Dr. Stephen Safford Wolfson
Founder, Neuroscientist and Clinical Psychologist
Dr Wolfson, founder of Neurocog Pty Ltd, and developer of the Neurocog System, was born and grew up in New York City then later moved to Los Angeles, receiving his undergraduate communications degree from USC. Dr Wolfson had careers in media and information technology before earning two masters in clinical psychology and starting his practice in 1999.
Dr Wolfson is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California and a registered clinical psychologist in New Zealand and Australia. He earned his PhD in computational cognitive neuroscience at the University of Auckland. Dr Wolfson pioneered complexity analysis of electroencephalographic signals. He is a published expert on autism and complexity analysis and has been a presenter of his clinical and research work in several countries.
Dr Wolfson developed the Neurocog System, a neurocognitive training protocol as well as the Neurocog mobile application.
Neurocog System
Dr. Wolfson, uses his Neurocog System, featuring the Neurocog mobile app, empowering rapid change to increase coping skills and reduce stress.
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Services Available
Clinical Services
- Psychological Treatment
- Psychological Assessment
- Stress Management
- Couples Counselling
- Family Counselling
Non-clinical Services
- Career development
- Resiliency Training
- Parent Training
- Mediation
- Consulting
Types of Clients Seen
Adults
Couples
Kids 6+
Adolescents
Families
Groups
Group Counselling
Dr. Stephen Wolfson provides group counselling, both online and face to face here in Manly.
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Family Group
Discipline, development, education and social skills.
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Couples Group
Couples communications, fair fighting, intimacy and conflict de-escalation.
Men’s Group
Health, Life Fulfilment, Career Challenges, Intimacy/Vulnerability, Anger/Self Control.
Women’s Group
Health, Life Fulfilment, Career/Family Challenges, Intimacy/Vulnerability, Frustration/Expression.
Therapeutic Approaches
Neurocognitive Training
ACT
Biofeedback
Play Therapy
CBT
EMDR
DBT
Family Therapy
Hypnotherapy
Couples Therapy
Psychodynamics
Prices
Individual / Couple
- Consultation
Free (15 minutes) - Intake Session
$375 (90 minutes) - Standard Session
$250 (60 minutes)
Family
- Intake Session
$450 (120 minutes) - Standard Session
$355 (60 minutes)
Group
- Group Session
$50 (90 minutes) for groups 6-10
Medicare rebate of $32.60 with MHCP and 6-10 members.
Book an appointment
To book an appointment with Dr Stephen Wolfson, email admin@neurocogsystem.com
call (02) 8224 9670 or click the button below.
Medicare Information
Medicare offers rebates on therapy for psychologists, clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists. In order to be eligible for Medicare rebates, you will need to first acquire a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP. Under COVID policy, this care plan is valid for up to 20 sessions in 12 months (updated on Friday 9th October 2020). After your 6th and 10th session, you will need to go back to your GP to have your care plan reviewed. Counsellors and paraprofessionals are not covered by Medicare rebates.
The standard Medicare rebate amounts change depending on which type of professional you see. For a standard individual session the rebates are: Clinical Psychologist: $128.50 (60 mins).
To easily claim your rebates you can use Medicare’s ‘MyGov’ system for online claiming. You will need to keep a copy of your invoice for each session to do this. Alternatively, you can enquire with your clinician to see if they do Medicare e-claiming. This means that they will submit the claim on your behalf; though you will still need to pay the full session fee up-front if the session was not bulk-billed.
Group Counselling
Better Access Scheme: Medicare also offers rebates for online therapy as part of the ‘better health access scheme’. This means that only certain areas of Australia are eligible for online therapy rebates. In order to claim back on Medicare for online therapy you must:
• Not be an admitted patient to a hospital
• Be located within MMM areas 4-7. These can be checked by typing the address you have registered with Medicare into the MMM locator Click Here. Or by downloading the list of locations Click here.
• You must be, at the time of your consultation, located more than 15km by road away from the psychologists.
COVID Temporary Services
Better Access Scheme - Rural
Better Access Scheme: Medicare also offers rebates for online therapy as part of the ‘better health access scheme’. This means that only certain areas of Australia are eligible for online therapy rebates. In order to claim back on Medicare for online therapy you must:
• Not be an admitted patient to a hospital
• Be located within MMM areas 4-7. These can be checked by typing the address you have registered with Medicare into the MMM locator Click Here. Or by downloading the list of locations Click here.
• You must be, at the time of your consultation, located more than 15km by road away from the psychologist.
Claiming Online Therapy
Claiming online therapy works the same as standard Medicare claiming for mental health services. You must have a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP. All online therapy claims for your sessions at Neurocog will be done via e-claiming, meaning that the claims will be submitted on your behalf.
If you are uncertain about whether you fulfil the requirements for the ‘better health access scheme’ do not hesitate to contact us.