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That all sounds fantastic! It great that you have been able to get on to it all fairly quickly.
With the referral - i believe you only need one when you go to any kind of specialist so that you can claim part of the bill back from medicare..
Good luck with all your appointments coming up!
That kid of yours has a great mum!
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Get the referral that Monnie suggested, i.e.
That way you hopefully will not have to pay quite as much.
If you are going to go to a private Clinical Psychologist, see if your GP is happy to refer your son under a GP mental health plan to a Medicare registered Clinical Psychologist. That way you can access up to 12 individual sessions/year that are mostly covered by a Medicare rebate. The Medicare Scheme is called "ALLIED MENTAL HEALTH MEDICARE SERVICES: PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY AND FOCUSSED PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGIES".
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rayray - thanks, I will do that. DS's dad has agreed to share the costs with DF and I so am very happy about that.
cindyb - thanks for your comment about me being a good mum!! A couple of months ago I had an argument with DF's family over DS's behaivour. His mum is very old school and she told me that my "son is a manipulator who is going to turn out just like his father". And then proceeded to call me a bad mum. I know I'm not - I'm doing the best that I can. Needless to say, we no longer speak!
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