No, you do not need a GP referral or Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP) to book an appointment. However, if you would like to claim Medicare rebates, you must have a GP referral and an MHCP dated on or before your initial appointment.
Yes, with a valid referral and Mental Health Care Plan from your GP, you can receive a Medicare rebate of $145.25 per session. A maximum of 10 sessions can be claimed within a calendar year.
Book a long consultation with your GP and request both a Referral Letter and a Mental Health Care Plan. You can either email these documents to us before your appointment or bring them with you to your initial session.
After six sessions, you will need to return to your GP for an MHCP review to request an additional four Medicare-rebated sessions.
After booking an appointment, we will send you documents (consents, intake form, payment details) to complete online before your initial session. During your initial session, we will take the time to deeply understand the emotional challenges that have brought you here, how they operate, and what can be done in therapy to change things for the better. This session also provides an opportunity for you to get a sense of how Merav works and decide if this is the right fit for you. After that, we will aim to schedule a regular weekly or fortnightly time slot that will be yours until you feel that your goals have been achieved.