Ready to build your own practice?
We platform it. You practice it.
CAYA Psychology is offering an experienced psychologist the chance to establish or expand an independent practice within a high-demand clinical environment, complete with existing referrals, infrastructure, and administrative support.
Interested? We'd like to hear from you.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to discuss the practice model, referral pathways, and service agreement structure in more detail. There's no commitment required at this stage.
Expression of interest
A few things applicants usually ask.
This opportunity was built for where you already are.
This is a genuinely flexible model. There's no fixed roster, no exclusive commitment, and no expectation that this replaces existing work.
Returning from parental leave
A flexible private practice base that fits around your availability, with no pressure to commit to full-time hours.
School or education-based psychologist
Supplement your school-based work with 1–2 days per week in private practice, accessing clinical assessment caseload aligned with what you already do.
Seeking assessment-focused work
Already working in another private practice but wanting additional assessment caseload without the overhead of building referral pathways yourself.
Transitioning toward independent practice
Moving toward portfolio-based or independent practice and wanting to reduce overhead while maintaining access to strong, established referral demand.
Bring your own clients or referrals
Bring your existing caseload, choose the clients you want to work with, and explore a clinical niche. We can assist with targeted referral pathways to support the work you want to be doing.
Over more than a decade in private practice, I've focused on one thing: providing excellent clinical care while creating a professional environment where psychologists can do their best work.
Rather than growing into a large multi-site organisation, I've deliberately built a smaller practice where clinicians get genuine support, aren't competing internally for referrals, and aren't treated as interchangeable contractors.
If you're looking for endless meetings, rigid KPIs, and layers of management, we probably aren't the right fit.
If you're looking for autonomy, consistent referrals, high clinical standards, and a practice that genuinely values professional competence, I'd love to speak with you.
Neither model is wrong. One is built for you.
A large clinic and a boutique practice serve very different clinicians. Neither is a mistake to choose. But if you want direct access to the person making decisions, referrals that are not shared across a roster of other psychologists, and systems that flex around how you actually work, this is the model built for that.
Direct access to the practice owner
Agreements reviewed for fairness and transparency
Referrals are not shared across a roster of clinicians
Fast, personal decisions
Systems that flex around how you work
Where independent practice sits.
Not every arrangement that calls itself flexible actually is. Here's how the independent practitioner model compares to the alternatives.
What wage and sham contracting roles often look like.
Not what gets said in the job ad. What actually ends up on your plate.
We platform your practice.
You bring the clinical skill. We bring the infrastructure that lets it run as a practice, not a side hustle.
Reception and bookings
Experienced reception and administrative support with online booking and practice management systems already established and running.
Medicare and billing
Full Medicare claiming, processing, and billing infrastructure. No gap in your cash flow, no chasing invoices.
Active referral network
Established relationships across schools, paediatricians, and allied health providers in the Geelong region. Referrals come in without you having to maintain those relationships.
Digital presence and marketing
A strong website and active digital referral pathways that generate consistent inbound interest and a maintained waitlist.
Furnished consulting rooms
Fully equipped, professionally furnished consulting rooms in Manifold Heights, Geelong. Flexible access including designated availability on Mondays.
Full clinical independence
You retain complete autonomy over your clinical work, caseload decisions, client relationships, and clinical records. This is your practice.
Assessment tools included
Access to Qinteractive WISC, WAIS, and WIAT, along with executive function and ASD rating scales, and more — already licensed and ready to use.
Sham contracting leaves you with less. A platform lets you keep more.
A fixed percentage takes a bigger slice every time you work harder. Our fee works the other way, so more of what you earn stays with you.
Practitioners operating under a service agreement set their own fees and run their own independent practice. The tiered structure and monthly cap mean the service fee shrinks as a proportion of your billings the more you work. The income context above reflects current fee levels at CAYA and is provided for reference only. Full service agreement terms, including the fee schedule, are provided to shortlisted applicants.
Strong demand across assessment and general practice.
CAYA Psychology has an established waitlist for psychological assessment, alongside steady demand for general counselling and therapy.
- 2–3+ years post-graduate experience in private practice
- Confidence working independently in a private practice setting
- Experience across general counselling and therapy, assessment, or both
- Comfortable with a mixed caseload spanning children, adolescents, and adults
- Strong psychological assessment skills (an advantage, not a requirement)
- Background in Educational & Developmental Psychology or Neuropsychology (a bonus if you have it)
- Bring your own clients and existing referral relationships
- General counselling and therapy across children, adolescents, and adults
- Anxiety, mood, stress, and everyday mental health presentations
- Psychological assessment, including paediatric and developmental work
- Neurodevelopmental and educational presentations, where that is your interest
- Collaborative work with schools and paediatric referrers, where relevant to your caseload
A professional environment built for clinical work.
Fully furnished consulting rooms in Manifold Heights, Geelong, with flexible access to suit your schedule.
Who you'll be working with.
Joe Lewsey
Director & Board Approved Supervisor — Geelong
I'm a Registered Psychologist based in Geelong with more than 12 years of full-time clinical experience working with kids, teens, and adults.
That's more than 8,000 hours of therapy sessions.
Which means I've seen most of the ways a private practice can thrive — and most of the ways it quietly goes off track, including the wage and sham contracting patterns above, firsthand.
This opportunity exists because I've built referral pipelines, systems, and a clinical reputation that generates more demand than one practitioner can meet. I'm looking for someone who wants to do serious clinical work in a well-supported environment, without spending years building it themselves.
Joe is also a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor, so formal supervision is available on the same paid basis it would be with any external supervisor. Day to day, you will also have informal support close at hand — particularly around the practical side of managing your own private practice.
53 Shannon Ave, Manifold Heights
Located in Manifold Heights, Geelong — easily accessible with on-street parking and close to public transport.