When you're ready, I'm here.

No. You can book directly at any time. A GP referral and Mental Health Care Plan are only needed if you'd like to claim the Medicare rebate. If you think you would like one, it is worth seeing your GP before your first session, since the rebate cannot be applied to sessions you have already had.

Mostly, we talk. I'll ask what's brought you along and what you'd like to be different, and you can bring any questions you have about our work together. There's no pressure to cover everything in one hour, and nothing happens before you understand it and agree to it.

Providing evidence based treatment goes hand in hand with having a way to see how you are going, so assessment forms are almost always part of a first session, and come up again at points along the way. We will also go through the finer details together, including privacy and confidentiality.

Telehealth sessions are real therapy, not a lesser version of it. Research supports psychological therapy delivered by video, including EMDR, and Medicare rebates apply in the same way. All you need is a private space and a stable connection, with headphones if you'd like extra privacy. A sleeping baby nearby is completely fine.

No. Reliving is what happens when a memory takes over. EMDR is built to work the other way: you keep one foot in the present the whole time, aware of the room and of the movement, while the memory is held in mind. You are looking at it rather than back inside it.

If it ever tips towards being too much, we stop there and steady before going any further.

Yes. Babies are welcome at telehealth and in-person appointments alike. Feeding, settling and interruptions are all part of the territory, and none of it bothers me. If a session needs to end early because your baby needs you, we'll simply pick up where we left off.

Life with small children is unpredictable, and I understand that. I ask for as much notice as you can manage so the time can go to someone else, and I would always rather you moved a session than pushed through one you are not up to.

Where less than 24 hours notice is given and the session cannot be filled, a fee of 50% of the session applies. Exceptional circumstances are just that, and I will always take them into account.