Nurse Practitioner and Psychotherapy practice of Matt Ball
Nurse Practitioner Psychotherapy Services
Humane Clinic is the private practice of Matt Ball Nurse Practitioner and psychotherapist. The clinic is concerned with spending time with individuals and communities to consider the experience of being in the world, of living and dying and of making sense of relational and social contexts. Services at the clinic, be that psychotherapy, deprescribing or training are offered in the intention to create conviviality, ethics, community and compassion in offering a just process of human-to-human relating.
Psychotherapy at Humane Clinic is interested to explore with individuals, what might be a good enough life for the person. The relationship of psychotherapy is the therapy at Humane Clinic. It offers a place for the therapist and person to experience one another towards developing meaning, ideas and possibilities in a just way.
Psychotherapy at Humane Clinic recognises that a person’s expression of distress, in whatever form it takes, is a function of communicating their needs, considering each human being as the person best placed to be the arbiter of their own experiences, the author of their own story, and the leader of their own life journey.
Matt is a Nurse Practitioner and Psychotherapist who works alongside individuals and communities experiencing human states commonly labelled as psychosis or schizophrenia. His practice centres on relationship, meaning, and the possibility of living a good life shaped by a person’s own history, relationships, and hopes through the communion of therapist and individual.
Within the psychotherapy relationship, Matt supports people to explore how their experiences make sense, and how relational psychotherapy can contribute to love, justice, and connection in the present moment. Initially trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, his work now integrates existential, Buddhist, and humanistic approaches, alongside learnings from Indigenous concepts and community wisdom.
Matt is the Founder and Director of Humane Clinic and Co‑Director of the Just Listening Community charity. He is a nationally and internationally recognised teacher, keynote speaker, advisor, and consultant. He developed the concepts of Dissociachotic, Suicide Narratives, and Just Listening, and has led multiple therapeutic‑community projects grounded in these ideas.
Places to access the clinic are limited and only in person sessions are facilitated currently.
Humane Clinic only makes referrals to other therapists and services with shared ethics and intentions - please make contact for details.
Frequently asked questions
What are the fees at Humane Clinic?
Humane Clinic is a private practice. Fees apply to access services as follows:
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Individual Nurse Practitioner appointments - $237.20 per session (Medicare rebate of $117.20 available). Total out of pocket expense $119.80.
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Open Dialogue informed network meetings (1.5 hours - two therapists) - $550 (Medicare rebate of $117.20 available). Total out of pocket expense $432.80.
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Follow up shorter consultations as follows:
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15 minute follow up (in person/online) $60 (Medicare rebate of $27.80 available) - Total out of pocket expense $32.20.
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30 minute follow up (in person/online) $120 (Medicare rebate of $$52.55 available) - Total out of pocket expense $64.80.
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Supervision for professionals - $240 / hour.
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Consultancy appointments for individuals - $300 / hour.
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Consultancy for employees of agencies/ government - $500 / hour.
Training costs - see training course in Just Listening contact for further details.
Is Psychotherapy Just Listening?
Psychotherapy is different to Just Listening however, Just Listening as an underpinning approach forms part of the Humane Clinic Psychotherapy approach.
To access Just Listening, as a unique approach, the Just Listening Therapeutic Community provides a free face to face service to any member of the community. For more information on Just Listening Therapeutic Community availability can be accessed at justlistening.com.au
How often do I attend Psychotherapy appointments?
Generally weekly or two times weekly. Some people do attend less regularly in certain situations.
Can I access Psychotherapy online at humane Clinic?
Generally, Humane Clinic does not provide online consultations at this time.
What is a Nurse Practitioner?
An endorsed Nurse Practitioner has completed advanced clinical training in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of both acute and ongoing health conditions. Nurse Practitioners are authorised to prescribe independently and provides comprehensive, patient-centred care in accordance with Australian regulatory standards.
Nurse Practitioners have a scope of practice. Matt Ball has a scope of practice that includes psychotherapy with individuals experiencing psychosis and other experiences that are often considered 'treatment resistant'. He also has developed skills in a psychodynamic and psychotherapeutic approach to prescribing and deprescribing.
'I would like to propose that conviviality and compassion are the matrix of psychotherapy. All the thoughts and schemes and maps and theories and ideas about psychotherapy can be useful to the practice of psychotherapy: but they are not in themselves psychotherapy. Without human beings, of course, there would be no conviviality and no compassion. There would be no ideas, no thoughts, no schemes, no maps, without human beings. (And no psychotherapy either!)' - Mary Duhig, 2005