holdfast clinical psychology services

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At HOLDFAST we offer a therapeutic opportunity to explore your current situation, with all its pressure points and challenges, and enable you to move forward safely.

ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOURS

CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS

OBESITY & LIFESTYLE RELATED ILLNESSES

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS (DVA)

RELATIONSHIPS

DEPRESSION

ANXIETY

WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE CLAIMS

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME (NDIS)

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)

BIPOLAR DISORDER

DEATH AND SUICIDE

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

Patrick Fleming Clinical Psychologist

Patrick Fleming

Patrick Fleming has been a Clinical Psychologist for thirty years in private practice, community health and hospital settings. He has worked in psychiatric hospitals and as a Drug & Alcohol Counsellor. He uses a broad range of cognitive behavioural, body oriented and insight-oriented techniques in therapy.

Patrick is committed to assisting the individual to establish and develop a strong foundation of personal strengths and values, a HOLDFAST, that enables the individual to move forward. Patrick incorporates a person’s spiritual or belief-based values in therapy.

Patrick is fully registered and insured, and is a member of the Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society.

Grace Fleming Practitioner and Trainer in Community Mental Health

Grace Fleming

Grace has worked as Practitioner and Trainer in community mental health since 2006. In 2018, Grace took up managing the lively and busy HOLDFAST practice, ensuring safe and secure pathways to help for all kinds of patients.

Grace sees a small number of patients herself and, from time to time, offers group therapy in an exciting, sound and inspiring small group setting.

Grace’s professional qualifications are Bachelor of Arts, Masters in Education, and a post graduate qualification in Group Psychotherapy.

Q & A

With a valid referral from you GP, you can receive the Medicare Rebate.

You will need to see your GP face to face. Your GP will assess your mental health, and lodge your Mental Health Care Plan with Medicare. The GP will then send your Referral to us. Your initial referral will usually cover you for six sessions. After that, you can see your GP for a Review for more sessions if needed.

Up to twenty sessions per year attract the Medicare Rebate.

Our current fee for a 50 minute session is $195.00. (The current fee recommended by the peak professional body Australian Psychology Society is $280.00.) With a referral from your GP, the cost of your session will be offset by the Medicare Rebate which is currently $131.65. So your out of pocket payment for a single session will be $63.35

A Clinical Psychologist has an additional post graduate qualification.

You can receive our services as a Private Patient. In this case, there is no Medicare Rebate. You can check with your health fund to see if they provide cover for psychological services.

You talk through your concerns, receive advice, support and professional guidance for moving forward.

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