Claim Psychology Sessions with Private Health Insurance

Unfortunately, no. Your private health insurer will not provide an additional rebate if you have already claimed the session through Medicare. This means that you can only claim a psychology session once, either through Medicare or your private health insurance.

Even if your private health insurance or extras policy does not include a rebate for psychology sessions, you may still be eligible for Medicare rebated psychology sessions. To claim your Medicare rebate, you will need to ensure that you have a Medicare card, a Mental Health Treatment Plan, and a GP referral letter.

You may access psychology session rebates through private health insurance if you do not have a Mental Health Treatment Plan or are not eligible for Medicare. Whilst Medicare provides up to 10 Medicare rebated sessions per calendar year, private health insurance coverage depends on your policy. If you have completed the 10 Medicare rebated sessions and your private health insurance policy covers psychology, you may continue to access psychology rebates through your insurance.

When booking a psychology session on Talked, you must specify your private health insurer and pay the full fee. Once the psychology session is completed, you will be able to download the invoice from your dashboard. This invoice will contain all the information your private health insurer needs to process your rebate. This claim can then be submitted to your relevant health insurer's portal.

Most Australian private health insurers require psychologists to be registered with the government regulator, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. All psychologists, both clinical and general, are registered with the Psychology Board of Australia and are listed on AHPRA. Talked has made it easy to find a psychologist covered by your private health insurance by selecting the insurer via its search filters.

Talked is an Australian therapy platform, that will match you with a qualified therapist and provide you convenient, affordable and secure access to online therapy.

The therapists on Talked are qualified Australian therapists consisting of Psychologists, Counsellors, Social Workers and Psychotherapists. Every therapist is vetted and registered with a peak governing body that imposes a strict code of ethics and standards.

This depends on your therapist, but prices range between $60 - $200 per session depending on experience and qualifications.

You can decide how you would like to connect with your therapist. Many therapists on Talked offer video (telehealth), chat (text-based) and in-person sessions.

If eligible you can claim up to 10 rebated Medicare sessions per year and depending on which psychologist you see, you'll receive between $93 and $137 back.

We will process all your Medicare claims on your behalf, so you can get paid directly back to your bank account after each session.

To be eligible you must have a mental health plan and a GP referral. Learn more about Medicare.

We do not offer bulk billing psychology sessions, however, we do provide very affordable therapy starting from just $60 per session.

We work with many support coordinators and welcome you to either complete our participant referral form or you can book your participant in for a session yourself by choosing a therapist.

Yes, if you are a plan managed or self managed NDIS participant you can book a session with any number of our psychologists or counsellors. Get started with NDIS.

You may be able to claim the cost back on your private health insurance if your policy covers you for it. We work with my insurers and allow you to see therapists who are suitable for your specific health insurer.

During our matching assessment we will ask about your health insurer or you can browse our therapists.