Sometimes life can be difficult to navigate.
Qualifications
Registered Clinical Psychologist
Member Australian Psychological Association (MAPS)
Fellow of the College of Clinical Psychology (FCCLP)
Master of Clinical Psychology
(The University of Queensland)
Bachelor of Psychology with 1st Class Honours
(Griffith University)
David has worked in a range of mental health and physical health settings, including: inpatient acute psychiatric and psychiatric residential rehabilitation, acute medical health psychology and physical rehabilitation, community mental health case management, and private practice as a registered clinical psychologist. David also spent eight years with Lifeline across counselling, supervision, and training roles. David is experienced in working psychotherapeutically in the areas of:
- Complex adult mental health presentations
- Schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
- Adjustment to physical/medical health issues
- Persistent pain
- Trauma and complex trauma
- Mood and anxiety disorders
- Phobias
- Obsessions and/or compulsions
- Substance use and addiction
- Grief and loss
- Adult autism spectrum disorder
- Psychological assessment and report writing
- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
- Registered NDIS Service Provider
- NDIS Number: 431707721
- Brief or ongoing psychological services to provide assistance around the functional impact of complex mental health presentations and comorbidities.
- Assessment and training to improve understanding and to better manage behaviour that is unsafe or unhelpful and/or restricting participation in daily life.
- Assessment and conceptualisation to assist clients and their support network to better understand and manage psychological and psychiatric underpinnings affecting functional capacity.
- Cost-effective therapeutic and/or capacity-building support delivered sensitivity within an evidence-based framework that is trauma-informed, dynamic, and holistic.
- Provision of comprehensive reports, where appropriate:
- to assist with plan reviews,
- and to clinically support NDIS decision-makers around client’s support and funding needs.
Get to know David
David grew up in a military family and his early life was full of constant change, new homes, new schools, and new friends. David completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker and then worked for several years as a marine mechanic.
Since childhood David felt a strong desire to help people. David was in his thirties and a sole parent to three active boys when he seized the opportunity to work as a volunteer counsellor at Lifeline. The Lifeline experience inspired him to return to study psychology as a mature-aged student. David draws from decades of rich life experience.
David cherishes spending time in nature, reading, enjoying good coffee and a chat.
Mental health struggles are mostly invisible, and the visible parts are rarely consistent with the internal struggle.
I am humbled and privileged to accompany clients on a journey through private perceptions, memories, thoughts, beliefs, hopes, dreams, and fears while we work together on building understanding, resilience, and resourcefulness in the private storm of their internal lives.
David Hennessy Clinical Psychologist
Fees & Rebates
- No out-of-pocket expenses charged as per NDIS schedule of fees.
- At the clinic in Varsity Lakes or home visits available for the Tweed and Gold Coast.
- Out of pocket cost per session = $70
- With a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan referral, the Medicare rebate = $137.05 (We can process the rebate at time of consultation)
- Fee per session = $207.05
- $207.05 - $137.07 = $70 gap fee.
- Telehealth video sessions and telephone sessions are available.
Private Health
- Rebates are available with most private health insurers and the amount varies. Please contact your insurer to check your level of cover and the rebate amount. Receipts can be provided to be taken to your insurer to claim the rebate.
