How we help children & teenagers
We provide thoughtful, individualised care across areas including:
If you’re worried about your child, that’s reason enough to reach out — we’ll help you work out the right next step.
Children aren’t small adults, and their care shouldn’t be either
We create a safe, encouraging space where your child feels respected and at ease, and we use approaches suited to their age and stage.
Where it’s helpful, we collaborate with the other professionals in your child’s world — GPs, paediatricians, teachers and allied health — so support joins up around them.
Helping your child feel ready
Children and teenagers do best when the first visit feels safe and low-pressure — and a little preparation goes a long way. You know your child best, so keep it simple and honest: let them know they’re going to meet someone whose job is to help kids with worries and big feelings, and that they won’t be in any trouble.
For younger children, framing it as “a feelings doctor” or someone to “talk and play with” often works well. For teenagers, it can help to reassure them that what they share is private, and that they’re in the driver’s seat. There’s no need to rehearse anything — our psychologists are used to helping children settle in and warm up at their own pace.
Working alongside parents, schools and other professionals
Children don’t exist in isolation, and their care shouldn’t either. With your consent, your psychologist can work alongside the important people in your child’s life — parents and carers, and where helpful, teachers, GPs, paediatricians and other providers — so that support is joined up rather than piecemeal.
You’ll be kept appropriately involved throughout, with the level of feedback tailored to your child’s age and what they’re comfortable with. Our goal is always the same: practical strategies your child and your family can actually use at home and at school.
One thing we like to be upfront about: this kind of collaboration is skilled clinical work, and much of it happens outside your child’s appointment. Your consultation fee covers the time we spend with your child and family in the session, and a standard review letter back to your referring GP is part of the usual Medicare process. Going further than that — case conferences or consultations with a school, paediatrician or other provider, written reports, psychometric testing, or reviewing documents outside of session time — is charged as its own service and needs the appropriate consent forms in place first. This work is billed at our standard 50-minute session rate, pro-rata (plus GST), so you only pay for the time it actually takes — and we’ll always confirm any cost with you before anything goes ahead.
Straightforward to begin — and more affordable than many expect
Getting support for your child is easier than you might think — and no referral is required.
There’s no referral needed to start. You can book online in a couple of minutes or send an enquiry, and our team will help you find the right appointment and psychologist for what you’re facing.
Many people are eligible for a Medicare rebate when their GP provides a Mental Health Care Plan, which lowers the out-of-pocket cost of each session. Rebate amounts differ for a Psychologist and a Clinical Psychologist — you’ll find current fees and rebates on our Fees & Rebates page. If you hold private health extras cover, you may be able to claim through that instead (you can’t claim both for the same session).
We see clients in person at our Bundall clinic — Upton Professional Suites, Level 1, 105 Upton Street — just minutes from Surfers Paradise, Southport, Broadbeach and Benowa, with easy parking on site. Prefer to meet from home? We also offer secure telehealth appointments right across Australia.
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