NDIS Psychology Services

The Heart and Mind Collective offers NDIS-funded psychological counselling and therapy for adults, adolescents and children. We accept plan-managed and self-managed NDIS clients.

At The Heart & Mind Collective, we believe that psychological treatment is critical in supporting the wellbeing of individuals with different neurotypes and those living with a disability. Our experienced, neurodiversity-affirming team of clinicians are proficient in providing counselling and an array of targeted therapeutic supports for children’s, teens and adults who are supported under the NDIS. 

The Heart and Mind Collective offers extensive therapeutic supports to help you work towards your NDIS goals and reach your future aspirations. Our NDIS psychology services can help you:

  • Manage depression and anxiety.

  • Increase confidence.

  • Increase social connectedness and improve relationships.

  • Manage emotions and anger.

  • Develop goals and interests to increase your motivation.

  • Provide a safe and nurturing space to explore what is important to you and help resolve the friction points in your life. 

  • Cognitive and functional capacity assessments.

Our team will work with you and your support system to provide the following supports:

  • We work collaboratively with your therapeutic team (e.g., paediatricians, OTs, Speech Pathologists, and other health professionals) to provide “whole-person, whole-system” support.

  • We provide holistic support by liaising with all stakeholders, including family members, other service providers and community supports (school visits, home visits), where suitable.

  • We can provide assistance with daily living by providing therapeutic support to improve functioning and quality of life.

  • Our assessment team is well-experienced providing comprehensive cognitive, developmental and capacity-based assessments. More information about our assessments can be found here.

Questions You May Have

  • Easy. You can self-refer to access NDIS psychology sessions with our team, or someone can make a referral on your behalf. Practitioners at The Heart & Mind Collective accept both plan-managed and self-managed participants. NDIS psychology services provided by The Heart & Mind Collective include counselling, assessment, writing review reports, and collaborating with your support team where required.

    A ‘service agreement’ will be provided to you at your initial session, where you have the choice to allocate the desired amount of funded hours from your NDIS plan for psychology services.

  • Self-managed and plan-managed refer to ways you can manage your NDIS funding. We have outlined the key differences below:

    Self-managed; You, or your plan nominee, chooses to be responsible for controlling your own support budget, and arranging, managing and paying for the supports that best meet your needs. You have the flexibility to choose the provider of your choice, including providers not registered with the NDIS.

    Plan Managed; You elect a plan manager who becomes responsible for paying for services, so you won’t have to worry about paying them yourself. You still have flexibility to choose the provider of your choice, including providers not registered with the NDIS. There is no extra cost to have a Plan Manager appointed as the plan management fee is completely covered by your NDIS plan under the “Improved Life Choices” budget and is added on top of your allocated funding.

  • NDIS funding may be utilised for assessment if the purpose is to determine capacity, help increase skills, independence, and community participation. NDIS funding cannot be used for the purpose of attaining a diagnosis for determining scheme eligibility. However, if the assessment was to look at cognitive and adaptive functioning or assessing the impact of disability on functioning for treatment planning and a diagnosis was discovered, than it may be a reasonable and necessary support in which NDIS funding can be utilised.

    If you are at all uncertain, it is advised to speak to your plan manager or chat with your clinician further at the initial intake session. For more information see the NDIS website: https://ourguidelines.ndis.gov.au/how-ndis-supports-work-menu/reasonable-and-necessary-supports.

  • The word neurodiversity refers to the diversity of all people, acknowledging the differences in the way people’s brains work. We are all born with a different brain. People experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways. There is no one "right" way of thinking, learning, and behaving, and differences are not viewed as deficits. Neurodiversity is the idea that differences in how the brain develops are normal.

  • Neurodiversity-affirming support is an inclusive, non-judgemental approach that embraces the uniqueness and strengths of neurodivergence. This approach supports the fact that there is no one "right" way of thinking, learning, and behaving. Differences are not viewed as deficit and the approach does not focus on “fixing impairments”. Instead, it provides people with the skills, tools and strategies to allow for improved quality of life. 

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