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Psychologist Manly and Northern Beaches

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Psychologist North Sydney and St Leonards

Helping people...well. TM

Get matched with a psychologist who is the right fit for you.

Not ready to book in, why not try our free video consult with 1 of our psychologists (limited availability)

Free 20 Min Video Consult

(Dependent on Availability)

What we offer you.

  • Psychologists available now
  • A psychologist that’s carefully matched for you.
  • Saturdays & after hours appointments
  • Days & times that suit you.
  • Medicare & Private Health Rebates
  • Face to face or video/phone sessions from wherever you’re comfortable
  • Sessions booked in advance at optimum consitency for best results.
  • Help setting your goals of therapy, track your journey, measure changes made
  • Our commitment to listen & care with support & compassion & provide value each & every session.
Book days and times for your sessions via video/telephone or face to face that work for you. Our therapists are ready to work with you to help you achieve your goals of therapy, improve your mental health and satisfaction with life.

Unlike other practices with long wait lists, we have psychologists in our team ready to work with you now and help you achieve your goals of therapy.

We understand the importance of getting the fit between you and your psychologist right, thus we’ll take the time to help you work out what you’re struggling with, what you want to change/improve/work on & book you in with the right psychologist based on their skills, experience & therapy style.

We offer sessions on Saturdays and before and after school and work in the mornings and evenings.

Book days and times for your sessions via video/telephone or face to face that work for you. Our therapists are ready to work with you to help you achieve your goals of therapy, improve your mental health and satisfaction with life.

With a referral from your GP and a mental health care plan, you may claim up to 10 Medicare rebates per calendar year for 10 sessions. Also, you may claim rebates from your private health insurance.

You may choose to come into our practice, meet our client liaison officers and experience therapy in one of our four therapy rooms and/or have sessions via video/phone in the comfort of your home, office or car.

Based on research of what is the most effective therapy, clients need consistent sessions over a required duration to achieve all their goals of therapy in the most efficient way. Thus we work with you to schedule your appointments weekly to fortnightly in advance at times that suit you.

Based on the research of what is the most effective therapy and what will help you reach your goals of therapy, we’ll help you set specific realistic achievable goals, walk you through how you can achieve them and consistently measure your progress along the way.

Each of our psychologists are committed fully to helping you perceive value from each and every session with care and compassion.

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Results

We’re proud of our clients’achievements.

NB data comes from 625 patients who attended 15 sessions of therapy on average between 2006 and 2023.

83-87% of Clients reduced their symptoms of Depression, Anxiety & Stress as measured by the DASS

73% improved their Satisfaction With Life as measured by the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)

61% of Clients rated therapy as ”Extremely Effective”, 34% “Moderately Effective”, 5% “A Little Effective”, 0% rated “No Effect”.

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Percentage of clients reporting they made progress since
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Get to know our team.

We are here for you.

We have 10 highly skilled, experienced, professional, friendly, warm Psychologists (male and female) 30-55 ready to help you better cope with your challenges and issues, grow and improve your satisfaction with life and wellbeing. We are passionate about  preventing our clients from dropping out of therapy prematurely (before clients have done the work to get well, stay well and prevent relapsing into previous patterns of unhelpful behaviours/dysfunction or issues which they had previously learnt to manage better through therapy and new psychological skills learnt). Through this our clients are reporting improved outcomes from therapy and maintaining those improved outcomes at follow up. The average number of sessions clients attend psychological therapy for in Australia is just 5 sessions. Research informs us that for 50% of clients in therapy to get well and stay well, they require 13-18 sessions on average. For the remaining 50% of clients to improve (reduce their symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, improve their satisfaction with life and sustain their change in unhelpful behaviours (maintain their improvement over time), more than 18 sessions is required. On average our clients attend for 15 sessions of therapy. Something we are very proud of as it leads to better outcomes for our clients.

Simon Turmanis

Principal Psychologist & Clinical Director
Simon Turmanis Principal Psychologist & Clinical Director
  • Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs
  • 20 years experience
  • Face to Face & Video/Phone sessions. After hours

I am an extremely caring, warm, open, helpful, respectful, supportive, encouraging, hardworking and compassionate person. I am very passionate about helping people…well. Helping people to reduce their suffering is important to me. I will want to understand the unique way you are suffering or struggling to cope. I work hard to help anyone who decides to work with me, as a client, colleague, supervisee, fellow team member or workshop participant. I have 20 years experience working with adults, adolescents, and children with various psychological problems/issues. Within this, I have 18 years’ private practice experience working with adults of all ages, couples, adolescents, children and families on a broad range of issues.

