Welcome to RACHEL ABRAMSON & ASSOCIATES

RACHEL ABRAMSON & ASSOCIATES is a group psychologist practice. Each psychologist has over 30 years of experience, delivering their services in a confidential, warm, safe and caring environment. You can scroll down to learn more about each provider. For ease of access, we have gone exclusively telehealth.

FAQs When Seeing a Psychologist Under Telehealth

All Australians are eligible to access psychological services via telehealth. To avail yourself of this service, you will need an electronic device with a fast, reliable internet connection. There is no software to download. Dr. Abramson will email a link to our secure online portal HealthDirect: HealthDirect is a secure online portal exclusively developed for the health sector to ensure your privacy and confidentiality. HealthDirect is HIPAA compliant. Data is encrypted at both ends of the internet connection; which means that any data shared within the portal remains equally private and confidential. No data is retained after the consultation has ended. For this reason, HealthDirect will ask for permission to access your camera and microphone each time you click on its link.

To attend your scheduled appointment, you can click on the link five minutes before your scheduled appointment and follow the prompts. You can also bookmark that link for future appointments should you so desire.

For your information, we have provided FAQs When Seeing a Psychologist Under Telehealth as well as FAQs When Seeing a Psychologist generally. You can also view our privacy policy.

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About Dr. Rachel Abramson, Ph.D

Dr. Abramson sees clients who have concerns with anxiety, health anxiety, sleeping difficulties, stress, trauma, grief, bereavement and depression. Clients may also come to see her if a loved one has been given a terminal diagnosis or because of difficulties in relationships (home and work).

Dr. Abramson also works with clients who have an eating disorder. She takes a HAES perspective (health at every size) and works with those typically living in larger bodies. ED clients may have problems with comfort eating, overeating, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).

Dr. Rachel Abramson is an organisational, health and counselling psychologist. She is also a Credentialed Eating Disorders Clinician. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and a fellow of the APS College of Organisational Psychologists, APS College of Health Psychologists and APS College of Counselling Psychologists. She has an interest in healthy aging across the lifespan (both in terms of longevity and quality of life as we age). She helps adults and older adults work through their concerns using a combination of CBT, CBT-E, hypnotherapy and schema therapy. The goal of which is to help clients heal their own vulnerabilties from a position of strength and resourcefulness.

Clients can make an appointment by emailing Dr Abramson, texting or phoning 0418 149 506. She currently has capacity to take on additional clients. She is available for consultation Sundays to Thursdays, 8.00 am to 6.00 pm, except on 25th December or 1st January.

Dr. Abramson's fees are $109.25 per consultation. Where third parties are directly paying for her services, her fees will reflect the standard TAC rate for psychologists. Fees can be paid via EFT 24 hours before the scheduled appointment. In this way, Dr. Abramson can issue a receipt for Medicare purposes on the day of your appointment.

Medicare rebates may apply for those with a GP referral and either a Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP) or an Eating Disorders Plan (EDP).

Under the MHCP pathway, clients are initially referred for up to six consultations. With a review of the MHCP and a new GP referral, clients can access a further four consultations under the same plan; a total of ten consultations per calendar year.

Under the EDP pathway, clients are initially referred for up to ten consultations. With a new referral from their GP, clients can access a second parcel of ten consultations. With a referral from both their GP and psychiatrist, clients can access a third parcel of ten consultations. Finally, with a fourth referral from their GP, clients can access a final parcel of ten consultations under the plan; a total of forty consultations within a calendar year.

The Associates

We currently have one associate in our group:

Ms. Tess McLoughlan is an organisational, counselling, educational and forensic psychologist and has been in private practice for over 30 years.

Ms. McLoughlan has an interest in personal injury and trauma following crime, workplace abuse and accidents. Through methods of psychoeducation and cognitive-behavioral skills training and trauma-informed counselling, clients are assisted to gain insight and support in their recovery and rehabilitation.

Psychological reports are prepared when appropriate for conciliation, compensation and justice.

Ms. McLoughlan is available for consultations during business hours by appointment. Bookings and enquiries for Ms. McLoughlan can be made on 0411 466 521 during standard business hours.