No. Only a medical doctor (psychiatrist or paediatrician) can prescribe medication for ADHD.   If appropriate, you will receive a diagnosis of ADHD at the end of the psychologist assessment however further medical valuation is required before getting access to a prescription for medication. This further assessment varies depending on your age.   For individuals under the age of 16, Paediatricians often value multi-disciplinary input into assessments so you can share the comprehensive assessment report created by the psychologist and they may then be able to prescribe the medication after appropriate medical testing.   For individuals 16 and over, you will need to see a psychiatrist who will often want to complete their own comprehensive assessment before providing a diagnosis and prescription for medication.   Paediatricians and Psychiatrists may require further information from the client after they have had an assessment with a psychologist. This can depend on the detail in the psychologist assessment process and the information that is provided in the psychologist report. This will also varies depending on the medical specialist, and in their individual medical opinion when they take further medical history from the client. Paediatricians and Psychiatrists will incur additional fees that are independently set by the independent medical professionals. Clients are to inquire with medical specialists directly.   For this reason, if you are over the age of 16 and think you may be interested in medication, we recommend that you book in with your GP to get a referral to see a psychiatrist, rather than having an assessment by a psychologist.   A psychiatrist may not always provide you with a copy of a comprehensive detailed report that outlines the results from your measures and explains how they drew their conclusions to confirm a specific diagnosis - all of which can be important for insight; identity; confidence and trust that the health practitioner has understood your experiences as you have relayed to them; considered other diagnostic possibilities: and for understanding, adapting to, and acceptance of a diagnosis.   If you are wanting a more detailed neurodiversity assessment and detailed report, with the aim of gaining further insight and understanding of any neurodivergent profile then seeing a psychologist who has experience and extensive training in this area recommended. In this instance, your Psychologist can also support you therapeutically post the assessment process, help you navigate initiating contact with a psychiatrist to discuss medication options, in applying for occupation or educational accommodations, and in providing further information on where to seek supports. After finishing these assessment processes, your Psychologist charges her standard consultation fees for additional services and ongoing support.

Initial information sessions are typically conducted via telehealth and are scheduled depending on clinician availability. There may be a waitlist for this initial information session, so please contact us to find out if there is a current waiting period. By being on the waiting list, you will also be notified should there be a cancellation. Initial information sessions are booked through the intake team at Melbourne Psychology & Counselling. Any subsequent sessions in the assessment will be booked directly with the Psychologist.

The full assessment fee must be paid prior to the assessment sessions. Payment plans are not available. Each assessment is tailored to the individual and depends on factors such as the purpose of the assessment, the age of the individual and personal circumstances. Packages are therefore not available at this time, and assessment fees are instead charged at an hourly rate. An estimated cost for each type of assessment is included in the section above labelled Assessment Fees. These costs are estimates only but are all inclusive (i.e. initial assessment session, report writing and feedback session). This also includes time for scoring of measures, reports writing and assessment material costs.

Unfortunately Medicare rebates are not available for psychological assessments. If you have Private Health insurance, it may be worth contacting your provider to see if you are eligible for any rebates for psychological assessments. We recommend that you contact your private health insurer before going ahead with the assessment process, as clients are required to pay for the assessment process upfront.

This depends on a variety of factors such as your plan type and specific goals. It would be best to discuss this option with your support coordinator or plan manager. If you are able to use your NDIS funds to pay for the assessment, we would ask you to either seek pre-approval from the plan manager, or to seek reimbursement after the assessment. Clients that are interested to claim for their assessment through NDIS will need to speak with Angela directly at the Information Session. Clients are required to pay the full fee upfront, and seek reimbursement directly from their plan manager. NDIS agreements need to be signed and returned before any receipts will be coded under NDIS items.

You are required to pay the full fee for the Information Assessment at the time of booking. There is no refund for non-attended appointments, but we may be able to reschedule your Information Session with 2-business days notice.