Meet Corwin Du Preez: a new psychologist in Joondalup, with no waitlist

Corwin consults at Succoris Joondalup on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Because he's new to the clinic, his diary is open: you can book a first appointment online now, rather than putting your name on a list and waiting for a call back.

That matters more than it might sound. Finding a psychologist who can see you soon can be the hardest part of getting started, and in our experience a long wait is where many people quietly decide to put it off for a bit longer.

Who Corwin works with

Corwin sees teenagers from 13, adults, and older adults. His main areas of focus are:

• Anxiety and worry: generalised and social anxiety, health anxiety and death anxiety, specific phobias, and obsessive-compulsive concerns.
• Perfectionism, burnout, and rumination: relentless self-criticism, demanding standards, chronic stress, and overthinking that won't switch off.
• Emotion regulation: intense emotional reactions, impulsivity, and building skills to manage overwhelming feelings.
• Low mood and depression: low mood, a loss of energy or meaning, and self-esteem difficulties.
• Trauma and adverse life experiences: working through past trauma and building a sense of safety and stability.
• Substance use: recovery, harm reduction, and situations where alcohol or other drugs sit alongside anxiety, low mood, or trauma.
• Existential concerns and life transitions: questions of purpose, identity, and mortality, and major life changes.

If you're a parent looking for a psychologist for your teenager, Corwin sees young people from 13. Our adolescent psychology page has more on therapy for teenagers at Succoris.

How Corwin works in therapy

Corwin sees mental health through a biopsychosocial lens: what you're going through is shaped by your biology, your habits of thinking, your history, and what's happening around you, so therapy needs to take all of it into account. For him, the foundation of good therapy is a trusting working relationship built around your values, strengths, and goals.

Rather than following a one-size-fits-all manual, he draws on a range of evidence-based approaches and uses what fits the person in front of him. That might be Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for unhelpful thinking patterns, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness for making room for difficult emotions, or Emotion-Focused Therapy for feelings that tend to overwhelm. For long-standing emotional patterns he draws on Schema Therapy and DBT skills; for relationships and transitions, interpersonal therapy; and for questions of meaning and mortality, existential therapy.

Corwin has also completed Level 1 EMDR training (EMDRAA). EMDR — Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing — is a structured therapy for processing distressing memories and trauma, and Corwin is the first psychologist at our Joondalup clinic to offer it.

Research and background

Corwin is a PhD candidate at Curtin University. His master's research investigated death anxiety and the strategies people use to regulate their emotions — a thread he's continuing in his doctorate — and his undergraduate research looked at how cognitive biases shape stigma towards mental health conditions. He's also developing and evaluating support groups for people with ADHD.

Before registering as a psychologist, Corwin worked as a support worker in a residential drug and alcohol detox service. That frontline experience informs his work today with people for whom alcohol or other drugs are part of the picture.

Fees, Medicare rebates, and NDIS

A 50-minute session with Corwin is $220, or $160 for concession card holders. With a Mental Health Treatment Plan from your GP, you can claim a Medicare rebate of $101.55 per session for up to 10 sessions a calendar year — bringing the out-of-pocket cost to $118.45 at the standard fee, or $58.45 with a concession. We process the rebate for you on the day, and it usually lands in your bank account within 1–2 business days.

Corwin also sees NDIS participants whose plans are self-managed or plan-managed, as well as people paying privately.

You can book directly, without a referral. If you'd like to use Medicare, start with your GP: they can prepare a Mental Health Treatment Plan and check whether anything else — a physical health issue, for example — should be looked at alongside therapy. Our fees and rebates page has the full detail.

In person in Joondalup, or by telehealth

Corwin sees clients in person at Succoris Joondalup, Unit 43, 88 Lakeside Drive — on the ground floor of the Aqua Apartments complex, a short walk from Joondalup Station and close to ECU Joondalup. Paid street parking is available on and around Lakeside Drive. The clinic is easy to reach from across Perth's northern suburbs, including Edgewater, Connolly, Currambine, Ocean Reef, Heathridge, and Wanneroo.

He also offers telehealth sessions by video anywhere in Australia — useful if getting to the clinic midweek is hard to fit around work, study, or school.

For GPs and other referrers

Corwin is accepting new referrals now, with no waitlist. Referrals and Mental Health Treatment Plans can be addressed to Corwin Du Preez at Succoris Joondalup, and emailed to reception.joondalup@succoris.com.au or faxed to 08 6289 4651. NDIS support coordinators and plan managers are welcome to call the clinic on 08 6102 2505.

Our information for referrers explains how referrals work across Succoris.

Book with Corwin

You can book with Corwin online and choose an in-person or telehealth appointment, or call our Joondalup team on 08 6102 2505 if you'd like to talk it through first. There's no waitlist right now, but availability can change as his diary fills.

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