Samantha is an experienced and highly qualified clinical psychologist. She uses CBT, EMDR and other evidence-based strategies with clients and has high level of empathy and clinical competence. 

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Samantha has held roles as Senior Clinician in Whole Family Team, Medicare Local and Headspace. She has specialist experience in working with adolescents and young adults as well as adults experiencing complex trauma. She has also led and mentored  substance misuse programs and supervisors professional working in mental health services.

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As a fully registered clinical psychologist (provider no: ) Samantha engages in professional development and attends regular individual and group supervision. She is a member of .....

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Referral Pathways and Details

Samatha James accepts a wide range of referrals including under Better Access, Victim Services and under the NDIS. We are not a bulk billing service however we do provide concession rates to clients struggling with financial hardships.

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Under Better Access, eligible patients can receive Medicare rebates for up to 10 individual counselling sessions in a calendar year and 10 group sessions in a calendar year. Under ATAPS, eligible patients can receive Medicare rebates for up to 12 individual counselling sessions in a calendar year and 12 group therapy sessions in a calendar year.

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Making a Referral

We request that referral letters by GP’s and other health care providers be accompanied by a Mental Health Care Plan.

We accept referrals by hand delivery from patients, email, fax.

 

Being a busy practice, waitlists can fluctuate and clients often have limited days that they can to attend, financial constraints combined with specific clinical needs which our intake team assess.  Should you send a referral that we are unable to assist with or in suitable timeframe we will inform you.

 

When you refer to us, we will write to you after your client is seen at the initial session and after key review points. Client progress is monitored using a range of assessment tools as required including the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS 21). When we have concerns for a client’s safety we will contact you and work consultatively to help create a care plan for the client.

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Samantha is available to come and meet with you or your Practice Manager to help facilitate a smoother referral process, as a meet and greet or to provide training in mental health areas of interest.

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Waitlists and Client Contact

Please note if you make a referral to us, we will wait for the client to contact us directly before initiating contact. This is due to privacy reasons, not all clients wish to activate their referrals and we want to respect privacy by checking we have appropriate contact details. (Many clients are more sensitive about people knowing they are seeing a psychologist as compared to a doctor).

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Once we receive contact from your client we will inform them if Samantha is available or a provide a rough indication of waitlist timeframes. If offered to go on the waitlist clients may need to ‘opt-in’ and complete intake paperwork before securing a place.

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