We offer a range of therapeutic play-based supports for children, including but not limited to:

• Emotion-regulation difficulties
• Anger management
• Stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms
• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Autism & attention-deficit disorders
• Individualised early intervention
• Giftedness, learning difficulties & disabilities
• Behaviour-management
  Social skills & self-esteem
• Sleeping problems
• Family breakdown or separation
• Adjustment issues, including greif & loss
• School refusal & integration support
• Play-based support

We offer a range of therapeutic supports for adolescents, including but not limited to:

• Understanding adolescent stages
• Emotion-regulation support
• Anger, anxiety, emotional volatility
• Risk-taking behaviours and safety planning
• Clinical anxiety and depression
• Neurodevelopmental disorders, including anxiety & ADHD
• Friendship issues, social skills, self-esteem & bullying
• Family breakdown or separation
• Adjustment issues, including greif & loss
• School refusal & integration support
• Parent-adolescent relationship
• Managing technology and sexual behaviour

We offer parent psychoeducational training and workshops as well as some therapeutic groups. We also offer a range of individual therapeutic supports and psychoeducation for parents, including but not limited to:

• Parent stress management
• Behaviour management & boundaries
• Emotional attunement skills training
• Managing tricky situations
• Understanding how to connect with children and adolescents to strengthen relationships
• Securing attachments
• Understanding how to manage variations in developmental stages and phases
• Calm family environments
• Clarity in parenting approach
• Empowering confidence & competence
• Coping with identity changes and parental transitions as dependance needs change.

We take a client-centred approach first, and assessments are thoughtfully considered. We offer a range of psychological assessments; including cognitive, psychoeducational, learning, autism and ADHD diagnostic assessments.

Cognitive Assessment: A Cognitive Assessment uses the up-to-date standardised Wechsler Intelligence Scales (WPPSI-IV or WISC-V) for children aged 2.5 to 16 years old. This is commonly part of most general ability assessments, can be administered without reading and writing, covering five core domains: Verbal Comprehension, Visual Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory, & Processing Speed.

A Cognitive Assessment includes a parent-only 50-min session to gather background information and developmental history, 1 90-minute assessment session, a comprehensive high-level report with results, recommendations and actionable strategies, a 30-minute feedback session.

Psychoeducational Assessment: This comprehensive assessment includes the cognitive assessment (WPPSI-IV/WISC-V) as well as an Educational Wechsler Achievement Assessment (WIAT-III-full version) for children aged 4 -19. This provides an excellent snapshot of academic strengths & weaknesses and can be administered to accurately diagnose Specific Learning Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) upon request.

You may be qualify to receive a medicare rebate through one of the following plans. Please speak to your General Practitioner (GP) to obtain a referral.

• Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP): 6-sessions initially rebated, with maximum of 10 sessions available for an $86 rebate per session every 12 months.

• Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) and Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Plan: 5-sessions in total over a 12 month period, with at least $52.95 dependant upon family Medicare safety net threshold.

Autism Specific Medicare Plans:

• Helping Children with Autism (HCWA) Assessment Package (must be referred by psychiatrist or paediatrician): Up to four diagnostic assessment sessions delivered by the psychologist can be rebated for a child under the age of 13 years.

• Helping Children with Autism (HCWA) Sessions (can be referred by GP): Maximum of 20-sessions intervention for a child with Autism under 15 years old.

Many families have psychology included in a comprehensive private health insurance plan and are able to process a rebate for our services. Please contact your private health insurance provider to learn more about your psychological service cover.

*Please note you cannot process both a Medicare and Private Health rebate for a session.

We are able to work with clients who self-manage or agency-run NDIS plan. Please submit an enquiry to learn more.

Dr Renee offers individual, duo, and small group supervision session to encourage peer-to-peer learning & reflective practices, as well as to offer cost-effective supportive professional environments for psychologists and multi-disciplinary clinicians. Please enquire to learn more about availability.