Supporting Mental Health & Wellbeing

Welcome, I’m Alinta and Flame Beach is my private psychology practice based in rural North Queensland, offering Telehealth services across Australia. I provide client-centred, evidence-informed psychological support grounded in both professional training and lived experience. I work with people navigating a range of mental health concerns and life impacts including ADHD and autism, chronic illness, persistent and chronic pain, relationship breakdowns, burnout, depression, anxiety and trauma. My focus is on creating a respectful and collaborative therapeutic space where people feel heard, understood, and supported.

About us
If you or anyone you know is in crisis and requires urgent mental health support now, please contact Emergency Services (000), the Mental Health Crisis Line (1300 642 255), or Lifeline (13 11 14).

Flame Beach

Flame Beach

Flame Beach is a regional private psychology practice, delivered fully online to support people in rural, remote, and underserved communities. I bring experience across the mental health sector, including work in regional settings, schools, and allied health environments. I support people across the lifespan, from early childhood through to adulthood, across a range of presentations including anxiety, emotional regulation, neurodivergence, relationship challenges, and complex or overlapping health conditions. I also provide relationship and couples counselling, particularly where communication challenges, emotional overwhelm, chronic illness, trauma, ADHD, autism, or burnout are impacting connection and daily life. My aim is to support people in building better understanding of themselves, improving their quality of life, and developing strategies to thrive instead of just surviving.

My Lived Experience

My Lived Experience

I integrate professional training with lived experience to inform my practice. As a neurodivergent practitioner diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood, I understand the complexities of navigating identity, late diagnosis, and support systems. I bring lived experience of complex health conditions and chronic pain, which provides additional perspective on the challenges of managing ongoing physical and mental health concerns. This lived understanding is combined with evidence-informed psychological approaches to support safe, ethical, and appropriate care. I focus on practical, real-world strategies alongside therapeutic support, helping people better understand their experiences, manage overwhelm, and support overall wellbeing. At Flame Beach, each person’s goals, relationships, and sense of connection guide the work we do together.

Alinta

Alinta – Registered Psychologist
I work with people of all ages, abilities, cultures and backgrounds. My approach is warm, person-centred, and evidence-based. I work with children, teenagers, women and men through life challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, ADHD, autism, and older adult life transitions. I work with people who are LGBTQIA+. I have a special passion for working with people who have complex presentations, including multiple diagnosis and conditions.

Fee Schedule

Psychology Services with Alinta
Individual Psychology Sessions are $250.00 per hour. If you have a valid GP referral under the Better Access initiative, you may be eligible for a Medicare rebate of $93.35 per session, reducing the out-of-pocket cost to $156.65 per hour. Concession rate is also available, enquire below.
Accessing a GP Referral
Flame Beach welcomes referrals from GPs under the Better Access initiative. Please include the following details when preparing a Mental Health Treatment Plan: Practitioner: Alinta Paten, Registered Psychologist. Medicare Provider Number: 1954041L. Clients may request a referral from their GP using the above details. Medicare rebates apply only to eligible sessions with a valid referral and Mental Health Treatment Plan.
Relationship Counselling with Alinta
Relationship counselling provides a supportive space to strengthen your connection, improve communication, and rebuild trust. Sessions draw on evidence-based approaches including the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Systemic and Attachment-based models, tailored to suit each couple’s unique goals and challenges. Relationship Counselling Sessions are $350.00 per hour. Please note, no Medicare rebate available. Enquire for Concession rates.
NDIS Funded Services
Flame Beach can provide psychology services to NDIS participants who are self-managed or plan-managed. Supports include individual psychology sessions, diagnostic assessments and interpretation, report writing, and positive behaviour support planning with Alinta.

Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country

Flame Beach acknowledges the Wulgurukaba people as the Traditional Owners of Yunbenun, known today as Magnetic Island, the land I am honoured to live, work, and play on. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present, and to all First Nations people who continue to care for this land, its waters, and its stories. I recognise Yunbenun as a place of deep cultural significance, shaped by the creation stories and enduring custodianship of the Wulgurukaba people whose connection to Country spans generations. In the spirit of respect and learning, Flame Beach wants to say “Gurumbilbarra Wulgurukaba!” a greeting and recognition of Country, meaning “Wulgurukaba of the Sand Country.”

Legal and Ethical Compliance

Legal and Ethical Compliance

Flame Beach operates as a registered business (ABN: 39 737 925 126) in full alignment with all: AHPRA regulations for psychological services - Australian and state laws governing health, privacy and confidentiality, plus business conduct - NDIS pricing and service standards, including current NDIA fee schedules - At Flame Beach, we are committed to ethical, trauma informed, and culturally respectful practice with clear professional boundaries and documented scope of services.

Our location

Our services are available via Telehealth only

Contact us

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