Group Programs

Yes. You'll need a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan before your first session - this is what makes you eligible for the Medicare rebate on each group session.

A one-off $25 registration fee covers your materials and workbook. Each 2-hour session costs $100, resulting in $52.05 out-of-pocket cost, with Medicare rebating $47.95 back per session under the Better Access initiative. Over the full 10 weeks, that works out to $545.05 total out-of-pocket per person.

Groups run with 8 to 10 participants - small enough that everyone gets airtime, and within the size Medicare requires for the group rebate to apply.

You can, but it's worth knowing that Medicare caps group therapy rebates at 10 sessions per calendar year. Since each program runs 10 weeks, a second program in the same year would fall outside that cap - you could still attend, just without the rebate on those extra sessions, or you can start the second program the following calendar year to keep both rebated.

We ask that you notify us in advance wherever possible. Please note that Medicare does not provide a rebate for sessions that are not attended, and as your enrolment reserves your place across the full ten-week program, fees are not waived or refunded for missed sessions. Because each session builds on the last, we strongly encourage prioritising attendance for the full program rather than treating it as a drop-in service.

David is bound by standard psychologist confidentiality and privacy obligations. Every group agrees to a mutual confidentiality agreement prior to week one, and David reminds all participants of this agreement at the start of each session. That said, as with any group setting, we can't guarantee what other participants choose to share outside the room the way we can in one-on-one therapy.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the most researched, evidence-based forms of talking therapy. It's built on the idea that thoughts, feelings and behaviours are all connected - by learning to notice unhelpful thinking patterns and gradually shifting the behaviours that keep them going, you build more workable ways of responding to stress, conflict and setbacks. Every program on this page draws on core CBT tools like thought records, behavioural activation and relapse-prevention planning.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a close relative of CBT that focuses less on changing what a difficult thought says and more on changing your relationship to it - learning to notice a thought without being run by it, while staying anchored to what actually matters to you. Several of our programs weave in ACT techniques like values clarification and cognitive defusion alongside core CBT skills, so you leave with both a toolkit for managing unhelpful thinking and a clearer sense of what you're actually working toward.