Dr Emma Agnew

Experienced Clinical Psychologist
Dr Emma Agnew Experienced Clinical Psychologist
  • Wed, Thurs
  • After Hours
  • Face to Face Sessions
  • Video and Phone Sessions

I am an experienced, highly skilled, authentic, warm, engaging, caring, compassionate, person-centred psychologist with over 12 years experience helping people…well. If you choose to work with me, I will lean in with genuine care, compassion and understanding to build a strong relationship with you, so you feel safe to open up and explore your issues in therapy. I will take a strengths-based approach, recognising that you have the resources, skills and values that can be harnessed for change. I will be person-centred and work with you, to tailor treatment to your individual needs, issues, goals and values while being adaptive and flexible to what is occurring for you.

Dr Matthew Gerathy

Clinical Psychologist
Dr Matthew Gerathy Clinical Psychologist
  • Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri
  • Face to face & video/phone sessions. After hours.

Warm, friendly and approachable, I am extremely passionate about helping people live happier, more fulfilling and productive lives through raising self-awareness and compassion. I will provide a respectful, empathic space where we can build a strong relationship, use evidence based therapy, & design a treatment approach that is individual to your specific difficulties/challenges, informed by your strengths and goals, and is openly communicated, and regularly reviewed. Over the last 18 months I have worked full-time at ST&A Psychology and helped over a hundred clients…well, with a broad range of ages and issues.

Edwina Wong

Registered Psychologist
Edwina Wong Registered Psychologist
  • Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri
  • Face to face & video/phone sessions. After hours.

I am an extremely professional, warm, friendly, empathic and thoughtful Psychologist. If you choose to work with me, I will listen and care with interest as we work together to understand how your issues have developed over time, what’s maintaining these issues, and the best way to help you cope more effectively. I value transparency and accountability, and so will regularly invite your feedback to ensure we are on track.

Mark Podesta

Experienced Psychologist
Mark Podesta Experienced Psychologist
  • Thurs, Fri, Sat
  • Video/phone sessions. After hours.

If you choose to work with me I will be respectful, collaborative, compassionate, supportive and empowering; to help you create positive changes, cope with challenges and difficulties, and improve your wellbeing. My clinical skills are honed through years of experience treating people from diverse backgrounds and abilities, with a wide range of presenting issues across the lifespan. In my time at ST & A psychology (18 months), I have helped close to 100 clients…well.

Sabrina Choo

Registered Psychologist
Sabrina Choo Registered Psychologist
  • Tue, Thurs, Fri
  • Face to face & video/phone sessions. After hours.

I am a warm, caring, compassionate and empathetic person. As a Psychologist in Manly Vale, I will be committed to treating you with compassion, care and dignity and dedicated to helping you reach your goals of therapy, whatever that takes. My approach to therapy is person centred where goals and treatment plans are actively guided by your strengths, needs and circumstances. I am passionate about collaborating with you to support and empower you to create positive changes, cope with challenges and difficulties, and improve your wellbeing. I strive to create a strong therapeutic relationship where you feel safe to tell your story in an environment where you feel heard and understood.

Tom Xia

Experienced Psychologist
Tom Xia Experienced Psychologist
  • Wed, Fri, Sat
  • Face to Face Sessions
  • Video/Phone Sessions

I am an experienced, highly skilled, practical, caring, invested, empathetic, and person-centred psychologist with over 8 years experience helping people..well. In therapy I aim to provide a safe space that helps you open up and explore your thoughts, feelings, your past, circumstances and life difficulties no matter how uncomfortable they are. I will aim for therapy to be experiential for you, practice-based and goal-oriented. Based on your strengths and weaknesses, we can explore and tailor a treatment plan that works for you and help you practice and develop lasting coping strategies that will help you conquer your life challenges.

Suzanne Carmichael

Experienced Psychologist
Suzanne Carmichael Experienced Psychologist
  • Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat
  • Face to face & Video/Phone sessions. After hours.

I am an empathic, thoughtful, person-centred psychologist with over 18 years experience helping people in clinical, counselling and organisational settings cope with difficult situations, at times traumatic situations, to cope, and improve their health, wellbeing and satisfaction with life. I am passionate about helping you work towards what’s important to you in your life and find and commit to direction, purpose and meaning in your life. Warm and caring, I will want to ensure you feel heard and valued.

Jodie Gibson

Provisional Psychologist
Jodie Gibson Provisional Psychologist
  • Mon, Wed, Thurs
  • Face to face & video/phone sessions. After hours.

I am a passionate, warm, empathetic and compassionate Psychologist (full registration due January 2025). If you choose to work with me, I will strive to forge a genuine connection, and value your unique circumstances and challenges. I will be collaborative with you, working together to understand what you want to achieve in therapy, the issues you are struggling with and how we might improve your mental health and wellbeing. I will be committed and enthusiastic about your personal goals, fostering resilience and empowering you to achieve personal growth, as I believe everyone possesses inherent strengths and the potential to thrive.

