Mental Health Assessment

Sometimes it helps to have a clearer picture of what you’re dealing with.

A formal mental health diagnosis is rarely something a person actually needs. Sometimes, though, a thorough and properly conducted mental health assessment genuinely makes sense — when a clearer picture would change how you approach things, when previous explanations haven’t quite added up, or when documented clinical evidence is needed to access particular services. When that’s the case, we’d rather it be done carefully.

What a mental health assessment involves:

Our mental health assessments draw on clinical interview, standardised measures, and a careful review of relevant history. They are not a checklist exercise — they are a genuine attempt to understand a person in context, including the circumstances and experiences that have contributed to how they’re feeling now.

The process results in a written report and a feedback session. For many people, the feedback session alone is clarifying — having someone reflect back a coherent, compassionate account of their experience can feel like the first time things have properly made sense.

A mental health assessment can also support access to GP mental health care plans and other services where documented clinical evidence is needed.

Cost: Privately funded. Please get in touch to discuss current fees.

Get in touch to discuss

Therapy & Support Our Approach Assessments About Get in Touch

0493 452 305 info@talkingcouch.com.au Level 1, 144 Junction Street, Nowra NSW 2541

The Talking Couch is located in Nowra, on the border of Yuin and Dharawal Country — land that was never ceded, and always will be. We acknowledge the Yuin and Dharawal peoples as Traditional Custodians of these lands, and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We extend that respect to all First Nations peoples, and to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients, families, and community members who walk through our doors.

Therapy & Support Our Approach Assessments About Get in Touch

0493 452 305 info@talkingcouch.com.au Level 1, 144 Junction Street, Nowra NSW 2541

The Talking Couch is located in Nowra, on the border of Yuin and Dharawal Country — land that was never ceded, and always will be. We acknowledge the Yuin and Dharawal peoples as Traditional Custodians of these lands, and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We extend that respect to all First Nations peoples, and to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients, families, and community members who walk through our doors.