About
MEET YOUR TRUSTED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
Meet Christopher Wallace, Psychologist based in Melbourne, Victoria.
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I am experienced with anxiety, depression, addiction, neurodevelopmental disorders, bi-polar, thought, mood and personality disorders.
Tailored Psychological Support for Every Journey
I am a psychologist passionate about collaboration and making meaningful change in life by understanding the unique stories, choices, and concerns we all make during life. I prize experience and insight as the materials and resources for learning, growth, acceptance and meaningful change.
I use a wide variety of therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy (NT), and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). I am trained in Short-Term Solutions Focused approaches which help to provide a mode of therapy individualised for all clients that want to make change fast.
Having worked in rural regions, I am familiar with local resources and the unique struggles and challenges rural communities and people face in living life and accessing mental health services. I prioritise access to Telehealth for people from rural and remote regions to reduce the gap and make psychological services accessible.
With a solid base in skill development research and years of experience with community service organisations rurally and metro, I can offer a path to tangible health benefits, quality of life, wellbeing, fulfilment, and satisfaction.
I have a range of clinical experience with adolescents at headspace. I have been a positive behaviour support psychologist and developed and delivered trainings to teams, parents, teachers and workers in casual and corporate settings.
I am particularly passionate about:
Skill development and learning principles that improve our lives.
Existential psychotherapy which aims to help people explore, reflect on, and live more inline with their values and personal sense of meaning.
Training and skill development that improves the balance between quality of work
and quality of life.The Transfer of Training and Deliberate Practice.
Positive Behaviour Support.
Could I be the right psychologist for you?
I’M AVAILABLE FOR:
(Upon request, I will make myself available to travel to complete assessments and provide schools, families and support teams with strategies and improvements.)
Frequently Asked Questions
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Once we recieve an email, phone call, or a completed referral form via our online booking portal, we will make contact and discuss if and how we can provide the help, assistance, service and support you are looking for.
If you wish to go ahead, we will arrange a time for your first session and send information documents pertaining to confidentiality and your rights and responsibilities when accessing our service. This information will also include fees, cancellation policies, how to reschedule, how to book online, how to provide feedback, and information about expected timelines for communication.
If any of this is unclear, you are encouraged to speak with the psychologist during the session.
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You will be sent an email with an intake form and a consent form to fill out and sign digitally, the online forms make it quick and easy.
It can also save you time to fill out an assessment prior to your appointment that will ask you questions based on your current mental state. This is based on your preference and can be done in session, to measure your progress and/or areas of focus for best care.
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No, you do not need a referral to see Chris at Chris Wallace Psychology.
If you do have a referral (such as a Mental Health Care Plan), be sure to bring it along with you or send it to us with any relevant medical records.
If you register with Chris Wallace Psychology for an appointment you will be sent intake information about the service and forms to fill out to ensure we are the right service for you and we have all the important information before we meet.
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In order for you to get the best value from your time in therapy and hence ensure optimal results, it is strongly recommended that you attend at least 6 to 10 sessions.
Remember, psychotherapy is a PROCESS - so you need to give it time and practice.
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Rebates from Medicare are available if you access psychological services with a Mental Health Care Plan that your GP provides.
This gives you access for up to 10 sessions/consultations per year. There is always an option to request more sessions if necessary.
We work collaboratively with your GP to ensure treatment is appropriate and they are informed as required.
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Yes, Chris Wallace Psychology offers on-the-spot private health insurance rebates for most of our psychological services. Be sure to check with your health insurer if you are covered for the service you are receiving or contact us for more help.
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The cost of a psychology session (50 minutes) is $200. Sessions consist of pre session treatment plan write ups, formulation and careful consideration of your care, letters to GPs or referrers/relevant agencies, i.e., NDIS, EAP, TAC, VOC, Workcover etc.
Fees include developing tailored homework tasks and activities relevant to your treatment and any resources sent through to you for your sessions. You are welcome to email any homework tasks assigned, concerns, thoughts, questions prior to your appointment to be addressed within the first 10-15 minutes of the session.
The completion of a Mental Health Treatment Plan by your GP (prior to commencing therapy) entitles you to receive a Medicare Rebate of each session.
The Australian Psychological Society recommended fee for psychological services is $267 per session. The discounted rate offered by Chris Wallace Psychology is reflective of a time whereby people may still be financially impacted by COVID. Fees for the sessions are payable by Credit Card using our online system.
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At Chris Wallace Psychology, we believe that professional care and quality time are required to achieve the best outcomes whether they are health, service, or training related. A standard appointment is 50 minutes.
You may require a longer appointment for:
A first session
Psychometric assessment administration
If you are unsure if you require a longer appointment, please discuss this with our psychologists.
Fees for sessions and tasks such as assessments will vary depending on the resources and time required.
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Yes, we provide psychological intervention and treatment via telehealth services. This means we send a confidential link prior to your session which you can join to meet with your psychologist online.
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Use the contact page to complete the enquiry form and once we have the necessary information we will make contact and discuss if our service is suitable.
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Please use the contact page and provide as much information as possible such as reason for request, topics you would like to be covered, location, time, number of people etc and we will make contact to discuss what can be done.
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We offer coaching support of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) practitioners, training workshops for understanding and implementing PBS. We also complete functional behaviour assessment reports and can offer support for implementation of and review and evaluation of plans.
For more information please provide details via the the contact us form.
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Coming soon!
Please use the Contact page and complete an enquiry form and we will follow up with you. Thanks.
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Check out the services page or make contact. We are happy to make time to help those on their professional journeys just as others made time for us.
We are planning to run a monthly professionals group for a small fee, that would run for about 90 minutes. This will happen via Zoom or in-person when available.
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