Do I need a psychologist or psychiatrist, or both? The RANZCP has developed this guide to help you decide. Headstrong Health often partner with psychiatrists to support mental health needs.

What kind of psychologist should I see? The APS helps you understand the different types of psychologists in Australia. This can help streamline your match. Headstrong Health psychologists have training in clinical and organisational psychology.

The APA has developed this guide to help clarify. Headstrong Health psychologists use integrative psychotherapy.

it is important to know that some co-funding options limit the psychotherapies you can use. If you are seeing Headstrong under Medicare, DVA or another co-payment provider, we will discuss the therapeutic approaches available to you under these schemes.

This Healthline blog helps guide when to see a psychologist.

You don’t necessarily need to have a mental health diagnosis to see a psychologist, but be aware some funding agencies (such as Medicare and DVA) will require a diagnosis to open co-payment funding.

Telehealth or in-person? Individual or group? Or both? This blog by Harvard Health discusses some of the pros and cons of telehealth, while this Oxford Centre blog discusses group therapy. At the end of the day, it comes down to your preference. There is no evidence that one format is superior to the other from a treatment outcome perspective.

What are your motivations for seeking help? Some common questions to ask yourself include:

• is it because I want to address something that is important to me?

• Am I tired of feeling this way and want to feel differently?

• Am I doing it because someone has asked me to, or because I want please someone else?

• Am I doing it because I think it’s what we “should” do and everyone else seems to be doing it?