Brisbane South Psychological Therapies Program

• Face-to-face, onsite
• Phone or web-based consultations
• Group therapy

Once your GP has indicated Mental Health Care Plan has been completed, you will be able to access a total of 10 sessions (including 1 Intake session) over a 3-month period if you are eligible under the General stream, or if you are eligible under the Suicide Prevention stream you will be able to access any number of sessions, as determined by clinician and client over a 3-month period.

If additional sessions are necessary, a referral from your GP is required, which will provide eligible clients with access to another block of sessions, under the relevant stream, as above.

• Cognitive-behavioural therapeutic strategies
• Behavioural interventions
• Skills training
• Interpersonal Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Narrative Therapeutic Strategy
• Psycho-education (including motivational interviewing)
• Group Therapy
• Art therapy
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• Play therapy
• Family therapy

Phone: 07 3151 3825​

Fax: 07 3539 6444

Both require the completion of a Mental Health Care Plan. The Psychological Therapies Program is for people who could not otherwise afford the cost of psychology, including gap payments through Better Access, meet defined target group populations, and would benefit from short-term intervention.

Clients who have the capacity to pay and can readily access psychological services or do not identify with a target group population are ineligible for this program and should continue to be serviced under Better Access arrangements.

Once the referral has been received, an intake officer will make contact within 10 days for general and 3 days for suicide prevention stream. Any delays in the commencement of the service will be communicated to the referrer by the service provider.

Any allocation delays will be communicated to the referring GP by intake staff. Clinical responsibility for clients referred will remain with the GP until seen by the psychological therapies’ services.

The service is for people who would benefit from short term psychological intervention and meet the eligibility detailed above. When the primary reason for referral relates to one of the following the person is NOT eligible for this service i.e. the client is unlikely to benefit from short-term psychological intervention:

• Clients who are clinically suited to ‘lower intensity’ or more acute complex services
• People experiencing chronic, severe mental illness
• People with a primary diagnosis of a Personality Disorder
• People actively experiencing psychotic, bipolar/manic symptoms
• Adults and children with an intellectual disability who do not have the capacity to participate in psychological therapy
• People requiring cognitive assessments and/or reports
• Children experiencing developmental and learning disorders, (including Autism Spectrum Disorder) as a primary diagnosis
• People experiencing Dementia, delirium, or tobacco use disorder as the primary diagnosis
• Duplication or replacement of existing services/funding i.e. client is eligible for other funded services.

If you think the service will meet your/your client’s needs please contact our team.