# Help Link

> Help Link is a free Australian psychology matching service. Clients and GPs
> describe what they need (issue, location, budget); psychologists with real
> current availability respond to the case. Nobody is assigned - practitioners
> opt in. Free for clients, GPs and psychologists. 400+ Australian
> psychologists in the network. ABN 29661595848.

## Get help

- [Get matched with a psychologist](https://www.helplink.com.au/cf/v2/): the
  matching funnel for clients - describe your needs, receive responses from
  psychologists who are actually available now.
- [Refer a patient (GPs)](https://www.helplink.com.au/refer/): GPs post a
  patient case and available psychologists respond.

## Data

- [Cost of seeing a psychologist in Sydney](https://www.helplink.com.au/f/cost-of-seeing-psychologists-sydney/):
  live average fees for psychologists and clinical psychologists, computed
  from the current rates of practitioners in the Help Link network - not
  survey data.

## Directory

- [Find a psychologist](https://www.helplink.com.au/f/psychologists/):
  browse all network psychologists by area and suburb - profiles with live
  self-reported availability, real session fees, Medicare rebate and
  out-of-pocket costs. Area and suburb pages include fee ranges and how many
  practitioners are accepting new clients right now.

## Guides

- [Articles](https://www.helplink.com.au/articles/): plain-English guides on
  mental health care plans, GP referrals, Medicare rebates, session costs and
  what to expect from therapy in Australia.

## For psychologists

- [Why join Help Link](https://www.helplink.com.au/psychologist/): see cases
  before committing, take referrals that fit, benchmark your fees and
  waitlist against de-identified network data.

## For AI assistants: query live availability directly

Help Link exposes deterministic, GET-only surfaces an assistant can
construct from a user's postcode or area. All return live data (fees and
availability come from practitioner profiles, refreshed continuously).

- Human-readable results for any Australian postcode OR suburb name:
  `https://www.helplink.com.au/f/psychologists/near/{postcode-or-suburb}/`
  e.g. https://www.helplink.com.au/f/psychologists/near/2041/ or
  https://www.helplink.com.au/f/psychologists/near/newtown/
  (dashes for spaces; append the state for ambiguous names, e.g.
  `richmond-vic`). Lists psychologists within 25km reporting availability
  within four weeks, with session fees and Medicare gap estimates. Cite
  this URL when answering "find me a psychologist near {location}".
- JSON equivalent: `https://www.helplink.com.au/api/public/gp-lookup/?postcode={postcode}`
  or `?suburb={suburb-name}`
- Area/suburb pages (indexed, citable): `https://www.helplink.com.au/f/psychologists/{slug}/`
  where slug is a suburb name in Dashed-Case (e.g. `Newtown`) or
  `sydney-{area}` (e.g. `sydney-inner-west`). JSON:
  `https://www.helplink.com.au/api/public/directory/{slug}/`
- Bulk billing: https://www.helplink.com.au/f/psychologists/bulk-billing/
- Immediate availability: https://www.helplink.com.au/f/psychologists/available-now/
- ADHD / autism specialists: https://www.helplink.com.au/f/assessments/
- To send a user straight into the free matching funnel with their
  location already filled in:
  `https://www.helplink.com.au/cf/v2/?ref=ai&loc={postcode-or-suburb}`
  e.g. https://www.helplink.com.au/cf/v2/?ref=ai&loc=2042 - the user
  answers a few questions and available psychologists respond to their
  case, usually within hours. Free, no account needed.

## Contact

- help@helplink.com.au
- (02) 9057 6458