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Thinkshift Transformational Therapy For Doctors

GP’s and Medical Practitioners – Referring Clients

For GP’s and for Doctors referring clients couldn’t be easier at Thinkshift.

Please download and fill in the GP Referral Form. Email us your GP Referral form and letter to info@thinkshift.com.au

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Thinkshift Transformational Therapy can see private clients without a referral.

Specifying For Doctors ~ Our Approach: An Integrative Model of Care

No single therapeutic model fits every person or every concern. For this reason, my work is integrative, drawing from psychotherapy, counselling, and hypnotherapy in a way that is responsive rather than prescriptive. In practice, integration means:

Combining insight, emotional processing, and practical support
Respecting both psychological and physiological dimensions of experience

Choosing approaches based on the clients needs, not a fixed protocol
Adapting therapy as the clients circumstances change

This allows therapy to be flexible, personalised, and clinically grounded.

Professional Registrations

Australian Counselling Association (ACA)

The Australian Counselling Association is a non-profit, professional organisation that is dedicated to the counselling and psychotherapy profession. Membership Category: Level 4 Member (highest)

Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) is a leading national peak body for the counselling and psychotherapy profession. Members work with diverse modalities, individuals and groups. Membership Category: Clinical Member PACFA Reg. Clinical 30404

Australian Association of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy (AACHP) The Australian Association of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy Inc. is a Member Association of the National Peak Body for Clinical Hypnotherapy in Australia, The Hypnotherapy Council of Australia (HCA). Membership Category: Professional Clinical Member Registration #2003094

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Association of Australia (EMDRAA) The EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA), support and promote best practice EMDR therapy. Membership Category: Member Registration #1001198

Therapist

Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Hypnotherapist Andrew Reay, has been in private practice since 2008.

In 2022 Andrew relocated from metropolitan Melbourne to Kyabram.

Qualifications

Andrew has a sound academic framework and training in evidence based therapeutic interventions that underpins and informs his approach to Psychotherapy, Counselling and Hypnotherapy.

Diploma Clinical Hypnotherapy in 1995
Diploma Professional Counselling in 2009
Diploma of EgoState Therapy in 2009
Masters in Counselling (Monash University) in 2015
EMDR training in 2016
Brainspotting Accredited Practitioner in 2019
Havening Accredited Facilitator 2019

For Doctors ~ The Things We Help With

Anxiety and Stress

Generalised anxiety
Chronic worry or overthinking
Panic attacks or panic symptoms
Social anxiety
Work-related stress and burnout
Performance anxiety

Depression and Low Mood

Persistent low mood or emotional flatness
Loss of motivation or meaning
Fatigue or reduced energy
Self-criticism or feelings of hopelessness
Adjustment difficulties following life changes

Trauma and Complex Experiences

Childhood trauma or neglect
Complex or developmental trauma
Emotional, physical, or psychological abuse
Single-incident trauma
Chronic stress or overwhelm

Self-Esteem, Identity and Meaning

Low self-worth or self-doubt
Shame and harsh self-criticism
Identity questions
Life direction or purpose
Values and meaning

Habits, Behaviours and Patterns

Unhelpful habits or compulsive behaviours
Emotional eating or food-related difficulties
Procrastination and avoidance
Sleep difficulties
Stress-related coping behaviours

Grief, Loss, and Life Transitions

Bereavement and grief
Major life changes
Career or role transitions
Health-related adjustments
Existential concerns

Professional Fees

Our fees are payable at the end of the consultation, and payment can be made via bank transfer, debit or credit cards. Processing by debit or credit cards attract a 1.15% bank fee.

Private Clients

The initial 90 minute consultation, face to face in the Kyabram clinic or via zoom (telehealth) is $270.
Follow up consultation can be either:
- 60 minutes face to face in clinic or via zoom (telehealth) which are $180,
- or 90 minutes (either face to face or telehealth) which are $270

Private Clients (With a current Health Care Card / Pension Card)

Thinkshift Transformational Therapy clinic offers a 10% discount off the above prices:

Initial Consult 90 minutes is $243
Follow Up Consult 60 minutes is $162

Other Funded Clients

NDIS, Worksafe, VOCAT, SIRA funded sessions are charged directly to the respective funders.

Private Health Funds

Please check with own private insurance fund, to ascertain if you will get a rebate from them, we are unable to do that for you.

The full fee needs to be paid on the day and you claim back through your fund.

Counselling Provider Numbers:

BUPA J114751
Doctors Health Fund CA23841
Medibank Private 125149BF
Police Health Fund AC08312T
ahm 21228077
ARHG – PC30404T

Hypnotherapy Provider Numbers:

Australian Unity 211175305
Grand United Health 21164741
Medibank Private 1177937X and 1203282K
CBHS ACH2003094
Health Care Ins AACHP-2003094
Health Partners AACHP-2003094
Navy Health Fund AACHP-2003094
Teachers Health Fund ACH03094

Other Types of Referrals

For all other referrals types, listed below, please click here.

Self-Referral
Psychologists and Psychiatrists
Allied Welfare Agencies
Private Health Insurance Funds
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
VOCAT Solicitors

As a psychotherapist, clinical counselling hypnotherapist and counsellor, Andrew does not qualify as a provider for services with the Federal Government’s Better Access program (Client Referral Program) under Medicare.

Sorry about that, perhaps you can lobby your sitting Federal House of Representative Parliamentary Member to bring about much needed change in this regard.