Psychology Clinic
The Psychology Clinic provides both a service to the community and a training facility for the postgraduate students within the School of Psychological Sciences.
The Clinic offers assessments and a range of programs using specific psychological interventions targeted at particular client groups.
The programs are carried out by staff and postgraduate students who are closely supervised. Students are training for their Master of Clinical Psychology or Master of Professional Psychology degrees.
All students hold either provisional registration or full registration as psychologists with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. All students are closely supervised by experienced clinical psychologists.
Services
The Psychology Clinic is a service for adults, families, children and adolescents. Individual and group programs are offered generally for a one-hour session per week, in comfortable surroundings away from the main teaching areas where privacy can be assured.
Individual and family interventions
- Improving family relationships
- Parenting
- Managing challenging life events
- Motivation to make positive change
- Anger management
- Depression
- Stress
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Specific phobias
- Panic disorder and agoraphobia
- Social phobia
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
Cool Kids Group Program
The Clinic runs a 10 session group-based CBT program called "Cool Kids" for primary school aged children with anxiety and their parents. The children are to be between the ages of 8-12 years old and in years 3-6 in primary school.
START Caring for Carers of People with Dementia
Caring for Carers program is an 8 week individual program intended to support those supporting a family/friend with dementia. It provides support and education on managing changed behaviour associated with dementia, as well as managing the carer's experience of stress. This program is offered face-to-face or via telehealth. This program is currently offered as a fee-free service.
Cognitive and Diagnostic Assessments
The Clinic conducts cognitive and diagnostic assessments for adults and children. All cognitive assessments require a written referral from a healthcare professional or education provider.
These assessments may be for:
- Assessment and diagnosis of learning disorders
- Testing for identification of support needs
- Assessing cognitive change after brain injury (e.g., traumatic brain injury or stroke)
- Assessment and diagnosis of dementia
Due to high levels of demand for these cognitive assessment services, please be advised that there is a substantial waitlist.
We welcome a wide range of clients and strive to provide high-quality, evidence-based interventions. However, as this is a training facility we are unable to manage clients likely to need more intensive support.
Exclusions include:
- Clients where there is significant risk of harm to self or others.
- Clients presenting with symptoms of active psychosis.
- Clients who are currently engaged in legal proceedings, or who are likely to be involved in legal proceedings in the future (including criminal matters, family court, or compensation claims).
- Assessments for Autism Spectrum Disorder
In cases where the Clinic is unable to accept a referral, we will endeavour to identify appropriate services that might be able to meet these needs.
Referrals are accepted from healthcare and educational professionals, as well as self-referrals from the clients themselves. The Clinic has a policy of working collaboratively with healthcare professionals who refer clients for therapy.
Please get in touch with us to make an appointment.
Phone: (02) 4921 5075
Location
Industry Development Centre (IDC), Ground floor: IDC109
University of Newcastle, University Drive
Callaghan, NSW, 2308
Hours
We are open 9am to 5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Individual therapy session
Regular fee: $25
Low income fee: $15
Cool Kids
Workbook Fee (Child and Parent): $50
Fee per session (total of 10 sessions): $10
START Caring for Carers
We do not charge fees for this service
Cognitive / diagnostic assessment (includes report)
Regular fee: $450
Low income fee: $200
*Low income fee reduction is available for clients who hold a current health care card.
As the Clinic is a training and research facility as well as a community resource, services at the Clinic cannot be claimed through Medicare or private health funds.
Phone: (02) 4921 5075
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