Psychology in the Yarra Valley & outer east.
Finding a psychologist with availability in the hills is hard, and finding one who takes NDIS-funded therapeutic supports is harder again. Waiting lists in the outer east are long enough that people often give up before reaching the top of one.
Video sessions change that arithmetic. Psychology delivered remotely is well evidenced, it removes a forty-minute drive from both ends of an appointment, and it makes a consistent weekly or fortnightly slot realistic in a way that travel often does not.
Where in-person matters, we plan for it deliberately rather than defaulting to it. Some work is better done in a room together, and some people simply need it that way — that is a decision to make with your psychologist, not a policy.
Psychology under the NDIS is not the same thing as a Medicare mental health treatment plan, and the two can run alongside each other. If you are already seeing someone through Medicare, that does not have to stop — we would rather fit around care that is working than ask you to restart with someone new.
Therapeutic supports in a plan are usually capacity building, and they are finite. We are straight about what a given number of funded hours can realistically cover, and what is better spent on other supports.
Self-managed and plan-managed plans welcome.
Good to know
Is video therapy as effective as in person?
For most common presentations the evidence is that it works comparably well. It also removes travel, which for valley and hills residents is often the difference between attending consistently and dropping out.
Can I use NDIS funding and Medicare sessions?
They are separate systems and can be used alongside each other, though not for the same session. We can help you work out which to use when so you are not spending plan funding on something Medicare would cover.
How long is the wait?
It depends on what you need and whether you want in-person or video. We will give you a realistic timeframe on your first call rather than adding you to a list without one.
Other services in this area
Local options
Yarra Valley & Outer East — every suburb
- Healesville
- Yarra Glen
- Yarra Junction
- Warburton
- Mount Evelyn
- Seville
- Coldstream
- Wandin North
- Belgrave
- Belgrave South
- Upwey
- Tecoma
- Olinda
- Sassafras
- Monbulk
- Emerald
- Gembrook
- Cockatoo
Looking for support in Yarra Valley?
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