointment is for the young person only and allows them to share their concerns and the factors that have played a part in developing and maintaining these concerns.

Kindly note that a medical referral is not needed to access our service and that you may be able to receive a rebate from your private health care fund for clinical psychology services. Make sure to check your eligibility for this.

Phone consultations are provided for current clients. With your consent, phone consultations may be conducted with other professionals involved in your care or the care of your child. Booked phone consultations also offer the opportunity to seek support between your face-to-face sessions.

For all phone consultations, a fee is applied after the first 10 minutes.

Sometimes assessment and treatment is best provided in an environment besides the office.

School meetings or meetings with other professionals involved with yourself or your child may also be warranted. Fees will vary depending upon the location and duration of the out of office consultation.

InnerTwist Clinical Psychology provides assessments of intellectual functioning, Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD) and for identifying learning disabilities. Below is a breakdown of what is involved in an assessment.

Service description	Service breakdown
Intellectual Ability Assessment	Initial consultation – 90 minutes Cognitive testing – 2 hours Report scoring and interpretation* -1 hour Report preparation*- 2 hours Feedback- 1hour Note: interpretation/report preparation includes scoring of other measures and inclusion of information gathered from other sources (e.g., school) that will be incorporated into the report
ADHD & Learning Disability Assessment	Initial consultation – 90 minutes Cognitive testing – 2 hours Discussion with School Formal testing of academic function – 2 hours Sensory-motor screening – 1 hour Report scoring and interpretation* -1 hour Report preparation*- 2 hours  Feedback- 1hour Note: interpretation/report preparation includes scoring of other measures and inclusion of information gathered from other sources (e.g., school) that will be incorporated into the report

Please give as much notice as possible when cancelling or rescheduling an appointment. Unfortunately, if an appointment is cancelled with less than 48 hours notice, a charge of 50% of the session cost will be incurred. Please note that Medicare does not cover this charge.

Please note that all fees are payable by cash, cheque, or credit card at the end of each appointment. If fees have been incurred between appointments, these are payable prior to, or on the day, the service takes place.