Adelaide Unicare operates four low-cost multidisciplinary clinics that offer a range of primary health, allied health and mental health services. It is also a teacher and training clinic for medical, nursing, allied health and psychology postgraduate students.   Postgraduate psychology students have an opportunity to work with people with a range of health and mental health concerns across the lifespan and learn to work collaboratively with other health professionals involved in an individual’s care.  Unicare manages the activities and operations of primary health care medical practices to provide quality patient care.
In addition, we undertake undergraduate and postgraduate training of medical, nursing and allied health students who are placed at our Practices by the University of Adelaide and other tertiary education facilities, as well as facilitating research into General Practice.
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Services Offered
Counselling, psychology and mental health services are available at all of the Unicare Clinics.
Counselling is provided by Registered Psychologists who are undertaking postgraduate training in Clinical Psychology. Their practice is supervised by fully qualified Clinical Psychologists.
Fees and Payment
Where a medicare rebate is provided (such as with a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP) services will be bulk billed with no out of pocket expense.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens
Payment: Sliding Scale Pro-bono
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.