INFORMATION FOR REFERRERS
GPs, psychiatrists and other health professionals
Information for Referrers
Isabella Lay is an AHPRA-registered clinical psychologist providing individual telehealth psychology to adults across Australia, with in-person availability in Melbourne. This page contains practical clinical resources for health professionals, together with information about referring to Isabella Lay Psychology.
Clinical Resources for GPs and Referrers
Brief practical guides designed to support initial clinical reasoning when psychological presentations overlap and consultation time is limited.
Each resource includes common patient language, useful initial questions, assumptions to approach carefully, and indications for further assessment or referral.
Featured guide
Adult ADHD, autism, or both?
A brief guide for general practice
Adults may raise ADHD or autism part-way through an appointment booked for another concern, often after having already read extensively about both. This two-page guide covers:
what patients commonly say when they raise the possibility;
three initial questions that may help clarify the picture;
overlapping and alternative explanations;
assumptions worth approaching carefully;
factors that may warrant comprehensive assessment.
This is the first in a growing series of brief clinical guides. Future topics will include BPD, complex PTSD and broader emotion-regulation difficulties, and perfectionism, overcontrol and possible OCPD.
Is there a psychological presentation you would find useful for a future guide? Referrers are welcome to email suggestions to admin@isabellalaypsychology.com.au
Referring to Isabella Lay Psychology
Referrals suit adults presenting with:
Emotional dysregulation and intensity, including post-ADHD-diagnosis presentations
Relationship and attachment-related difficulties, including repeating relational patterns
People-pleasing, boundary difficulties, and over-responsibility
Shame, rejection sensitivity, and low self-worth
Burnout, overcontrol, and chronic over-functioning
Stress-related presentations where emotional and relational patterns underlie the presenting symptoms (sleep, anger, somatic complaints)
Therapy is grounded in CBT, DBT, ACT and attachment-informed approaches.
Not suited to this service: presentations requiring crisis or acute risk management, active eating disorders requiring specialist treatment, or patients requiring in-person care outside Melbourne.
Referrers are welcome to email a query before referring — always happy to think a referral through with you.
Referral Process:
1. Mental Health Care Plan (or psychiatrist referral letter)
2. Send to admin@isabellalaypsychology.com.au
3. Patients are contacted within 1-2 business days
Communication:
Referrers receive written correspondence at intake and at plan review, and are contacted directly if concerns arise during treatment.
Fees & Medicare:
Adults-$290 per session before 5pm and $300 from 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Medicare rebates apply for eligible patients under a Mental Health Care Plan at the clinical psychologist rate; current rebate amounts confirmed on enquiry.
Current availability:
Monday and Tuesday via Telehealth, 10am-9pm AEST/AEDT
0421 459 566 · admin@isabellalaypsychology.com.au