Located in Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia.
Consulting in person and by video.

Client Groups

I focus on working with adults, by consulting with individuals and organisations.

Therapies and Areas of Interest

My areas of interest include:

• high functioning & empathic adults:
  • highly sensitive people (HSP)
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• wellbeing, growth, & fulfilment
• mindfulness, self-compassion, & self-actualisation
• executive coaching
• performance in career, university, sport, & performing arts
• health anxiety, social anxiety, performance anxiety, general anxiety, & phobias
• insomnia
• stress & burnout
• adjustment issues & life transitions
• self-esteem issues
• obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• bereavement, grief, & loss
• depression.

Approaches I use include:

• Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
• EMDR therapy
• Schema therapy
• Mindfulness-based therapies
• Compassion-focused therapies
• Positive psychology
• Interpersonal process.

I am informed by:

• interpersonal neurobiology
• psychoneuroimmunology
• attachment theory and attachment-based therapies
• trauma theory and trauma-informed therapies
• evidence-based practice: informed by research
• practice-based evidence: refined by experience.

Areas I do not work with

• It is important to find a service that is a good enough fit for your needs.
• My practice is likely not a good fit for people who present with the following:
• PTSD, complex trauma (childhood & relational trauma), psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, personality disorders, drug and alcohol use disorders, family domestic violence, intellectual disability, and suicidal or self-harming behaviours.
• If you have any current or possible legal, compensation, or insurance claims or cases, then please note the following. I suggest you consider consulting a psychologist with training and experience in these areas, as they will be a better fit for your needs. I do not provide assessment or report writing services for court, compensation cases, insurance cases, or other legal matters.
• If any of the above conditions or circumstances apply, please see the resources tab of this website for ways to find other services that are a good fit for your needs, which includes discussing with your GP.
• I am here if you have any queries.

Below is a summary of information on sessions, fees, rebates, location, and telehealth.
Further details are in my practice information sheet, linked here.

For enquiries and bookings please contact me on info@drcarldreher.com.au

Sessions

• I practice from Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia.
• In-hours appointments are offered 12:30-4:30pm weekdays (Thursday to Friday; Wednesdays are available on occasion).
• Limited out-of-hours appointments are offered weekdays 4:30-6:45pm, Saturdays 10:45am-5pm, and public holidays.
• I consult in person on Fridays and Saturdays.
• I consult by video on Thursdays (Wednesdays are available on occasion).
• My practice is a good fit for people who have the flexibility to attend by video and in person.
• From 4th November 2022 masks are no longer mandated by public health order. Masks are now optional for clients. In the interest of COVID safety, I may at times wear mask when consulting in person.
• I do not offer crisis support. Please see the Crisis Helplines tab here.

Fees

• My standard fee is $290 for a 50-minute consult, informed by Australian Psychological Society (APS) recommended rates.
• Out-of-hours appointments are $35 more.
• This gives a co-payment of $152.95 (in-hours) and $187.95 (out-of-hours) with a GP Mental Health Treatment/Care Plan or an Eating Disorder Plan.
• Informed by APS recommendations, non-attendance and late cancellation fees apply, as described in my practice information sheet.
• To avoid a fee, please give 8 or more days’ notice when cancelling/rescheduling.
• This is a private billing practice. All fees are due in full during the appointment.

Rebates

• Private health and Medicare rebates are available.
• Medicare rebates for telehealth are available by referral from your Doctor with a Mental Health Treatment/Care Plan or an Eating Disorder Plan. You can also consult your Doctor by video or phone.
• Clients with a Mental Health Treatment/Care Plan or an Eating Disorder Plan currently receive a rebate of $137.05 for a 50-minute consultation with a Clinical Psychologist.
• Private health insurance funds may provide in-person and telehealth rebates for psychology. Please clarify your plan’s coverage with your provider.
• Private health and Medicare rebates cannot both be claimed for the same appointment. Only one can be claimed for each appointment.

Location and Telehealth

Mount Hawthorn:

• On Anzac, 58 Anzac Rd, Mount Hawthorn WA 6016.
• Entry is at the rear of the building where there is also free parking.
• When driving, please enter and leave from Oxford St via the laneway next to Aubrey Rose Bridal. Click here for pictures of parking directions.

Telehealth:

• In the pandemic, I provide the flexibility of video and phone consults (telehealth).
• I offer telehealth support for professionals living in rural/remote areas.
• I use a secure, privacy compliant telehealth platform, Coviu. If we have a telehealth booking, reach me here.

COVID-19 Safe Plan for In-person Appointments

• In living with COVID-19 in community transmission in WA, we each have a responsibility to make the right decisions for our own health/wellbeing, while considering the health/wellbeing of our loved ones and the community.
• We all have people in our networks whose health is at greater risk due to COVID-19 (e.g., those who are unvaccinated, over 70, currently/recently pregnant, immunocompromised, smoking, or have certain health conditions or other risk factors, please consult your GP and also see here).
• When COVID community transmission permits, I want you to have the option of in-person appointments as much as safely possible.
• So my COVID Safe Plan aims to reduce COVID-19 exposure risk in the practice, which can otherwise stop in-person sessions.
• My COVID Safe Plan considers your health risks regarding COVID-19, behavioural approaches, and telehealth (video appointments).
• As an ethical responsibility, I support people to make effective decisions for their health and wellbeing.
• If for any reason you do not wish to wear a mask in person when government mask mandates apply, or have a known circumstance that places your health (or someone you have close contact with) at greater risk from COVID-19, then we can discuss other options (e.g., telehealth) or services.

Areas I do not work with

• It is important to find a service that is a good enough fit for your needs.
• My practice is likely not a good fit for people who present with the following:
• PTSD, complex trauma (childhood & relational trauma), psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, personality disorders, drug and alcohol use disorders, family domestic violence, intellectual disability, and suicidal or self-harming behaviours.
• If you have any current or possible legal, compensation, or insurance claims or cases, then please note the following. I suggest you consider consulting a psychologist with training and experience in these areas, as they will be a better fit for your needs. I do not provide assessment or report writing services for court, compensation cases, insurance cases, or other legal matters.
• If any of the above conditions or circumstances apply, please see the resources tab of this website for ways to find other services that are a good fit for your needs, which includes discussing with your GP.
• I am here if you have any queries.

For enquiries and bookings please contact me on info@drcarldreher.com.au

I use a secure, privacy compliant telehealth platform, Coviu. If we have a telehealth booking, you can reach me here.