Fees

Please contact The Gut Centre regarding appropriate Fees and Rebates (for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane).

Tel: 1300 488 287 or via Email [email protected].

Reception is open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. (Appointments are available 8am-7pm, bookings available from Mon-Sat).

Medicare and Private Health Rebates available.

Online TeleHealth appointments are also available.

All Gut Centre Psychologists are provided the highest level of training not only in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), but including a complex and broad range of gastrointestinal disorders.

This provides our patients with the greatest level of expertise and the best possible treatment outcomes. Our Psychologists must be fully registered and uphold a current membership with the governing Association AHPRA and must undertake a certified professional hypnotherapy training course prior to providing gut-directed hypnotherapy.

Ongoing brain-gut psychological training and supervision, as well as gut-directed hypnotherapy supervision is provided by Director and Founder and Clinical Psychologist Dr Jim Kantidakis, who has more than 12 years experience in gastrointestinal disorders and the most expert GI clinical experience Australia-wide.

  1. Please note, credit card details are not required when making an online booking. Once an appointment is booked, one of our friendly team members will be in touch shortly thereafter to provide further information to you on Fees as well as Medicare or Private Health rebates available. Online TeleHealth appointments are also available.

Medicare Rebates

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Some patients may be eligible for a Medicare rebate under the Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP) (providing $86.15 rebate per session with a consultant psychologist or $126.50 with a clinical psychologist) which provides you with 10 sessions in a calendar year.

Alternatively, the Chronic Disease Management Plan, previously known as the Enhanced Primary Care Plan (EPC) ($53.80 rebate per session with either a consultant psychologist or clinical psychologist) which provides a total of 5 sessions per year.

There is also an Eating Disorder Plan (EDP) which entitles you to 40 rebatable sessions per calendar year as per the above rebate amounts per session. You will need to consult with you G.P to see if you are eligible for any of these plans.

Private Health Insurance Rebates

You may be eligible for a rebate with your Private Health Insurance under extras that include seeing a Psychologist or Hypnotherapist. You will need to inquire with your insurance company to be certain.