Empowering you through life's challenges.
Empowering you through life's challenges.
Empowering you through life's challenges.
Empowering you through life's challenges.
Avnee is a Clinical Psychologist with a special interest in supporting individuals living with chronic health conditions and invisible illness. She has experience in range of complex conditions, including cancer, chronic pain, ME/CFS, auto-immune disorders, Long COVID, and POTS and other dysautonomia-related conditions.
She provides support for a wide range of mental health challenges commonly experienced by individuals living with chronic health conditions, including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, coping with uncertainty, loneliness, and relationship challenges.
Avnee provides individual therapy utilising a range of evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy, and Mindfulness-based therapies. She takes a collaborative approach to helping clients develop new skills, gain insight into their challenges, and process their emotions in a safe space.
Avnee is a Board-Approved Supervisor with experience providing clinical supervision to postgraduate students and colleagues across both public and private health sectors. Avnee offers principal and secondary supervision for the 5+1 internship pathway, Masters placements, and the Registrar program.
Avnee is passionate about supporting other healthcare professionals with developing their knowledge and skills to effectively support individuals with cancer, POTS and other invisible illness. She offers professional training workshops and educational services for individual clinicians and healthcare teams.
Sessions run for 50-mins. The first session can be thought of as a 'get to know you' conversation, where you'll be asked a range of questions about your current concerns and your history, as well as your treatment goals. Following this, Avnee will discuss with you her suggested treatment approach. Avnee adopts a tailored approach to therapy, with a focus on your goals and needs.
When seeing clients with chronic health conditions, she also works closely with your healthcare team including GPs and multidisciplinary specialists to ensure there is ongoing communication to provide holistic care.
Fees are $250 for a 50-min individual therapy session. If you are utilising a Mental Health Care Plan, you may be eligible for up to 10 Medicare rebated sessions per calendar year. The current Medicare rebate for a 50-min individual session with a Clinical Psychologist is $141.85, resulting in an out-of-pocket gap payment of $108.15. Avnee also accepts private health insurance.
Currently, Avnee only offers Telehealth sessions conducted via a secure video-conferencing platform.
If you are seeking face-to-face sessions with Avnee, she is available through HeadwayHealth, where she consults at the Mater Hospital in North Sydney. Please contact HeadwayHealth directly for any enquiries regarding appointment booking and fees for face-to-face sessions,.
Avnee holds a Master of Clinical Psychology and Bachelor of Psychology with 1st Class Honours. She is a member of the Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group and the Australian POTS Foundation.
Avnee has trained and worked across various public hospitals including Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, the Pain Management Clinic at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney.
She currently consults at the Mater Hospital, and is the Lead Clinical Psychologist at The POTS Psychology Clinic at HeadwayHealth.
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