Jacob de Wet

Clinical Psychologist
Jacob de Wet Clinical Psychologist
  • Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs
  • Face to face & video/phone sessions. After hours.

I am an extremely compassionate, professional and approachable psychologist, committed to treating you with warmth, care and dignity. I will be guided by your strengths, needs and circumstances to best support and empower you to be able to create positive changes, cope with challenges and difficulties, and improve your wellbeing. For the last 4.5 years, I have worked full-time at ST&A Psychology where I have helped many clients.

Free 20 Min Video Consult

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How it works

1
Smart Match with Your Therapist

Match by personality, experience and a range of preferences to suit your needs. You can also schedule a free introduction video consult/telephone call.

2
Schedule Sessions face to face or by video/telephone

Book days and times for your sessions via video/telephone or face to face that work for you. Our therapists are ready to work with you to help you achieve your goals of therapy, improve your mental health and satisfaction with life.

3
Measure your change & Track Your Journey

Measure and track how far you’ve come, changes you’ve made – and how far you can go with your dedicated psychologist, we’re with you every step of the way as you evolve and grow and make changes to achieve what you are working towards.

4
Claim Medicare or Private Health Rebate

With a GP referral and Mental Health Treatment Plan you can be eligible for a Medicare rebate for 10 psychology sessions per year. Most private health insurers provide between 30-80% rebates on sessions. We process the claim on your behalf at time of session.

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What we can help you with.

Our Manly Psychologists and North Sydney Psychologists help adults, children, parents, adolescents and couples with a mix of presenting issues & challenges

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Other issues, diagnoses & presentations we work with:
  • Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety, Specific Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Social Phobia, Worry, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder.
Personality Disorders (Narcissistic, Borderline, Dependent, Obsessional, Paranoid etc.), Problems Relating to others (including couples therapy), Specific Relationship Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Attention difficulties.
  • Dissatisfaction with life, Sleep problems, Body image issues, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Pain, Chronic Fatigue.

We also help people with:

  • Stress management
  • Self esteem issues and building self worth
  • Adjustment to life change
  • Perfectionism
  • Grief and loss
  • Procrastination and Improving Motivation
  • Assertiveness and Emotion management (Anger etc.)
  • Goal Setting and Achieving
  • Weight management and physical health
  • Problem Solving
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Career and vocational guidance
  • Sexual orientation
Contact Us

Help us match you with the best psychologist.

We’ll call you, spend 20-30 minutes helping you work out what you’re struggling with, what you want to change/improve/work on & book you in with the right psychologist based on their skills, experience & therapy style.

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In Person & Telehealth available to do from wherever you're comfortable.

Call us on: 0403 639 580

Parking and public transport

50m from Bus stops on Pacific Highway & Greenwich Rd. 400m from St leonards train station. Free 2-3 hour parking 2 minutes walk away at Gore Hill Park.

We are located on the left-hand side of Pacific Highway if driving north towards Hornsby from North Sydney; on the left hand side of Greenwich Rd at the top of the hill, where it intersects with Pacific Highway.

We are 10 minutes walk from St Leonards train station and 2 minutes walk from the bus stop on Pacific Highway.

FAQs

At ST & A, we are committed to providing value in every session. We care deeply about your emotional suffering and work with compassion and professionalism to address your issues and improve your coping skills. 

We believe in your ability to change your life and manage your issues. As mental health experts, we respect you as the expert of your life and help you achieve meaningful goals. 

We have 10 experienced psychologists (ages 30 to 67) ready to help clients aged 7 to 87 with a broad range of issues. We carefully match you with the best psychologist based on your needs, preferences, and availability. 

We offer consistent appointments, after-hours and Saturday sessions, as well as face-to-face and video/phone options. 

With a GP referral and a mental health care plan, you can claim up to 10 Medicare rebates per year. Private health insurance rebates and reduced fees for financially struggling clients are also available. 

The most common type of psychological treatment is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). At ST & A Psychology, our therapists are skilled in CBT and other effective treatments. 

The most common psychological intervention is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), among other intervention therapies. ST & A Psychology offers expert CBT interventions to help clients manage their issues effectively. 

To find a good therapist in Sydney, our team are highly qualified and experience professionals at ST & A Psychology, ready to assist you. 

The cost of seeing a psychologist at ST & A Psychology are based on case by case specific requirements, please contact us directly for more information. 

To access a Medicare rebate, your GP, psychiatrist, or paediatrician must assess you as eligible for a Mental Health Care Plan. Once completed, you can be referred to a psychologist and receive up to 10 sessions with a Medicare rebate per calendar year. 

Please see our Rebates/Fees. 

Still have questions, not sure who to work with or how we can help?

We’ll call you and have a confidential no commitment chat about what you’re struggling with, what you want help with and want to change, who in our practice might be able to help, how therapy can help and answer any questions you might have.