Vision Psychology at Wishart is one of Australia’s largest psychology clinics.
We are open 7 days a week and 12 hours most weekdays. Our award-winning business is resourced by around 40 psychologists, mental health accredited social workers, counsellors, and occasionally psychiatrists to provide mental health and counselling services on the southside of Brisbane. We also serviced the Gold Coast with our second clinic M1 Psychology at Loganholme, which opened in late 2014.
Vision Psychology is a family owned and run business and was founded by Vivian Jarrett in 2010. We pride ourselves on working hard to support our mental health services, by helping to make psychology services more accessible to Australians from all walks of life.
Our availability, staffing, diversity and variety of services is designed to help suit most counselling and psychology needs in the community. We seek to diversify and attract talent from far and wide.
We are able to accommodate very large numbers of referrals, with most general referrals usually placed either on the day or within 72 hours.
Our after hours appointments work well for our workforce, as well as clients, and at times we are open from 8am to 8pm. Being open Sundays as well as Saturdays has been fantastic for our clients to access care over a weekend.
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Services Offered
Vision Psychology provides a wide range of counselling and related services, including: -Counselling and therapy for adults and older adults, children and teenagers, couples and families. -Home Visit services depending on location and availability of staff. -Bulk billing for concession card holders. -Free emotional health check ups. -Workcover and accident recovery. -EAP and organisational services. -Telehealth counselling. -Nutritionist services.
A wealth of information is available on our websites, which contain hundreds of self-help pages written by our clinical team. Some pages have been read over 25,000 times by the world at large, some services use our articles to enhance their clients’ recovery. We aim to help our community, our country and our world to learn about mental health.
The range of therapies and mental health conditions treated is extensive. Our psychologists have expertise across a wide range of issues, clinical, organisational, child and youth, couples and family therapy, and specific mental health disorders
Fees and Payment
We do offer bulk billing, but,each clinician sets rule around who is able to access bulk billing. As a general rule you will need to share about your financial situation with our admin staff.Â
If your situation is not suited to discussing with staff, please book a free emotional health check up, over the phone or face to face. Our designated psychologists doing check ups are in the best position to recommend a suitable reduced rate service.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
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.