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For GPs and Psychiatrists
We welcome referrals for mental health occupational therapy and psychotherapy. Mental health OT can form part of care alongside general medical and psychiatric treatment or other supports. Treatment goals should be clear across the treating team.
Adult Pathways
We work with adults experiencing anxiety and panic, depression and mood disorders, trauma-related conditions including PTSD and complex PTSD (C-PTSD), dissociative disorders, adjustment difficulties, and mental health concerns alongside autism or ADHD.
Reasons for referral include mental health symptoms affecting relationships, work, study or everyday responsibilities. Your patient may also be seeking support to process distressing experiences or understand recurring emotional or relationship patterns, even when other areas of life are going well.
Child and Adolescent Pathways
We work with children and adolescents experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, sensory needs or social difficulties that affect participation at home, school or in relationships.
Reasons for referral include difficulties with emotional regulation, school participation, friendships, sleep or daily routines. We work with the young person, their parents or both to understand what is happening across different settings.
Our Approach
Occupation is central to our mental health OT practice, with psychotherapy forming an integral part of our approach. We identify where a mental health condition interrupts a person’s performance and participation in everyday activities and occupational roles. We look beyond the person and their skills to consider their environment and the supports around them.
Our senior occupational therapists have completed additional mental health training and hold Occupational Therapy Australia mental health endorsement. Individual clinicians have also completed training in additional treatment modalities, which vary across the team.
Occupational Therapy Australia’s Mental Health Capability Framework outlines OT capabilities in mental health assessment, therapeutic interventions, sensory modulation and collaborative care.
Mental Health Capability Framework · Mental health endorsement requirements
See Focussed Psychological Strategies, Psychotherapy and Counselling and EMDR for our treatment approaches.
Medicare Item Numbers
Our therapists are eligible to deliver Medicare services under the following item numbers.
Better Access to Mental Health
Focussed Psychological Strategies for eligible patients with an appropriate mental health referral. Up to 10 individual services per calendar year are shared across Better Access providers.
Individual OT items: 80125, 80130, 80135, 80140. Referral and telehealth item guidance.
Chronic Condition Management (CCM)
Occupational therapy for eligible patients with a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan and referral, addressing the effects of chronic conditions on everyday activities and participation.
OT item: 10958. Telehealth: 93000, 93013. Referral guidance.
Eating Disorder Treatment
Eating disorder psychological treatment for eligible patients with an Eating Disorder Treatment and Management Plan and referral, delivered by an appropriately credentialled clinician.
Individual OT items: 82368–82373. Telehealth: 93092, 93095, 93126, 93129. Referral guidance.
Complex Neurodevelopmental Conditions and Eligible Disabilities
OT assessment and treatment for eligible people under 25, with the required medical referral and treatment plan where applicable.
OT assessment: 82010. Treatment: 82025. Telehealth assessment: 93033, 93041. Telehealth treatment: 93036, 93044. Referral guidance.
Telehealth, Melbourne clinics and Brisbane Metro South mobile services. See Fees for current fees and rebates.
What Happens Next?
Your referral is added to our waitlist. Our team regularly reviews referrals to match you with appropriate support. We will contact you by email or phone.
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