A psychologist for Blacktown, on your terms.
Evidence-based therapy that fits around your life, not the other way around.
Finding a psychologist in Blacktown often means a long waitlist or a clinic on the other side of the traffic. Wiser Minds works flexibly, by secure telehealth or at the Blacktown office where suitable, and Andrew settles the arrangement that suits you on a free call. Andrew Bechara is a registered psychologist offering warm, evidence-based therapy for the things that tend to weigh people down: anxiety, stress, low mood, and the harder patches of life.
Free for new clients · Medicare rebates available · No referral needed to enquire
Therapy for the things that wear you down
- Anxiety, worry, and overthinking
- Low mood and depression
- Stress and burnout
- Self-esteem and harsh self-criticism
- Perfectionism and the pressure to hold it together
- Life transitions, change, and feeling stuck
Sessions may be delivered by secure telehealth or at the Blacktown office, depending on suitability, and the format that works best for you is something we sort out together when you get in touch.
Send an enquiry
A relaxed conversation with Andrew about what is going on and what you are hoping for. No paperwork, no commitment.
Make a plan together
If it feels like a fit, you and Andrew line up the first sessions and, if you would like Medicare rebates, talk through a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan.
Work that goes somewhere
Practical, evidence-based therapy with Andrew, aimed at real change rather than talking in circles.
Warm, direct, and genuinely collaborative
The goal is not to keep you in therapy. It is to help you understand yourself well enough to need it less.
Therapy here draws on evidence-based approaches like ACT and CBT, with a strengths-based lens. That means we look honestly at what is hard, but also at what is already working, and we build from there. You will leave sessions with something to try, not just something to think about. Plenty of people come in unsure whether their struggles even "count." They almost always do, and you do not need a crisis or a tidy explanation to start.
Psychology that fits around Blacktown life
Western Sydney is big, the traffic is real, and time is tight. Flexible appointment options help take those barriers off the table.
Secure telehealth means no commute across Blacktown or the wider region, no time off work for travel, and access that does not depend on transport or mobility, and for most people video sessions are just as effective as sitting in the same room. Where it suits you better, appointments at the Blacktown office may also be available. You and Andrew work out the right format together when you enquire.
Clear pricing, with Medicare rebates
No surprises, and the first 15-minute call is always free for new clients.
| Service | Full fee | With rebate |
|---|---|---|
| Initial consultation (15 min) | Free | No referral required |
| Therapy session | $121.55 | $20 out of pocket with an MHTP |
| Medicare rebate per session | n/a | $101.55 with a GP referral |
Medicare rebates require a Mental Health Treatment Plan and referral from your GP. An NDIS participant instead? See NDIS psychology in Blacktown for how funding works for self and plan-managed participants.
Before you enquire
Yes. Wiser Minds works with people in Blacktown and across NSW by secure telehealth, or at the Blacktown office where suitable, and the arrangement that suits you is settled on a free 15-minute call. Andrew Bechara is a registered psychologist (AHPRA PSY0002506656).
No referral is needed to enquire or to arrange a free 15-minute call. If you would like Medicare rebates on your sessions, you will need a Mental Health Treatment Plan from your GP, which Andrew can talk you through.
Therapy is $121.55 a session. With a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan, Medicare rebates $101.55, leaving $20 out of pocket. The initial 15-minute consultation is always free for new clients.
Individual therapy for adults: anxiety and worry, low mood, stress and burnout, self-esteem and self-criticism, perfectionism, and life transitions. ADHD, autism and cognitive assessment, and NDIS psychology, each have their own pages.
Send an enquiry, no referral needed
A relaxed 15-minute conversation about where you are at and what you are looking for. No paperwork, no pressure.
